Frank Baldwin, a junior railway staff member, worked alongside timber workers in the
busy station yard at Noojee. The Baldwin 0-4-0 tramway locomotive was essential for
transporting timber from the nearby sawmills in the bush.
The timber siding at Noojee Railway Station was a vital hub for handling the significant
timber output from local mills. Located west of the main station, near the Goodwood
sawmills, it served as the primary loading point where stacked sawn timber was
prepared for transport via narrow-gauge tramways.
Between 1919 and 1926, over 28 mills operated in the region. This bustling siding was
filled with large planks and beams until the disastrous bushfires of 1926 devastated the
town and halted the prosperous timber industry.