Re: Dundee

Eddie Oliver (Eddie.Oliver@efs.mq.edu.au)
Tue, 03 Feb 98 00:38:46 GMT

jock@tsm.com (Jock ) wrote:

>Can anybody tell me if Dundee ever had a Station its just outside Deepwater?

What do you mean by "station" in this context? It had a platform with a nameboard and
a sort of shelter, but (at least in later years) not what you would call a "station"
like Deepwater itself. There was also a goods shed.

A crossing loop was provided in 1942 opposite Dundee platform. A staff hut was then
provided on the platform.

This loop was one of the wartime creations designed to be opened or closed
according to the demands of traffic. Some of them were never actually used. I
do not know whether Dundee was used, although since Glen Innes to
Deepwater was a long section (23 miles) it would be an obvious candidate
for use as part of the schemes for inland transport of military personnel and
materials.

Eddie Oliver