Mount Lion Quarry Siding

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Type : Siding
Distance from Sydney : 860.192km
Opened : 28 September 1930
Closed : unknown, 1936 ?
Status : Closed
Name meaning : Named after the nearby mountain of the same name
Notes : A dead end siding 300 metres long on the Up side. The quarry may have been used for construction of the line, there is no record of closure of the siding and it vanishes from the records after a final entry in 1936.

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# Mount Lion Quarry Siding (North Coast Line)
## Entries from NSW Government Railways Weekly Notices, 1930–1936

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**Type:** Siding (Private/Quarry) 
**Line:** North Coast Line (Kyogle–Border Loop section) 
**Distance from Sydney:** Unknown — between Mount Lion (859.245 km) and Loadstone 
**Mileage (Working TT):** Between 533m 79c (Mt. Lion Yard) and approximately 535m 
**Between:** Mount Lion and Loadstone 
**Opened:** By 28 September 1930 (listed at opening of the section) 
**Closed:** Unknown — last reference 1936; no closure notice found 
**Status:** Closed 
**Name meaning:** After the quarry it served, at Mount Lion 

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> **Notes:** Mount Lion Quarry Siding served a quarrying operation at Mount Lion on the Kyogle Range. A telephone was provided at the Quarry, connected to No. 89 Telephone Circuit, North, but was removed in W.N. 31–1931 — suggesting the quarry ceased active operations around that time. A detonator placement instruction of 6 detonators was listed in 1933 (same as Cougal). The siding was on the **Up side of the line**, between the Quarry metal chute and the siding points. No closure notice was found in the Weekly Notices.

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## 1930 — Listed at Section Opening

### Listed in Station Sequence
> Station sequence (1930): Mt. Lion — **Mt. Lion Quarry Siding** — Loadstone\* — Cougal\* — Border Loop\* — Glenapp\* — Round Mountain Quarry Siding — Bromelton\* — Kagaru — Clapham — Yeerongpilly — Brisbane.

*(Source: 1930 Weekly Notices — station sequence listing)*

### Listed in Alphabetical Index
> **Mount Lion Quarry Siding** — North Coast — Kyogle–Border Loop.

*(Source: 1930 Weekly Notices — alphabetical station index)*

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## 1931 — Telephone at Mount Lion Quarry Removed

### Telephone Removed — W.N. 31–1931
> **Page 92 — Telephone and Phonopore Circuits — Removal of Telephone from Mount Lion Quarry** — The telephone at Mount Lion Quarry, connected to **No. 89 Telephone Circuit, North**, has been removed. *(W.N. 31–1931.)*

> **Note:** The removal of the telephone in 1931 — just one year after the siding's first listing — suggests the quarrying operation wound down very quickly after the opening of the North Coast Line extension to the Queensland Border in 1930. The quarry may have been opened specifically to supply ballast or road metal for the line's construction and been surplus to requirements once construction was complete.

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## 1933 — Inserted in Local Appendix with Detonator Instructions

### Local Appendix — Detonator Placement — W.N. 24–1933
> **Insert** — **Mount Lion Quarry** — North Coast Line:
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> **Up side of line**, between Quarry metal chute and siding points. **6** [detonators].

*(W.N. 24–1933)*

> **Note:** The detonator placement instruction of **6** at Mount Lion Quarry (same as Cougal) was inserted in 1933 — two years after the telephone was removed. This suggests the siding was still physically present and in occasional use for maintenance or quarry traffic in 1933, even if the quarry was no longer in regular production.

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## 1936 — Listed in Accommodation Table as a Siding

### Accommodation Table
> **Mt. Lion Quarry Siding** — listed in accommodation provided table as a **Siding** on the North Coast Line, alongside Kyogle (Coal stage), Round Mountain Quarry (Siding).

*(Source: 1936 Weekly Notices — accommodation table)*

> **Note:** The 1936 listing as a Siding is the last reference to Mount Lion Quarry Siding in the Weekly Notices collection. No closure notice was found. The siding presumably fell out of use and was removed without a specific Weekly Notice entry, as was common for minor sidings on this section.

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## Summary of Key Events

| Date | Event |
|------|-------|
| 28 September 1930 | **Listed at section opening** — between Mount Lion and Loadstone; Up side; North Coast Line, Kyogle–Border Loop |
| W.N. 31–1931 | **Telephone removed** from Mount Lion Quarry — No. 89 Circuit, North |
| W.N. 24–1933 | Inserted in Local Appendix — Up side, between Quarry metal chute and siding points; 6 detonators |
| 1936 | Listed in accommodation table as a Siding (last reference) |
| Unknown | Closed — no notice found |

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*Extracted from NSW Government Railways Weekly Notices, 1930–1936.* 
*Note: No closure notice was found. The siding last appears in publications in 1936. The telephone was removed in 1931, suggesting the quarrying operation wound down shortly after the opening of the North Coast Line extension.*