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Electric Staffs, small metal rods held in Staff Instruments. The Branch was a single section (designated ‘A’), Lidcombe Signal-box (5 Staffs) and No. 4 Mortuary Station (5 Staffs). Only one Staff could be released from the Instrument at any one time. Once the Staff for the section was placed back
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were provided at the station opposite the train platform. The branch line terminated in a dead-end beyond No. 4 Mortuary
Station, and a dead-end siding was provided at the terminal end. The loop siding standing room was 654 ft (199 m), terminal dead-end at 595 ft (181 m), and
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Electric Train Staff
Working introduced 11 November 1918—replacing the Staff and Ticket system (26 May 1897) thereby allowing three trains to operate upon the branch. In Aug. 1924, No. 4 Mortuary Stations capacity increased. An additional
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All points at the station were worked by ball lever, and secured by standard clip and S.L. lock when not in use. The station contained a down home signal that was worked from a lever fixed at the foot of the ramp at the
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Instrument at the opposite end of the section was the line was, and only then could another be withdrawn. The Staffs were numbered 1 to 10 (Lidcombe / No. 4 Mortuary Station).
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No more than four trains were allowed on the Branch between
Lidcombe and No. 4 Mortuary Station at one and the same time, and a strict policy was in place when trains were running.
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Electric train staff miniature type instruments were in operation on the line. The instrument at No. 4 Mortuary
Station was equipped to work manually and automatically.
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Electric Train Staff instruments. There are several photographs of this station held in the N.S.W. Transport Archives.
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wall west of the building. The station terminated with a siding at the
Anglican and General Office that opened in the 1930s.
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Friends of
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The station opened on 15 June 1908 and closed on 29 December 1948. It ran through the Jewish section of the
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The station had a single 530 ft (160 m) platform with a small building containing a
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Friends of Rookwood (2002) A Rookwood Ramble (book). A short self guided walking tour, NSW.
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