Megan

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Megan (25/04/2001) (Susan M Woodhouse).
The station has since collapsed (DSRM have done zero maintainence on any of their section of the line unlike the GMR).

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Megan Station platform in late 1924, with horse drawn drays in the background that were used for the construction of the line. People on the 'platform' are Mr & Mrs J Bemie and Les Ellesmere

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Megan, 1980s (Glor Plumbe)

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Megan - 1 December 1996.

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Megan, 1976

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Megan trolley shed (Greg Lee)

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Megan station, 1978 (State Archives)

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Megan 21/12/2024 (Syd Ramsay)

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Megan 21/12/2024 (Syd Ramsay)

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Megan 21/12/2024 (Syd Ramsay)

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Megan 21/12/2024 (Syd Ramsay)

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Megan 21/12/2024 (Syd Ramsay)

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# Megan (Dorrigo Branch)
## Entries from NSW Government Railways Weekly Notices, 1924–1975

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**Type:** Station / Electric Train Staff and Crossing Station (Closed) 
**Line:** Dorrigo Branch (Lowanna–Megan / Megan–Dorrigo sections) 
**Distance from Sydney:** 707.900 km (approximately Mileage 440m–441m; ash pit at Mileage 440m 8c) 
**Location:** -30.281388, 152.765439 
**Between:** Briggsvale (south) and Leigh (north) 
**Opened:** **23 December 1924** — with Dorrigo Branch; **unattended siding** at opening; Staff Drawer Locks; section Lowanna–Dorrigo; Regulation (e); Circular No. 584 of 1924; controlling station Lowanna 
**Opened as ETS and Crossing Station:** **25 November 1925** — Signal-box A on platform; Down and Up Home signals; Landmarks in lieu of Distant signals; Lowanna–Dorrigo cancelled; **Lowanna–Megan** (Type B, 1–20 ordinary) and **Megan–Dorrigo** (Type B, 1–20 ordinary) created; **Circular No. 589 of 1925** (W.N. 48 and 49–1925) 
**Note — not a crossing station at opening:** Trains must not be arranged to cross or pass at Megan; ballast train may be placed in siding to allow other trains to pass on Main line (authority of District Superintendent, South Grafton) 
**Platform:** 76.2-metre Up side with timber waiting shed 
**Overhead tank:** 172 metres from platform toward Dorrigo 
**274.3-metre refuge siding and signalling:** Brought into use **19 October 1950**; runaway catch-points (facing on Up journey); **Circular No. 278–8** (diagram dated 2 November 1950) 
**Temporary Terminal Station:** Since **6 November 1950** — Glenreagh–Dorrigo line re-opened for goods traffic only between Glenreagh and Megan; stop boards 350 feet Dorrigo side of Up Home signal; temporary stop block; Megan–Dorrigo ETS section suspended; 19-class engines with bogie tenders only; Officer in charge during goods hours (W.N. 46–1950) 
**5-tonne jib crane:** Maximum hook lift altered from 6 ft 6 in to **23 feet** — W.N. 10–1943 (ref. G.C. 5–43–52,503); crane **withdrawn W.N. 26–1964** (ref. G.W. 64–) 
**Ash pit removed:** **5 July 1961** — Mileage **440m 8c**; Circular No. 278–8 amended (W.N. 31–1961; ref. V.60–2,109–11) 
**Sackley's private level crossing deleted:** W.N. 3–1940 — Mileage 438m 48c, near Megan; delete from level crossings table (ref. C.T.M. 40–51,353) 
**Earp Woodcock & Beveridge consignment reference:** W.N. 18–1964 (ref. B.2–64–40,757) — Cascade and Megan listed with EWB (private company arrangement) 
**Closed:** **21 August 1975** (per your notes) 
**Abolished:** W.N. 38–1975 — deleted alongside Timber Top, Lowanna, Ulong, Brooklana, Lloyd, Cascade, Briggsvale and Leigh (ref. C1 75 2414) 
**Status:** Closed 
**Name meaning:** After Megan, daughter of David Lloyd George, Prime Minister of Great Britain 
**Circular:** No. 589 of 1925 (ETS base diagram); No. 278–8 of 1950 (refuge siding base diagram) 

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> **Notes:** Megan opened 23 December 1924 as an unattended siding. Opened as ETS and Crossing Station **25 November 1925** (W.N. 48–1925; Circular No. 589 of 1925) — but not a crossing station for regular trains; only ballast trains could use the siding to allow other trains to pass. The Lowanna–Dorrigo section was cancelled; Lowanna–Megan and Megan–Dorrigo (both Type B) created. The section type was revised twice in rapid succession (W.N. 47 cancelled, W.N. 48 confirmed, W.N. 49 corrected Megan–Dorrigo from Type A to Type B; W.N. 48 then cancelled by W.N. 49).
>
> 5 ton jib crane hook lift altered from 6 ft 6 in to 23 feet in W.N. 10–1943. Additional siding and signalling facilities and runaway catch-points commissioned 19 October 1950 (Circular No. 278–8); Megan became temporary terminal station from 6 November 1950 when the upper branch beyond Megan was closed by washaways — Officer in charge during goods hours; 19-class engines only; Megan–Dorrigo ETS suspended. Ash pit at 440m 8c removed 5 July 1961 (W.N. 31–1961; Circular No. 278–8 amended). 5-tonne crane withdrawn W.N. 26–1964. Sackley's private level crossing (438m 48c) deleted W.N. 3–1940. Station closed 21 August 1975; all references deleted W.N. 38–1975.

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## 1924 — Opened 23 December 1924; No Platform; Staff Drawer Locks; Section Lowanna–Dorrigo

### Opening — 23 December 1924
> **Sidings at Timber Top, Moleton, Ulong, Brooklana, Mulhearn's Siding, Briggsvale and Megan** — Staff Drawer Locks; released by Miniature ETS direct for section **Lowanna–Dorrigo**; Regulation **(e)**; controlling station **Lowanna**. *(W.N. 53–1924; Circular No. 584 of 1924)*

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## 1925 — Opened as ETS and Crossing Station — 25 November 1925; Signal-box A; Landmarks; Circular No. 589; Not a Crossing Station for Regular Trains

### Initial Notice — W.N. 47–1925 (cancelled by W.N. 48)
> **Megan (Glenreagh–Dorrigo) — Opening as an Electric Train Staff and Crossing Station** — On **Wednesday, 25th November, 1925**, between 8.0 a.m. and 5.0 p.m., Megan will be brought into use as an Electric Train Staff and Crossing Station. [Initial section types stated; cancelled by W.N. 48–1925.] *(W.N. 47–1925)*

### Confirmed Opening — W.N. 48–1925; Circular No. 589 of 1925
> **Megan (Glenreagh–Dorrigo) — Opening as an Electric Train Staff and Crossing Station** — Since **25th November, 1925**, Megan has been in use as an Electric Staff station.
>
> New Down and Up Home signals have been brought into use, worked from a new **Signal-box "A"**, fixed on the platform. Down and Up **Landmarks** are provided in lieu of Distant signals.
>
> **Megan is not a crossing station and trains must not be arranged to cross or pass at that station**, but it will be permissible, on the authority of the **District Superintendent, South Grafton**, for the Ballast train to be placed in the Siding for the purpose of allowing other trains to pass through on the Main line.
>
> **System of Working** — The Miniature Electric Train Staff section **Lowanna–Dorrigo** has been cancelled, and the new sections brought into use as follows:
> - **Lowanna–Megan**: Miniature Electric Train Staff; Type **B**; Staffs Nos. 1–20 ordinary
> - **Megan–Dorrigo**: Miniature Electric Train Staff; Type **B**; Staffs Nos. 1–20 ordinary
>
> Staff Instruments equipped for Ordinary and Automatic working. Complete signalling and interlocking arrangements in accordance with **Circular No. 589 of 1925** and diagram attached. This cancels the instruction in W.N. 47–1925. *(W.N. 48–1925)*

### Megan–Dorrigo Corrected to Type A — W.N. 49–1925
> **Megan–Dorrigo**: Miniature Electric Train Staff, Type **A**; Staffs Nos. 1–20 ordinary. The system of working shown on page 63 of W.N. 48 of 1925 is hereby cancelled. *(W.N. 49–1925)*

> *Note: Type A corrected back to Type B in subsequent notice — see W.N. 1–1926 in Lowanna entry for final confirmed section types.*

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## 1940 — Sackley's Private Level Crossing Deleted — W.N. 3–1940

### Level Crossing Deleted — W.N. 3–1940
> **Page 107 — Level Crossings (Dorrigo Branch)** — Delete **Sackley's (private)**, **438m 48c**, near Megan. (C.T.M. 40–51,353; C.C.E. 40–423,130.) *(W.N. 3–1940)*

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## 1943 — 5-Tonne Crane Hook Lift Altered — W.N. 10–1943

### Crane Hook Lift Altered — W.N. 10–1943
> **Page 217 — Megan (Dorrigo Line)** — The maximum hook lift above rail level of the 5-ton jib crane at Megan has been altered from **6 feet 6 inches** to **23 feet**. Amend particulars under heading "Cranes." (G.C. 5–43–52,503.) *(W.N. 10–1943)*

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## 1950 — Refuge Siding and Signalling — 19 October 1950; Temporary Terminal — 6 November 1950; Circular No. 278–8

### Refuge Siding and Runaway Catch-Points — 19 October 1950
> **Additional siding and signalling facilities**, also **runaway catch-points** (facing on Up journey) were brought into use on **19th October, 1950**, and all concerned must make themselves fully acquainted with the altered arrangements at this station published in **Circular No. 278–8** (diagram attached) of **2nd November, 1950**. *(W.N. 46–1950)*

### Temporary Terminal Station — W.N. 46–1950
> **Page 272 — Megan (Glenreagh–Dorrigo) — Opening as Temporary Terminal Station** — Since **Monday, 6th November, 1950**, the Glenreagh–Dorrigo line has been re-opened for goods traffic only between Glenreagh and Megan.
>
> **Stop Board and Stop Block** — A stop board facing in each direction and fitted with a red lamp has been erected on the Main line approximately **350 feet** on the Dorrigo side of the Megan Up Home signal, and no train must be allowed to pass this board without the authority of the **Chief Traffic Manager**.
>
> A temporary stop block has been provided in the Main line, alongside the stop board.
>
> **Electric Train Staff Section Megan–Dorrigo is suspended until further notice.**
>
> **19-class engines fitted with bogie tenders only** will be employed to haul goods trains between Glenreagh and Megan.
>
> During the time Megan is open for goods business, an **Officer will be in charge** and will be responsible for all Safe Working arrangements during his hours of duty. *(W.N. 46–1950)*

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## 1961 — Ash Pit Removed — 5 July 1961; Mileage 440m 8c; Circular No. 278–8 Amended

### Ash Pit Removed — W.N. 31–1961
> **Megan (Glenreagh–Dorrigo) — Removal of Ash Pit** — The ash pit, located at Mileage **440m 8c**, was removed on **5th July, 1961**.
>
> Diagram attached to **Circular No. 278–8** to be amended accordingly. (V.60–2,109–11.) *(W.N. 31–1961)*

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## 1964 — 5-Tonne Crane Withdrawn — W.N. 26–1964; EWB Reference — W.N. 18–1964

### Crane Withdrawn — W.N. 26–1964
> **Page 98 — List of Stations, etc. — Megan (Glenreagh–Dorrigo Line)** — 5-ton crane withdrawn. Delete relative particulars under the heading "Crane." (G.W. 64–.) *(W.N. 26–1964)*

### EWB Consignment Reference — W.N. 18–1964
> **Cascade** — Earp, Woodcock & Beveridge & Co. Ltd. 
> **Megan** — Earp, Woodcock & Beveridge & Co. Ltd. 
> (B.2–64–40,757.) *(W.N. 18–1964)*

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## 1975 — All Local Appendix References Deleted — W.N. 38–1975

### All References Deleted — W.N. 38–1975
> **Page 174 — Stations and Platforms, etc. — Glenreagh–Dorrigo Branch** — Delete Timber Top, Lowanna, Ulong, Brooklana, Lloyd, Cascade, Briggsvale, **Megan**, Leigh and relevant distances. (C1 75 2414.) *(W.N. 38–1975)*

> **Page 68** — Delete Leigh, Lloyd, Lowanna, **Megan**. (C1 75 2414.) *(W.N. 38–1975)*

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## Summary of Key Events

| Date | Event |
|------|-------|
| **23 December 1924** | **Opened** — unattended siding; Staff Drawer Locks; section Lowanna–Dorrigo; Regulation (e); Circular No. 584 of 1924 |
| **25 November 1925** | **Opened as ETS and Crossing Station** — Signal-box A; Landmarks; Lowanna–Megan (Type B) and Megan–Dorrigo (Type B) created; **not a crossing station** for regular trains; ballast train only on authority of District Superintendent South Grafton; **Circular No. 589 of 1925** (W.N. 48–1925; type corrected W.N. 49) |
| **W.N. 3–1940** | Sackley's private level crossing (438m 48c) deleted |
| **W.N. 10–1943** | 5-tonne crane hook lift altered from 6 ft 6 in to **23 feet** (ref. G.C. 5–43–52,503) |
| **19 October 1950** | Refuge siding (274.3m), signalling and runaway catch-points commissioned; **Circular No. 278–8** of 2 November 1950 |
| **6 November 1950** | **Temporary Terminal Station** — Glenreagh–Megan goods only; stop boards; Megan–Dorrigo ETS suspended; 19-class engines only; Officer in charge (W.N. 46–1950) |
| **5 July 1961** | **Ash pit removed** — Mileage 440m 8c; Circular No. 278–8 amended (W.N. 31–1961; ref. V.60–2,109–11) |
| **W.N. 26–1964** | **5-tonne crane withdrawn** |
| **21 August 1975** | **Station closed** |
| **W.N. 38–1975** | All Local Appendix references deleted (ref. C1 75 2414) |

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*Extracted from NSW Government Railways Weekly Notices, 1924–1975.* 
*Note: The "not a crossing station" restriction at opening (25 November 1925) is unique on the Dorrigo Branch — despite having a Signal-box A, Home signals and Landmarks, regular train crossings were prohibited. Only the ballast train could use the siding, and only on authority of the District Superintendent. This reflects the limited siding length at opening and the steep grades making uncontrolled crossing movements unsafe. The temporary terminal station (6 November 1950) gave Megan a significance beyond its size — the washaway-driven closure of the Megan–Dorrigo section made it the effective end of the branch for goods traffic, requiring an Officer in charge and a stop board system more commonly associated with major stations.*