FORMER KILMORE RAILWAY STATION GOODS YARD

1886-1924 style sill buffer stop, with 1955 modifications. 

The 1886-1924 sill buffer stop was the standard style used for embankments, soft ground or rock. It was characterised by two vertical posts that rest on horizontal sole pieces situated under the track, and are diagonally connected to the posts via tie rods. 

The 1886-1924 style buffer stop was a relatively weak design, and was modified in 1955 to both strengthen the buffer stop, and reduce damage to locomotives themselves. The new Plan 5/55 style sill buffer stop included a "sawn timber upright with a rectangular steel striking or buffing plate attached centrally to the buffer beam" (Brook 2007, A5). This design was “adopted in 1955 as the standard modification for all existing sill buffer stops”, and had been applied to all but a few existing sill buffer stops by February 1959 (Brook 2007, A4).

Moderate significance, the site has been largely altered with few features remaining in situ, with the exception of the modified sill buffer stop and a concrete wall.

Unique example of an intact 1886-1924 sill buffer stop with 1955 modifications.