Malahide Siding

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Type : Siding
Line : Fingal Line
Distance from Conara Junction : 055.600km
Location : -41.626454, 147.970804
Opened : Circa 1921 as Williams Siding
Closed : Unknown
Status : Closed
Name meaning : An historic property 2 Km. north of Fingal. It is situated on the banks of the South Esk River just before the junction with the Break O'Day River. The property was a grant to William Talbot in the early 1820's and he named it after Malahide Castle" in Dublin, Ireland where his family had lived since the 12th century.
Notes : (per Michael Dix) Williams Siding (also known as Fingal Coal siding) was put in around 1920 to serve a nearby coal mine. The initial mining venture was fairly shortlived and the proposed branch line from Williams Siding to the mine never eventuated. Two later mines in the area shipped their coal through Fingal. Production from both mines increased rapidly after the Second
World War, and the Fingal Coal Company re-opened the old William's Siding
in 1947-48, the siding being named Malahide. Production at the Fingal Mine
ceased in 1965 and Malahide Siding was officially closed on 17.6.1966. It was later reopened to load woodchip logs.

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Williams Siding diagram (NAA)