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| The weighbridge at Waterfall was used
to weigh coal from Helensburgh Metropolitan colliery prior to being
taken to its destination. The
weighbridge was located at the north end of the yard adjacent to the
water tank. The weighbridge
was designed to weigh the
smaller 4 wheel coal hoppers and the advent of the bogie coal wagons
saw the end of its use. The capacity of the weighbridge was 35
tons. |
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model of the weighbridge building was made by Jonathan Hilliard from
Evergreen styrene from NSWGR weighbridge building plans and the roof
modified to match photos of the building. |
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| The
Yard hut would have been used by the railway employees based at the
northern end of the yard performing shunting duties and also weighing
of rail wagons on the weighbridge |
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| Jonathan
Hilliard scratch
built structure from styrenefollowing the dimensions from an article
written by Ron Cunningham
"Waterfall Yard Hut" which appeared in the AMRM September 1981 . The
model of the building was made from Evergreen styrene and Slaters brick
plasticard. Both the Novelty and Clapboard sheet was used for the walls
to emulate the two different types of cladding of the hut as mentioned
in the article. Windows and the corrugated roofing is from the
Campbell's range of products. The windows modified slightly to
suit. |
| The
relay hut at Waterfall was of the single end type signalling relay huts
of the NSWR built to the X.66 drawing. The hut is of precast
concrete construction with a fibro - cement sheet roof. This type of signal hut being single
ended (ie only a door on one end) did not have a power transformer room
on the other end. This particular huts main use probably would have been to terminate some of the open wire lines circuits which were in use at the time through Waterfall to allow the station and signal box to have communication to stations and signal boxes at Sutherland and Helensburgh. |
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| The
model was made by Jonathan Hilliard from Evergreen styrene. The
siding from the Novelty type (4109) which is of similar to the precast
concrete slabs used in the huts construction. The rail used in
the base of the hut was "N" gauge code 55 rail with Detail Associates
brass wire to simulate the old point rodding for the bracing of the
supports for the hut. |
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