Traffic
Until the boilers at the paper mill were converted to gas firing, 400 tonnes (440 short tons) of coal per day was transferred in two trains per day from the company owned Maddingley brown coal mine on the outskirts of Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Wagons were unloaded by hand until a wagon tippler was provided in 1951.
Paper pulp was also transferred from the company Maryvale mill (near Traralgon) first by steam locomotives, then after electrification of the Gippsland line by E and L class electric locomotives, along with B and T class diesels. In later years T and P classes worked the siding, with VOBX or VFNX wagons loaded with white paper in cubed form entering the siding and empty wagons out.
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Intersection of Grange and Heidelberg Road, line towards Fairfield is in the background. The paper mill is behind the photographer.
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Looking into the paper mill itself from the Heidelberg Road intersection
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Junction of the siding (to the right) and the Hurstbridge line, looking away from the city towards the mill
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