Moleton

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Type : Station
Line : Dorrigo Branch
Distance from Sydney : 677.961km
Location : -30.182907, 152.907615
Opened : 23 December 1924
Closed : 1972
Status : Closed
Name meaning : After the nearby Mole Creek
Notes : The Down side platform was 20.1 metres in length. The goods siding was removed 10th May 1961.Moleton opened 23 December 1924 with the Dorrigo Branch as an unattended station (\*). Frames A and B fitted with Staff Drawer Locks released by Miniature ETS (Circular No. 584 of 1924). The 5 ton jib crane was owned by Messrs. Joseph Reid, Limited (the same firm that operated Reid's Siding further south) — a safety instruction required Guards to ensure the jib was secured clear of the siding before any shunting operations. The crane was a steam winch type. Staff Drawer Lock Releases A and B replaced by Drawer Lock Key Releases on 18 April 1950 — the section changed from whatever was in use to Timber Top–Lowanna. Goods and livestock freight reclassified (delete "F") W.N. 17–1950. Goods Siding removed 10 May 1961 — all Intermediate Sidings particulars for Moleton deleted W.N. 22–1961. Station served the small Moleton community; school closed December 1955; Post Office closed June 1971; station closed 1972.

Crane Provided — W.N. 7–1926
**Page 49 — Moleton (Glenreagh–Dorrigo Line)** — A Jib Crane of **5 tons capacity**, which is worked by a **steam winch**, and owned by **Messrs. Joseph Reid, Limited**, has been provided alongside the Goods Siding.

Intermediate Sidings Deleted — W.N. 22–1961
**Page 40 — Intermediate Sidings — System of Working — Moleton (Dorrigo Branch)** — Delete all particulars in respect of **Moleton**. *(W.N. 22–1961)*

Working Timetable Deleted — W.N. 51–1972
> **Page 240** — Delete **Moleton** and relevant particulars. (A.1–72–57,411.) *(W.N. 51–1972)*

### Grades Table Deleted — W.N. 51–1972
**Page 104 — Grades at Stations, Sidings, Platforms and Signal Boxes — Glenreagh–Dorrigo Branch** — Delete **Moleton** and relevant particulars. (A.1–70–72,158.) *(W.N. 51–1972)*

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Moleton in 1939 (NSW Government Printer)

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Moleton in 2009 ( emddl41)

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Moleton Station, 2006 (NSW Rail Net)

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Moleton, December 1967 (Steam Train Pics)

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Terry Biggenden‎, Mole Creek, 1967

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Moleton, December 1924 (uncredited)

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Another view of the Moleton railway derailment in 1936

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Moleton (Dorrigo Branch), Daily Examiner, 17/9/1935

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Location of Moleton (Six Maps)

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Photo 6 is a derailment of 19 class loco also. Photos 2 & 3 are interesting as to lack of vegetation. In the last 15 years or so the vegetation has just gone crazy.

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Lance Moleton platform was 421 M 21.25 Ch which makes it 677.961km

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Moleton bridge

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Train derailment at Moleton, 1938 (Coffs Collection)

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Glenreagh Dorrigo railway line damage. A man crouches down at the back of a van checking the undercarriage that had come off the damaged track on a viaduct. No doubt this would have been a difficult removal of the derailed carriage. Multiple sleepers have been shattered and demolished as the van has come off the rails, leaving twisted and broken rails and bent bolts on the remaining structure, and the undercarriage of the van perched precariously on the viaduct. To the centre right of the carriage, you can see the timbered retaining wall at the end of the viaduct. On the upper right of the photograph, beside the telegraph poles that run beside the line, three men can be seen to the left of the building. It is thought that this derailment occurred near Moleton. This photo is another from the J Jones series and has 1955? on the back of the photo. AccNr00056 (Glenreagh Museum)

Kath N Paul Howarth:
I was working on the Glenreagh Dorrigo line when that happened I was stationed at Lonnawa at the time of that derailment we were working not far from the derailment we all went to see what happened it was a mess and all the work we had to do hard work in those days

Chris Harrison:
Given the difficulty of a reclamation exercise for what was an old piece of coaching stock then, I was told by a reliable source that the powers that be decided just get rid of it. A cable was attached around the top and it was unceremoniously rolled off the bridge with the help of a tractor. Am fairly sure there is an image showing the wrecked carriage laying off the side of the bridge shortly after the event.