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Milky Way shot from Kirkinner, Dumfies and Galloway
Canon 1100D, SkyWatcher Star Adventurer, Samyang 16mm lens @f/4, 8 x 300s
This is an image of the Shark Nebula (LDN1235), a cloud of interstellar gas and dust sculpted by the solar winds from massive stars, it's located in the constellation of Cepheus and is approximately 650 light years from Earth. Shot in LRBG from the dark skies of Dumfries and Galloway, the image was taken over two nights with just over eight hours of exposure.
Location: Kirkinner, Dumfires and Galloway, UK
Scope: Tak FSQ85-ED @f/5.3
Camera: QHY 268M, Mode 1, Gain 56, Offset 30
Filters: Chroma LRGB
Mount: CEM60-EC, OAG guiding
Integration: L x 67, R x 65, G x 59, B x 58, all filters at 120s
Acquisition: N.I.N.A
Processing: PI and Photoshop
St Kennera's Church in Kirkinner. A 19th C church, built on 13th C foundations and possibly on the much earlier monastic site of 4th C hermitess St Kennera. A 10th C disc headed cross now stands inside the church.
Even on a sunny spring afternoon, this quiet corner of Kirkinner Churchyard held onto a cold air of dampness. A crumbling memory of past glories.
Kirkinner Church is dedicated to St Kennera, who may have been a 7th century hermit in these parts. The Van Agnews were once an influential family, but all that remains now is the ruins of their 18th century mausoleum.
Even on a sunny summer afternoon, this quiet corner of Kirkinner Churchyard held onto a cold air of dampness. A crumbling memory of past glories.
Kirkinner Church is dedicated to St Kennera, who may have been a 7th century hermit in these parts. The Van Agnews were once an influential family, but all that remains now is the ruins of their 18th century mausoleum.
Stagecoach Optare Solo YJ60 LRU arrives at Dashwood Square Newton Stewart with the 415 service to the Isle of Whithorn.This starts from Minigaff and runs via Wigtown, Kirkinner, Garliston, Sorbie and Whithorn. Passenger services on the 18 mile railway branch from Newton Stewart to Whithorn were withdrawn in 1950. The line remained open for the three times a week pick up goods service until closure in October 1964.
Even on a sunny spring afternoon, this quiet corner of Kirkinner Churchyard held onto a cold air of dampness. A crumbling memory of past glories.
Kirkinner Church is dedicated to St Kennera, who may have been a 7th century hermit in these parts. The Van Agnews were once an influential family, but all that remains now is the ruins of their 18th century mausoleum.
The Machars peninsula is roughly defined by a northern boundary stretching from Newton Stewart to Glenluce, the only other boundary being the sea. The 40-mile (64 km) coastline has enormous variety, starting with the mud-flats of Wigtown on the east facing Wigtown Bay, down to the sandy beach at Rigg Bay in Garlieston (where the Mulberry Harbours were developed). The coastline then rises to form dramatic cliffs as it passes the ruins of Cruggleton Castle, dropping a little at Portyerrock Bay and the Isle of Whithorn, and rising again at Burrow Head (where the climax of classic cult film The Wicker Man was filmed).
Past the southern tip of the peninsula, the shoreline leaves Wigtown Bay and becomes part of Luce Bay. The cliffs continue as far as the beautiful sandy beach at Monreith ( childhood home of the author Gavin Maxwell), and on past Port William. A combination of rocky shoreline, sandy beaches and cliffs continues as far as Auchenmalg and Stairhaven before the sandy dunes approaching Glenluce. Two rivers cut through the peninsula, the River Bladnoch which rises at Loch Maberry and meets the sea just south of Wigtown, and one of its major tributaries the Tarf Water which meets the Bladnoch near Kirkcowan. Another tributary of the Bladnoch is the large stream the Water of Malzie which rises in the large expanses of peat bog near the Old Place of Mochrum before meeting the Bladnoch near Cormalzie.
Generally speaking the Eastern half of the Machars can be described as being a landscape of rolling green hills and scattered woodland which forms a perfect setting for the large scale dairy industry which can be found here. In fact up until recent decades a large scale creamery was to be found at Sorbie although this has now closed. This landscape extends to the far southern extremities of the peninsula, however the landscape to the North West is significantly different, where above the raised beaches of Luce Bay a rugged expanse of moorland and bog can be found, more reminiscent of the rough country to the north. The highest point of the Machars can be found here, Mochrum Fell, however for the most part the terrain can be characterised as a series of low, stony ridges interspersed by large expanses of peat bog and moorland and many small lochs. This part of the Machars is generally associated with large scale forestry plantations, especially of Sitka Spruce, and stock-rearing, either the hardy Belted Galloway or more typically Galloway cattle or sheep.
The other principal settlements on the peninsula are: Kirkcowan, Whithorn, Isle of Whithorn, Kirkinner, Sorbie, Mochrum, Elrig, Bladnoch and Whauphill.
There are a number of large lochs in the area including Mochrum Loch, Castle Loch and the White Loch of Myrton.
Three Van Hools sit at Kirkinner after working the Wigtownshire School Services.
From left to right P2KLT, LCZ3677 and L636AYS.
Even on a sunny summer afternoon, this quiet corner of Kirkinner Churchyard holds on to a cold air of dampness. A crumbling memory of past glories.
Kirkinner Church is dedicated to St Kennera, who may have been a 7th century hermit in these parts. The Vans Agnews were once an influential family, but all that remains now is the ruins of their 18th century mausoleum.
The Machars peninsula is roughly defined by a northern boundary stretching from Newton Stewart to Glenluce, the only other boundary being the sea. The 40-mile (64 km) coastline has enormous variety, starting with the mud-flats of Wigtown on the east facing Wigtown Bay, down to the sandy beach at Rigg Bay in Garlieston (where the Mulberry Harbours were developed). The coastline then rises to form dramatic cliffs as it passes the ruins of Cruggleton Castle, dropping a little at Portyerrock Bay and the Isle of Whithorn, and rising again at Burrow Head (where the climax of classic cult film The Wicker Man was filmed).
Past the southern tip of the peninsula, the shoreline leaves Wigtown Bay and becomes part of Luce Bay. The cliffs continue as far as the beautiful sandy beach at Monreith ( childhood home of the author Gavin Maxwell), and on past Port William. A combination of rocky shoreline, sandy beaches and cliffs continues as far as Auchenmalg and Stairhaven before the sandy dunes approaching Glenluce. Two rivers cut through the peninsula, the River Bladnoch which rises at Loch Maberry and meets the sea just south of Wigtown, and one of its major tributaries the Tarf Water which meets the Bladnoch near Kirkcowan. Another tributary of the Bladnoch is the large stream the Water of Malzie which rises in the large expanses of peat bog near the Old Place of Mochrum before meeting the Bladnoch near Cormalzie.
Generally speaking the Eastern half of the Machars can be described as being a landscape of rolling green hills and scattered woodland which forms a perfect setting for the large scale dairy industry which can be found here. In fact up until recent decades a large scale creamery was to be found at Sorbie although this has now closed. This landscape extends to the far southern extremities of the peninsula, however the landscape to the North West is significantly different, where above the raised beaches of Luce Bay a rugged expanse of moorland and bog can be found, more reminiscent of the rough country to the north. The highest point of the Machars can be found here, Mochrum Fell, however for the most part the terrain can be characterised as a series of low, stony ridges interspersed by large expanses of peat bog and moorland and many small lochs. This part of the Machars is generally associated with large scale forestry plantations, especially of Sitka Spruce, and stock-rearing, either the hardy Belted Galloway or more typically Galloway cattle or sheep.
The other principal settlements on the peninsula are: Kirkcowan, Whithorn, Isle of Whithorn, Kirkinner, Sorbie, Mochrum, Elrig, Bladnoch and Whauphill.
There are a number of large lochs in the area including Mochrum Loch, Castle Loch and the White Loch of Myrton.
Three Volvo's (R993SSA, L636AYS and LCZ3677) are seen here at Kirkinner having worked Wigownshire School Contracts, parked up for the night mopped out and ready for work in the morning.
Mercedes 814D SF05FNS is seen behind the ensemble of Volvo's hiding down the side of the depot...
The Wigtown Martyrs
The 17th century was a dangerous time to be alive, with a multitude of ways in which your life could be brought to a sharp and unpleasant end. If disease or starvation didn’t get you, you could be hung for what today would be judged as the slightest misdemeanour. If your neighbour’s cow stopped giving milk or their crops failed and you weren’t on the best of terms, you might be outed as a witch who had placed a curse on them. It was also a pretty bad time to be a catholic.
In south western Scotland in particular, a religious battle raged throughout most of the 17th century between the Episcopalian state religion and the Presbyterian movement of the Covenanters, named after the National Covenant, signed throughout lowland Scotland in 1638.
When King Charles I attempted to impose the Common Book of Prayer on Scotland, it was violently rejected by congregations who saw God as the head of their church and not the king. The rejection of Charles’ liturgy and the signing of the Covenant contributed towards his downfall as he stumbled towards the outbreak of the War of the Three Kingdoms. The Covenanter Army fought against Charles, signing the Solemn League and Covenant with the English Parliamentarians in 1643 and it was they who captured Charles in Scotland and handed him over to Cromwell, with fatal consequences.
The Covenanters were appalled by Charles’ execution and supported the restoration of Charles II, insisting that he signed the covenant first and crowned him King of Scotland in 1651. Cromwell turned on Scotland and forced a temporary union under the Commonwealth.
Upon the restoration of Charles II in 1660, he reneged on the Covenant, declared them outlaws and restored the Episcopacy. This was the beginning of what came to be known as the Killing Time, which lasted until James II was unseated in 1688 by the ‘Glorious Revolution’.
Presbyterian ministers were turned out of their churches and took to performing their sermons in secret, hidden among the moors and glens. Known as Conventicles, these open air meetings were declared a capital offence for which attendees could be shot on the spot. Even carrying a bible or just being outside in the wrong place at the wrong time was enough to order execution without trial. Many atrocities were committed in south west Scotland, which are now commemorated with lonely graves and memorials among the hills and moors.
In 1685, as the Killing Time reached its worst point, three women were dragged from the surrounding countryside to the tollbooth in Wigtown. Margaret McLachlan (about 63) of Drumjargon near Kirkinner, Margaret Wilson (accounts of her age vary from 18 to 23) and her younger sister Agnes (13), both of Glenvernoch near Newton Stewart, were all condemned to death by drowning for attending conventicles and being present at the rebellions of Bothwell Bridge and Airds Moss (despite this being a virtual impossibility).
Gilbert Wilson paid £100 for the release of his younger daughter Agnes, which all but ruined him. A pardon for the remaining two condemned women was issued in Edinburgh on 30th April 1685, but strangely was not enacted. It seems that Robert Grierson of Lagg (forever remembered as ‘Cruel Lagg’) chose to ignore the pardon and push forward the executions.
On 11th May 1685 both women were lead out to the harbour of Wigtown and tied to stakes below the high water mark. Margaret McLachlan was placed further out with the intention that she would drown first, the sight of which may prompt the younger Margaret to take the Oath of Abjuration. The sight of McLachlan drowning just seemed to strengthen Margaret Wilson’s resolve and she sang psalms and prayed while the waters worked their way up towards her head.
At the point where the waters had nearly overwhelmed her, the attendant soldiers lifted her free a little and asked if she would now pray for the king? It is said that Margaret answered, “God save him if He will, for it is his salvation I desire.”
Her friends gathered on the shore shouted that she had said the oath, but Grierson of Lagg insisted that this was not enough and that the full Oath of Abjuration should be said. She refused and was thrust back into the water, a soldier holding her head under with his halberd saying, “then tak another drink hinny.” She was held under until she died.
The remains of Margaret McLachlan and Margaret Wilson now lie in Wigtown Churchyard, along with the bodies of three men, William Johnstone, John Milroy and George Walker, hung later the same year, probably on Gallow Hill at Bladnoch.
Of those that took part in their deaths, the soldier who held the women under with his halberd was said to be afflicted with an unquenchable thirst for the rest of his life.
Grierson of Lagg was responsible for many more atrocities during the Killing Time. He seemed to take a cruel pleasure in the over-zealous application of his duties. It is said that he went to hell before he died. His spit could corrode whatever it landed on like acid and if he placed his feet in water, it would boil. Upon his death, a carriage surrounded by a thunder storm came to take his soul to hell. A huge raven followed his cortege to his burial and the horses that pulled his coffin died when they reached the cemetery gates.
In the early 19th century, the course of the river Bladnoch was altered and the harbour moved. All that remains now is a stretch of quiet marshland and this lonely memorial.
The Machars peninsula is roughly defined by a northern boundary stretching from Newton Stewart to Glenluce, the only other boundary being the sea. The 40-mile (64 km) coastline has enormous variety, starting with the mud-flats of Wigtown on the east facing Wigtown Bay, down to the sandy beach at Rigg Bay in Garlieston (where the Mulberry Harbours were developed). The coastline then rises to form dramatic cliffs as it passes the ruins of Cruggleton Castle, dropping a little at Portyerrock Bay and the Isle of Whithorn, and rising again at Burrow Head (where the climax of classic cult film The Wicker Man was filmed).
Past the southern tip of the peninsula, the shoreline leaves Wigtown Bay and becomes part of Luce Bay. The cliffs continue as far as the beautiful sandy beach at Monreith ( childhood home of the author Gavin Maxwell), and on past Port William. A combination of rocky shoreline, sandy beaches and cliffs continues as far as Auchenmalg and Stairhaven before the sandy dunes approaching Glenluce. Two rivers cut through the peninsula, the River Bladnoch which rises at Loch Maberry and meets the sea just south of Wigtown, and one of its major tributaries the Tarf Water which meets the Bladnoch near Kirkcowan. Another tributary of the Bladnoch is the large stream the Water of Malzie which rises in the large expanses of peat bog near the Old Place of Mochrum before meeting the Bladnoch near Cormalzie.
Generally speaking the Eastern half of the Machars can be described as being a landscape of rolling green hills and scattered woodland which forms a perfect setting for the large scale dairy industry which can be found here. In fact up until recent decades a large scale creamery was to be found at Sorbie although this has now closed. This landscape extends to the far southern extremities of the peninsula, however the landscape to the North West is significantly different, where above the raised beaches of Luce Bay a rugged expanse of moorland and bog can be found, more reminiscent of the rough country to the north. The highest point of the Machars can be found here, Mochrum Fell, however for the most part the terrain can be characterised as a series of low, stony ridges interspersed by large expanses of peat bog and moorland and many small lochs. This part of the Machars is generally associated with large scale forestry plantations, especially of Sitka Spruce, and stock-rearing, either the hardy Belted Galloway or more typically Galloway cattle or sheep.
The other principal settlements on the peninsula are: Kirkcowan, Whithorn, Isle of Whithorn, Kirkinner, Sorbie, Mochrum, Elrig, Bladnoch and Whauphill.
There are a number of large lochs in the area including Mochrum Loch, Castle Loch and the White Loch of Myrton.
The Machars peninsula is roughly defined by a northern boundary stretching from Newton Stewart to Glenluce, the only other boundary being the sea. The 40-mile (64 km) coastline has enormous variety, starting with the mud-flats of Wigtown on the east facing Wigtown Bay, down to the sandy beach at Rigg Bay in Garlieston (where the Mulberry Harbours were developed). The coastline then rises to form dramatic cliffs as it passes the ruins of Cruggleton Castle, dropping a little at Portyerrock Bay and the Isle of Whithorn, and rising again at Burrow Head (where the climax of classic cult film The Wicker Man was filmed).
Past the southern tip of the peninsula, the shoreline leaves Wigtown Bay and becomes part of Luce Bay. The cliffs continue as far as the beautiful sandy beach at Monreith ( childhood home of the author Gavin Maxwell), and on past Port William. A combination of rocky shoreline, sandy beaches and cliffs continues as far as Auchenmalg and Stairhaven before the sandy dunes approaching Glenluce. Two rivers cut through the peninsula, the River Bladnoch which rises at Loch Maberry and meets the sea just south of Wigtown, and one of its major tributaries the Tarf Water which meets the Bladnoch near Kirkcowan. Another tributary of the Bladnoch is the large stream the Water of Malzie which rises in the large expanses of peat bog near the Old Place of Mochrum before meeting the Bladnoch near Cormalzie.
Generally speaking the Eastern half of the Machars can be described as being a landscape of rolling green hills and scattered woodland which forms a perfect setting for the large scale dairy industry which can be found here. In fact up until recent decades a large scale creamery was to be found at Sorbie although this has now closed. This landscape extends to the far southern extremities of the peninsula, however the landscape to the North West is significantly different, where above the raised beaches of Luce Bay a rugged expanse of moorland and bog can be found, more reminiscent of the rough country to the north. The highest point of the Machars can be found here, Mochrum Fell, however for the most part the terrain can be characterised as a series of low, stony ridges interspersed by large expanses of peat bog and moorland and many small lochs. This part of the Machars is generally associated with large scale forestry plantations, especially of Sitka Spruce, and stock-rearing, either the hardy Belted Galloway or more typically Galloway cattle or sheep.
The other principal settlements on the peninsula are: Kirkcowan, Whithorn, Isle of Whithorn, Kirkinner, Sorbie, Mochrum, Elrig, Bladnoch and Whauphill.
There are a number of large lochs in the area including Mochrum Loch, Castle Loch and the White Loch of Myrton.
Some work is obviously ongoing on the Mercedes in the depot building... The B10L outside appears to be having some issues also...
The Wigtown Martyrs
The 17th century was a dangerous time to be alive, with a multitude of ways in which your life could be brought to a sharp and unpleasant end. If disease or starvation didn’t get you, you could be hung for what today would be judged as the slightest misdemeanour. If your neighbour’s cow stopped giving milk or their crops failed and you weren’t on the best of terms, you might be outed as a witch who had placed a curse on them. It was also a pretty bad time to be a catholic.
In south western Scotland in particular, a religious battle raged throughout most of the 17th century between the Episcopalian state religion and the Presbyterian movement of the Covenanters, named after the National Covenant, signed throughout lowland Scotland in 1638.
When King Charles I attempted to impose the Common Book of Prayer on Scotland, it was violently rejected by congregations who saw God as the head of their church and not the king. The rejection of Charles’ liturgy and the signing of the Covenant contributed towards his downfall as he stumbled towards the outbreak of the War of the Three Kingdoms. The Covenanter Army fought against Charles, signing the Solemn League and Covenant with the English Parliamentarians in 1643 and it was they who captured Charles in Scotland and handed him over to Cromwell, with fatal consequences.
The Covenanters were appalled by Charles’ execution and supported the restoration of Charles II, insisting that he signed the covenant first and crowned him King of Scotland in 1651. Cromwell turned on Scotland and forced a temporary union under the Commonwealth.
Upon the restoration of Charles II in 1660, he reneged on the Covenant, declared them outlaws and restored the Episcopacy. This was the beginning of what came to be known as the Killing Time, which lasted until James II was unseated in 1688 by the ‘Glorious Revolution’.
Presbyterian ministers were turned out of their churches and took to performing their sermons in secret, hidden among the moors and glens. Known as Conventicles, these open air meetings were declared a capital offence for which attendees could be shot on the spot. Even carrying a bible or just being outside in the wrong place at the wrong time was enough to order execution without trial. Many atrocities were committed in south west Scotland, which are now commemorated with lonely graves and memorials among the hills and moors.
In 1685, as the Killing Time reached its worst point, three women were dragged from the surrounding countryside to the tollbooth in Wigtown. Margaret McLachlan (about 63) of Drumjargon near Kirkinner, Margaret Wilson (accounts of her age vary from 18 to 23) and her younger sister Agnes (13), both of Glenvernoch near Newton Stewart, were all condemned to death by drowning for attending conventicles and being present at the rebellions of Bothwell Bridge and Airds Moss (despite this being a virtual impossibility).
Gilbert Wilson paid £100 for the release of his younger daughter Agnes, which all but ruined him. A pardon for the remaining two condemned women was issued in Edinburgh on 30th April 1685, but strangely was not enacted. It seems that Robert Grierson of Lagg (forever remembered as ‘Cruel Lagg’) chose to ignore the pardon and push forward the executions.
On 11th May 1685 both women were lead out to the harbour of Wigtown and tied to stakes below the high water mark. Margaret McLachlan was placed further out with the intention that she would drown first, the sight of which may prompt the younger Margaret to take the Oath of Abjuration. The sight of McLachlan drowning just seemed to strengthen Margaret Wilson’s resolve and she sang psalms and prayed while the waters worked their way up towards her head.
At the point where the waters had nearly overwhelmed her, the attendant soldiers lifted her free a little and asked if she would now pray for the king? It is said that Margaret answered, “God save him if He will, for it is his salvation I desire.”
Her friends gathered on the shore shouted that she had said the oath, but Grierson of Lagg insisted that this was not enough and that the full Oath of Abjuration should be said. She refused and was thrust back into the water, a soldier holding her head under with his halberd saying, “then tak another drink hinny.” She was held under until she died.
The remains of Margaret McLachlan and Margaret Wilson now lie in Wigtown Churchyard, along with the bodies of three men, William Johnstone, John Milroy and George Walker, hung later the same year, probably on Gallow Hill at Bladnoch.
Of those that took part in their deaths, the soldier who held the women under with his halberd was said to be afflicted with an unquenchable thirst for the rest of his life.
Grierson of Lagg was responsible for many more atrocities during the Killing Time. He seemed to take a cruel pleasure in the over-zealous application of his duties. It is said that he went to hell before he died. His spit could corrode whatever it landed on like acid and if he placed his feet in water, it would boil. Upon his death, a carriage surrounded by a thunder storm came to take his soul to hell. A huge raven followed his cortege to his burial and the horses that pulled his coffin died when they reached the cemetery gates.
In the early 19th century, the course of the river Bladnoch was altered and the harbour moved. All that remains now is a stretch of quiet marshland with a lonely memorial and this collection of gravestones in WIgtown Churchyard.
First's relaxed fleet disposal policy has lead to a few ex First low floor vehicles appearing in Dumfries and Galloway (at least in the model fleet world they have).
Here at Kirkinner two Van Hools can be seen with a Wright, having recently arrived from West Yorkshire.
The Wright is working for another local operator on school runs.
I would like to clarify a position here, the real James King and ABC Travel fleets have now been dissolved, I intend to carry on modelling real fleet members of the past fleets... Fictional fleet models will appear occasionally
This photo was taken by my cousin Apryl last month. The excavator is clearing silt out of the old lake bed. Now the lake is once again filling with water and looks much as it did in photos taken a century ago.
View from the trackbed of the Wigtownshire Railway at Baldoon, looking towards the old airfield at Baldoon.
The Wigtownshire Railway ran 19 miles south from Newton Stewart on the Dumfries - Stranraer line "The Port Road" to Whithorn, with a short branch from Millisle to Garlieston. Opened on 7th April 1875, closed to passengers on 23rd September 1950, and completely on 5th October 1964. There were stations at Wigtown, Kirkinner, Whauphill, Sorbie, Millisle and Whithorn.
A Volvo B9M Van Hool And two Volvo B10M Van Hool Alizee seen parked up at the Kirkinner Depot after finishing school service.
The site of the terminus station at Wigtown. All traces gone, the site now occupied by a single engine fire station and a bus garage.
The Wigtownshire Railway ran 19 miles south from Newton Stewart on the Dumfries - Stranraer line "The Port Road" to Whithorn, with this short branch from Millisle to Garlieston. Opened on 7th April 1875, closed to passengers on 23rd September 1950, and completely on 5th October 1964. There were stations at Wigtown, Kirkinner, Whauphill, Sorbie, Millisle and Whithorn.
The trackbed of the Wigtownshire Railway at Baldoon, looking towards Wigtown.
The Wigtownshire Railway ran 19 miles south from Newton Stewart on the Dumfries - Stranraer line "The Port Road" to Whithorn, with a short branch from Millisle to Garlieston. Opened on 7th April 1875, closed to passengers on 23rd September 1950, and completely on 5th October 1964. There were stations at Wigtown, Kirkinner, Whauphill, Sorbie, Millisle and Whithorn.
Houston's recently acquired Mercedes Benz Unvi Classic R seen at Kirkinner picking us up to take us to a Wedding at Urr Valley in Castle Douglas.
The course of the railway north of Wigtown, looking towards Newton Stewart. View north from Borrowmoss Bridge.
Wigtownshire Railway ran 19 miles south from Newton Stewart on the Dumfries - Stranraer line "The Port Road" to Whithorn, with this short branch from Millisle to Garlieston. Opened on 7th April 1875, closed to passengers on 23rd September 1950, and completely on 5th October 1964. There were stations at Wigtown, Kirkinner, Whauphill, Sorbie, Millisle and Whithorn.
The Wigtownshire Railway ran 19 miles south from Newton Stewart on the Dumfries - Stranraer line "The Port Road" to Whithorn, with this short branch from Millisle to Garlieston. Opened on 7th April 1875, closed to passengers on 23rd September 1950, and completely on 5th October 1964. There were stations at Wigtown, Kirkinner, Whauphill, Sorbie, Millisle and Whithorn.
Old railway bridge over Creek Road at Bladnoch.
The Wigtownshire Railway ran 19 miles south from Newton Stewart on the Dumfries - Stranraer line "The Port Road" to Whithorn, with a short branch from Millisle to Garlieston. Opened on 7th April 1875, closed to passengers on 23rd September 1950, and completely on 5th October 1964. There were stations at Wigtown, Kirkinner, Whauphill, Sorbie, Millisle and Whithorn.
Former James King Volvo B10M/Van Hool Alizee XLM923 is pictured, with MacEwans lettering, in Kirkinner, Dumfries & Galloway, on August 15th 2014. The Bova Futura beside it is another ex-James King vehicle, this time T50TPB.
Ex Stagecoach Glasgow 52427, now with James King running from Kirkinner depot. Seen here leaving Stranraer for Whithorn on the 416.
Houston's recently acquired Mercedes Benz Unvi Classic R seen at Kirkinner picking us up to take us to a Wedding at Urr Valley in Castle Douglas.
This is the end of the short branch line that ran a mile from Millisle Junction to the harbour at Garlieston.
The Wigtownshire Railway ran 19 miles south from Newton Stewart on the Dumfries - Stranraer line "The Port Road" to Whithorn, with this short branch from Millisle to Garlieston. Opened on 7th April 1875, closed to passengers on 23rd September 1950, and completely on 5th October 1964. There were stations at Wigtown, Kirkinner, Whauphill, Sorbie, Millisle and Whithorn.
Abutments to the railway overbridge immediately to the south of Millisle station.
The Wigtownshire Railway ran 19 miles south from Newton Stewart on the Dumfries - Stranraer line "The Port Road" to Whithorn, with this short branch from Millisle to Garlieston. Opened on 7th April 1875, closed to passengers on 23rd September 1950, and completely on 5th October 1964. There were stations at Wigtown, Kirkinner, Whauphill, Sorbie, Millisle and Whithorn.
The family vault where my relatives the VansAgnews are interred in the kirkyard of Kirkinner Church about a mile from Barnbarroch House in Scotland.
The line of trees in the centre distance mark the course of the railway north of Wigtown. The rest has been taken back into a field.
The Wigtownshire Railway ran 19 miles south from Newton Stewart on the Dumfries - Stranraer line "The Port Road" to Whithorn, with this short branch from Millisle to Garlieston. Opened on 7th April 1875, closed to passengers on 23rd September 1950, and completely on 5th October 1964. There were stations at Wigtown, Kirkinner, Whauphill, Sorbie, Millisle and Whithorn.
Millisle station, now called Kilfillan Cottages, privately owned.
The Wigtownshire Railway ran 19 miles south from Newton Stewart on the Dumfries - Stranraer line "The Port Road" to Whithorn, with this short branch from Millisle to Garlieston. Opened on 7th April 1875, closed to passengers on 23rd September 1950, and completely on 5th October 1964. There were stations at Wigtown, Kirkinner, Whauphill, Sorbie, Millisle and Whithorn.
Early one Sunday morning, with King's four Solos parked at Kirkinner Depot, a week before Stagecoach Western took over the 415 group of services, Optare livered 880 YJ07VRM, 780 23 seater VRL,and in the corner, 880 VRO off the 431 Gatehouse of Fleet to Kirkcudbright service, together with recently acquired MV04GXF. 25/3/12.
The car park at Sorbie tower - once the trackbed of the Wigtownshire Railway. Looking south towards Millisle.
The Wigtownshire Railway ran 19 miles south from Newton Stewart on the Dumfries - Stranraer line "The Port Road" to Whithorn, with this short branch from Millisle to Garlieston. Opened on 7th April 1875, closed to passengers on 23rd September 1950, and completely on 5th October 1964. There were stations at Wigtown, Kirkinner, Whauphill, Sorbie, Millisle and Whithorn.
Abutments to the railway overbridge immediately to the south of Millisle station.
The Wigtownshire Railway ran 19 miles south from Newton Stewart on the Dumfries - Stranraer line "The Port Road" to Whithorn, with this short branch from Millisle to Garlieston. Opened on 7th April 1875, closed to passengers on 23rd September 1950, and completely on 5th October 1964. There were stations at Wigtown, Kirkinner, Whauphill, Sorbie, Millisle and Whithorn.
This is the front of Barnbarroch House when early restoration efforts had commenced. Notice the steeplejack inside the upper story bay window who is repairing masonry.
Looking north towards Sorbie, along the trackbed of the Wigtownshire Railway.
The Wigtownshire Railway ran 19 miles south from Newton Stewart on the Dumfries - Stranraer line "The Port Road" to Whithorn, with this short branch from Millisle to Garlieston. Opened on 7th April 1875, closed to passengers on 23rd September 1950, and completely on 5th October 1964. There were stations at Wigtown, Kirkinner, Whauphill, Sorbie, Millisle and Whithorn.
View looking south towards Whithorn. Kirkinner station was up to the right of the road, now occupied by a house. The railway crossed the main A714 Newton Stewart to Whithorn road on a bridge at this point. Railway Cottage is to the left.
The Wigtownshire Railway ran 19 miles south from Newton Stewart on the Dumfries - Stranraer line "The Port Road" to Whithorn, with this short branch from Millisle to Garlieston. Opened on 7th April 1875, closed to passengers on 23rd September 1950, and completely on 5th October 1964. There were stations at Wigtown, Kirkinner, Whauphill, Sorbie, Millisle and Whithorn.
Old railway brige over Creek Road, Bladnoch.
The Wigtownshire Railway ran 19 miles south from Newton Stewart on the Dumfries - Stranraer line "The Port Road" to Whithorn, with a short branch from Millisle to Garlieston. Opened on 7th April 1875, closed to passengers on 23rd September 1950, and completely on 5th October 1964. There were stations at Wigtown, Kirkinner, Whauphill, Sorbie, Millisle and Whithorn.
The access road to what was Whauphill station. The site is now occupied by Tarff Valley Ltd, agricultural engineers. Station House (privately owned ) to the left.
The Wigtownshire Railway ran 19 miles south from Newton Stewart on the Dumfries - Stranraer line "The Port Road" to Whithorn, with this short branch from Millisle to Garlieston. Opened on 7th April 1875, closed to passengers on 23rd September 1950, and completely on 5th October 1964. There were stations at Wigtown, Kirkinner, Whauphill, Sorbie, Millisle and Whithorn.