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Traphont / Meurbont/ Tarbhealach / Viaduct - Coille Chnagaidh/ Killiecrankie - www.railscot.co.uk/locations/K/Killiecrankie_Viaduct/
The Speyside Way is one of our long distance walks in Scotland a distance of 66 miles. It starts in Aviemore and ends in Buckie. If I follow this route it will take me to Buckie it is about a ten mile return route on foot. This route follows the old railway line that connected places like Buckie, Portgordon, here at Spey Bay, it was called the Moray Coast Railway. I have put up a link for you to have a look. It must have been a lovely railway journey. www.railscot.co.uk/Moray_Coast_Railway/index.php
Burnton viaduct on the Ayr and Dalmellington railway. Over the Perclewan Burn. see www.railscot.co.uk/img/3/94/
The 1911 NBR built cantilevered Arbroath North signal box on a drizzly June afternoon.
Located beside Wellgate level crossing, the box replaced two others (Wellgate and Arbroath Junction) when opened and is a variation on the NBR type 7 design. It was equipped with a 72 lever frame by Stevens and Son.
Info from Railscot and Historic Environment Scotland websites.
5th June 2019
Former Lanarkshire & Ayrshire Railway - Caledonian Railway . canmore.org.uk/event/651887 - www.railscot.co.uk/locations/G/Garnock_Viaduct/
Self Challenge: Take a photo every day in June, and use a different lens each day.
14. Sigma 12-24mm f/4.5 - f/5.6 EX DG
A red sandstone Scots Baronial-Jacobean style building to the immediate south of Dumbarton Central station. Built 1900-1904, architect James Thomson. In the grounds are the College Bow, an arch left from the Collegiate Church of St Mary... On the south side of the building is a statue of Dr Peter Denny who oversaw an expansion of the Denny Shipyard on the River Leven. Quoted from the Railscot website
A red sandstone Scots Baronial-Jacobean style building to the immediate south of Dumbarton Central station. Built 1900-1904, architect James Thomson. Quoted from the RAILSCOT website.
Railway enthusiasts visiting York, Darlington, Newcastle, Carlisle and indeed many other locations around the railway network over the years may have encountered Kenneth Gray from Hawick, who also had a home in Thirsk. Sadly, he passed away on Friday 18th January 2019, soon after his 80th birthday. A modest gentleman with an encyclopedic knowledge of railways, especially concerning the Waverley Route, he will be sadly missed by many who knew him. I am informed by his close friend, Bruce McCartney of Langholm, that he has left a legacy of black and white negatives that he never had printed! Some of his work can happily already be seen on the Railscot website. I was fortunate to capture Kenneth in deep thought and admiration of 60009 'Union of South Africa' at Carlisle station on 27th September 2014, after the Gresley 'A4' Pacific had worked the 'Scottish Lowlander' railtour between Carlisle, Carstairs, Ayr, Dumfries and Carlisle. Kenneth later informed me that he had in fact travelled on the original railtour in 1964, and commented as follows:
"I was on the earlier railtour on 26/9/64 so your speculation was absolutely correct. What a memorable railtour that was! When the train was incorrectly signalled on to the Caley main line at Carlisle No. 3 and had to set back to access its scheduled route to Canal Junction and the NB, I thought that the delay would have put paid to any prospect of a fast run to Hawick. How wrong I was! 60007 went from Newcastleton to Whitrope with 400 tons in 15 minutes and then at least part of the way down the other side at 67mph instead of the line speed over that section of 45mph. 60009 took the train over at Niddrie West before it continued to the Glasgow area and the G&SW main line and a special stop was made at Lenzie to set down passengers who had mistakenly boarded the train at Carlisle thinking that it was a regular service train to Glasgow (Central)!"
Rest in Peace Kenneth.
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The paddle steamer Waverley passing the derelict Craigendoran Pier this morning, a pier where paddle steamers would have operated from until the 70s. A spur from the main Helensburgh railway line taking trains straight onto the pier where passengers could board the ships. I’ve always known this, what I found out today from the excellent www.railscot.co.uk website is at that one point there was a hovercraft service between Greenock and Craigendoran! #waverley #waverleypaddlesteamer #paddlesteamer #psps #ship #ships #boat #craigendoranpier #helensburgh #nikonphotography #nikonphotographer #nikon #nikonfz #railscot
This photo shows the southern short tunnel on the Alloa tramway (if you squint, you can just about see the northern tunnel in the distance). This one was the best one of the two and at 38 yards, is also the longest. With that said, there is a third, proper railway tunnel in Alloa that we were going to have a look at which lay on the former harbour branch railway.
Unfortunately, due to the difficulties presented by a steep and prickly looking bank we decided against attempting to scramble down into the boggy depths that lay below. The tunnel looks to be open though, so maybe we'll try it at a later date? If you want to know what this tunnel looks like, here's a photo from Railscot. Had it been in the countryside, we'd have probably gone for it but the potential for watching eyes was too high in Alloa town centre.
A blocked gate to the former goodsyard of the disused Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company line, which ran from Newport to Pontypool. In the city of Newport, South Wales.
Information Source:
www.railscot.co.uk/Monmouthshire_Railway_and_Canal_Compan...
One of a collection of 3" x 2" amateur transport photographs, all dating between 1947 and 1952. This one is of the north end of Aberdeen joint railway station, taken on the 18 Jul 1952.
The rear of the photograph is annotated with "View of north end of Aberdeen joint station 18/7/52".
The station opened in 1914, from 1921 was shared by 'London and North Eastern Railway' and 'London Midland and Scottish', became part of British Railways in Jan 1948, and in 1952 was renamed from 'Aberdeen Joint Station' to just 'Aberdeen Station'. The north end of the station was heavily 'modernised' in the 1970s and 80s.
Old/new overhead maps view:-
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=17.0&lat=5...
A more in depth history of the station is here:-
www.railscot.co.uk/locations/A/Aberdeen/
If there are any errors in the above description please let me know. Thanks.
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The disused Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company line, which ran from Newport to Pontypool. In the city of Newport, South Wales.
Information Source:
www.railscot.co.uk/Monmouthshire_Railway_and_Canal_Compan...
Best viewed Original size (1280 x 853 pixels).
Remains of Stranraer Town station (looking towards Portpatrick) - 22/07/1979.
The bridge visible beyond the buffer stop is at the end of Victoria Place, Stranraer.
Wikipedia states:
Stranraer Town railway station, located in Wigtownshire, Scotland, served the town of Stranraer and was a station on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway.
Opened on 11 March 1861, when the Castle Douglas to Stranraer Town was opened, it was closed to passengers on 7 March 1966, the year after the closure of the 'Port Road' route to Castle Douglas & Dumfries. Services beyond here to Portpatrick had previously ended in 1950.
Though closed to passenger traffic, the station and surrounding sidings remained in regular use as a freight depot until the end of Speedlink wagonload traffic in 1993. The last trains were steel trains from Tees Yard. All regular freight traffic from here to Northern Ireland via the ferries subsequently ceased and the depot was formally closed in 2009. The sidings remained in-situ, heavily overgrown, until 2015 when lifting commenced and by 2017 it had been completed.
See also: www.railscot.co.uk/locations/S/Stranraer_Town/
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© 2022 - 53A Models of Hull Collection. Scanned from the original 120 format negative; photographed by the late John Whitley.
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I visited this box on 27 October 1966. I visited 4 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log.
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My log entry shows '2' alongside the name. That was my way of noting that there were actually 2 copies of the track diagram installed in the box.
Dates - an incomplete story!!:
16 August 1877 - Box 1 was open before this date and named "Clowne Branch Junction".
19 June 1888 - Box 2 opened.
xx-xx-xxxx - Date of renaming to "Seymour Junction" not known.
14 March 1920 - New lever frame.
28 May 1928 - Box 3 opened. Inspected 28 May 1929 [Similar dates = suspicious???], The Board of Trade plan is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52311500372/in/album-...
and the locking here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52312298556/in/album-...
This was part of the doubling scheme from Hall lane Junction and the plan can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52319318891/in/album-...
xx-xx-1963 - This 4th box opened - you'd think it would be easy to find a 1963 signal box opening date, but I can't identify one, it was before July 1963 though. 95 lever RSCo (GNofI) 4" frame.
Peter Churchman advises me:- "Unlike LMS/BR(LMR) and its predecessors, LNER/BR(ER) didn’t manufacture their own lever frames, instead buying from contractors as required.
According to a former locking fitter colleague, when BR(ER) were looking to source some new mechanical lever frames and replacement parts in mid/late 1950s, they were offered a good deal on a large consignment of lever frame parts they had in store. These had originally been manufactured for the GNR (Eire), and to their spec. For whatever reason, (e.g. an anticipated order that never came, or an order that was subsequently cancelled?) this large quantity of parts was in store and so immediately available (and it no doubt suited the makers to reclaim the space taken!). I believe the parts were then stored at Leyton workshops (former GE?), which became ER’s mechanical signalling hub.
As a result, almost all new and replacement frames on ER were latterly of this pattern, including several assembled for new SBs (Twenty Foot River, Gainsborough Trent Jcts, Horns Bridge, Seymour Jct, Dovecliffe, Netherfield Jct and Hubberts Bridge come to mind!)."
15 November 1981 - Became a fringe box to Sheffield PSB, the signalling notice can be seen starting here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51740511537/in/album-...
xx-xx-1982 - Very shortly after becoming fringe to Sheffield, the frame was shortened by removing levers 1-7- and renumbering levers 71-95 as 1-25, totally relocked, colour light signalling and the box took over Markham Colliery Sidings control area - the plan for this with later mark ups is here
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Peter has supplied me with his copy of the last official (and likely actual final?) SBD, seen here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52320013185/in/album-...
That is how he remembers it being – after the frame had been reduced to 25 levers (former levers 71-95 relocked), and with much of the operating floor caged-off to become the relay room. This was done to move the electrical equipment up out of flood risk.
xx-xx-2006 - After the last trains the box and route was mothballed but track was stolen, the box vandalised and torched etc. Don't know an official closure date, but possibly well after the place ceased to physically exist!
My external photo of the box is here
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/52312726114/in/album-...
A photo taken inside the box is here
www.flickr.com/photos/63260897@N07/15420182289
Some other photo of the box and area can be seen here:
1) Ivatt 2-6-0 nos 43085 & 43143 (no date but must be prior to 10 Jan 1965 as 43085 was withdrawn then) www.flickr.com/photos/152010806@N03/49819132282
2) General view of signals and 47316 in 1981 www.flickr.com/photos/chris_davis_photos/7602431802
3) Signals and 56019 in 1981 www.flickr.com/photos/chris_davis_photos/7085341645
4) External shot of box in 1985 www.flickr.com/photos/154596801@N04/4035078100
5) Box with 56035 in 1992 www.flickr.com/photos/geoffsimages/40463647573
6) Box with 58028 in 1993 www.flickr.com/photos/tunnel_one/19280596750
7) Box with 56038 & 58005 in 1997 www.flickr.com/photos/58534838@N05/6964794715
8) 2009 with the box burnt out www.flickr.com/photos/37260/11784620586
Additional links about this box can be seen here:
1) It's all History now part 3 oxcroftjunction.wordpress.com/2013/09/06/its-all-history-...
2) Railscot - www.railscot.co.uk/locations/S/Seymour_Junction/
3) Signalboxes.com - www.signalboxes.com/seymour-jn.php
A photo of the 25 lever frame is shown, also a great photo of the old box with the 1963 replacement behind.
The Sectional Appendix pages are here:
Because the box was built in 1963 the most relevant Appendix pages, in theory, would be 1969, rather than 1960.
Especially because, In the knowledge that the 1963 box wasn’t sited exactly behind the 1929 one, we would expect to see a small change in the yardages to adjacent boxes
However, this is not the case and the yardages are the same in the 1960 and 1969 SA versions. However, for completeness I've included both versions below:
1960
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1969
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The quite accurate location of the box was 444473 (Easting) 373799 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=53....
A more detailed 25 inch to the mile map is here maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=53....
44931 approaches an unknown station somewhere* in the Scottish highlands. The Shed code looks to be 63A, Perth South, which was this loco's last shed along with a good number of other Black Fives. Can anyone identify the station? I think it looks to begin with the letter A and is a relatively long name but I have drawn a blank. The single platform, and the loch in the background, may help those with more knowledge that I have. From a scanned 35mm slide taken by my father circa 1960.
*With the help of David Spavin's The Railway Atlas of Scotland and Railscot, I have subsequently worked out that this is Ach-Na-Cloich on the Oban line, next station west of Taynuilt. Opened in 1881 it closed in 1965.
IRJWoods Collection
The disused Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company line, which ran from Newport to Pontypool. In the city of Newport, South Wales.
Information Source:
www.railscot.co.uk/Monmouthshire_Railway_and_Canal_Compan...
Leith Walk closed to northbound traffic at the end of June 2020 to allow tram construction. Route 7 is one of a number that have had to be diverted northbound via London Road/Easter Road/Duke Street. Lothian 477 was seen on Duke Street approaching the Foot of the Walk junction at the end of the diversionary route. New in summer 2017, the vehicle carries promotional vinyls for Edinburgh Zoo. The building with rounded windows was once Leith Central Station (1903-1952) which was built on a lavish scale by the North British Railway. Sadly, the long empty train shed behind was demolished in 1989. The building in the foreground opened as the Palace Cinema in January 1913 and closed at the end of 1966. It became a bingo hall before eventually opening as the Wetherspoon pub, The Foot of the Walk, in 2001. The new tramstop serving the heart of Leith - and currently identified as Foot of the Walk - will be at the south end of Constitution Street, behind the photographer. This should open in 2023. The picture was taken on day 143 of the Coronavirus lockdown.
More on Leith Central at Railscot
Shed closed in July 1962. Now a distant memory, and according to Railscot, the shed is now a supermarket.
For info on 60D and Wick Railway Station, see :
I visited this box on 27 July 1967. I visited 6 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log
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I had travelled to Scotland with my brother Gordon and our friend Stuart Bellamy. Gordon was driving our family car, a Ford Anglia 105E. We stayed in various B&Bs during our one week adventure. I was able to visit 14 boxes during that week.
The box opened 21 June 1964 for the paper pulp mill. The structure appears to be a standard LMS timber structure, but with a flat roof Believed possibly ex Kinglassie Colly.
It became a Gate Box from 06 December 1987 with the introduction of Radio Electronic Block Signalling (RETB).
More information on RETB is here www.scot-rail.co.uk/page/RETB
The box finally closed on 23 October 2011 when the crossing was CCTV controlled from Banavie Signalling Centre.
My external photo of the box is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51605307327/in/album-...
A later photo of the box, with the flat roof changed, can be seen on the Railscot site here, along with some interesting history
www.railscot.co.uk/locations/A/Annat_Signal_Box/
The Sectional Appendix page is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51605418707/in/album-...
The quite accurate location of the box was 208564 (Easting) 776786 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=17&lat=56....
I visited this box on 14 July 1967. I visited 3 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log.
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51601553262/in/album-...
This box replaced a previous one on 6 July 1902.
With the opening of Fiskerton Jn box in 1929 some changes affected Fiskerton Station box. The 1929 notice can be seen, starting here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51856464378/in/album-...
2 December 1934 is the actual day it was demoted from Signal Box to Gate Box.
Fiskerton Station Gate Box closed on 24 October 2016. taken over by the East Midlands Control Centre (EMCC), Netherfield Workstation. The level crossing was renamed Fiskerton LC and had MCB-OD (Barriers with Obstacle Detection by radar).
It seems that, at some point between my visit on 14 July 1967 and 1972, the gate locks were changed to be controlled from the Box, using lever 4. The gate lock rodding can be seen in this 1972 photo www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51859337323/in/album-... and shown on the track diagram here (circa 1982) www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51858298812/in/album-...
whereas in my 1967 photo the rodding isn't there www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51855000207/in/album-...
A track diagram from the 1960s can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51896772033/in/album-..., courtesy of The Midland Railway Study Centre Derby. On this diagram you see "Gates Released by Annetts Keys". My onsite drawing doesn't show that text but, for clarity, I've added it onto the diagram I show in this flickr album.
Apparently lever 3 was going to be used to lock the wicket gates (electromagnetic) if the EMSR project got delayed further, due to safety risks over misuse... (the wickets were always ‘free’ though in final years staff had to padlock them for each train).
More photos of the box can be seen here:
www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2765100
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~owend/I/R/stnpages/fiskerton....
www.flickr.com/photos/24041160@N02/30810108405
Additional links about this box can be seen here
www.railscot.co.uk/locations/F/Fiskerton/
www.derby-signalling.org.uk/Newark.htm
The Sectional Appendix page is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51750960355/in/photos...
The quite accurate location of the box was 472963 (Easting) 352003 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=53....
A more detailed 25 inch to the mile map is here maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=53....
The paddle steamer Waverley passing the derelict Craigendoran Pier this morning, a pier where paddle steamers would have operated from until the 70s. A spur from the main Helensburgh railway line taking trains straight onto the pier where passengers could board the ships. I’ve always known this, what I found out today from the excellent www.railscot.co.uk website is at that one point there was a hovercraft service between Greenock and Craigendoran! #waverley #waverleypaddlesteamer #paddlesteamer #psps #ship #ships #boat #craigendoranpier #helensburgh #nikonphotography #nikonphotographer #nikon #nikonfz
I visited this box on 4 Aug 1966. I visited 6 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log
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At the time of posting this on flickr (December 2021) the box is still operational.
The box was originally known as Blaydon East. See 1899 inspection plan (useful in that it shows when the box was extended to accommodate a new 60 lever frame, previously 33 levers). www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51718215027/in/album-...
The later 75 (or 76?) lever frame is shown on the 1905 inspection sketch... although whoever drew this failed to show what the inspection was for! www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51719680369/in/album-...
Interesting to note the significant variance in numbering between 1905 and 1966, but it is noticeable that by 1966 all functions except for 74/75 gate controls had been compressed down into left hand half of the frame leaving 47-73 spare, – no doubt the precursor for later shortening of the frame (and box)!
The NER 1922 Appendix shows the box as Blaydon East, seen here:
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In 1973 there were signalling alterations affecting Blaydon - Derwenthaugh - Norwood which abolished the semaphore signals and replaced them with colour light signals. Track Circuit Block Regulations were applied. Courtesy of The Signalling Record Society www.s-r-s.org.uk/home.php they can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51750491833/in/album-...
Although the date on the notice was 12 August 1973 the work was postponed until 2 Sep 1973.
Interesting to note, on my diagram, the points 31/17 - they are wide to gauge traps and can be seen in this photo www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51717686659/in/album-... just beyond the crossing gates.
My photo taken inside the box is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51705493311/in/album-...
I didn't take an external photo of the box. However, the below links show a selection:
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51717686659/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51716227732/in/album-...
www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/30018035693/blaydon-signal...
www.ontheupfast.com/p/21936chg/30018035695/blaydon-signal...
www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://live.staticflickr.co...
www.flickr.com/photos/limitofshunt/8194106585/in/photolis...
www.flickr.com/photos/16182218@N08/22623240183/in/photoli...
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An interior view of the box as modified:
www.flickr.com/photos/55727763@N02/35064854034/in/photoli...
Additional links about this box can be seen here
arthurgills.co.uk/product/blaydon-crossing-signal-box/
arthurgills.co.uk/product/k1-passing-blaydon-station/
www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/7753583296/
www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/7753584982/
www.flickr.com/photos/train-pix/7753584214/in/photolist-u...
The Sectional Appendix pages are here
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51606908364/in/album-...
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51716346122/in/datepo...
The quite accurate location of the box is 418752 (Easting) 563489 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=54....
A more detailed 25 inch to the mile map is here maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=54....
I visited this box on 28 July 1967. I visited 2 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log.
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At the time of posting this on flickr (February 2022) the box is still operational.
My visit in 1967 captured the layout in a short window of time between singling of the route to Blair Atholl and the later introduction of Tokenless Block.
The line from Blair Atholl to Dalwhinnie (via Dalnaspidal) was double track from early days but in the 1960s was chosen as a stretch to save money by singling it.
So in 1966 it was singled and Key Token working brought in. It was already Key Token towards Inverness (via Newtonmore).
Cost savings were a bit dubious because intermediate signal boxes at Dalanraoch and Dalnaspidal became passing loops and could no longer be switched out! So in late 1968/early 1969 Tokenless Block replaced Key Token working (both ways at Dalwhinnie), this meant spending a bit on providing bi-directional signalling on one side of the loops released by a King Lever and providing Shunt Key releases to protect shunting into sections, but it meant loops could now be switched out, including Dalwhinnie.
There was then a realisation that the line may not cope with the promised increased oil field traffic, so on 24 April 1978 Blair Atholl to Dalwhinnie was re-doubled with 2 Intermediate Block Sections each way. (Incidentally the traffic never materialised!).
Disaster nearly struck on 10 April 2021 when an empty HST started from a test stop at Dalwhinnie and derailed on faulty points 13A. That crossover, to date, has still not been reinstated.
The S&T Tokenless Block conversion plan is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51814553815/in/album-...
The 2009 layout is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51813935413/in/album-...
and a photo of the 2021 derailment is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51816042218/in/album-...
My external photo of the box is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51813786621/in/album-...
Additional information about this box can be seen here www.railscot.co.uk/locations/D/Dalwhinnie/
The Sectional Appendix pages are here
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51828299646/in/photos...
The quite accurate location of the box was 263483 (Easting) 785092 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=56....
I loved the Mexican Bean 104325. Here it is under power at Oban in 1987. Just imagine the behind cab seats on that climb to Glencruitten www.railscot.co.uk/locat.../G/Glencruitten_Crossing/ .
I first visited this box on 21 May 1966. I visited 2 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log.
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At the time of posting this on flickr (January 2022) the box is still operational.
Seeing some excellent aerial photos of the area on Facebook prompted me to ask the photographer, Ash Edwards, if I could use them in this flickr album. He kindly agreed and whilst I was sorting out the order to display I began to think back to the days when the Immingham Britannia Pacifics passed through in charge of 3V11, the 4.30pm Grimsby to Whitland fish train (I saw those trains at Kirkby-in-Ashfield). So I decided to create a storyboard album of that train, 3V11, focused on the Immingham Brits, which hopefully might be of interest. It can be seen on my flickr pages here
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The box opened in 1918 and the layout remained the same until just after my 1966 visit when the Duke of Portland siding was taken out of use and levers 12 & 13 became spare, as seen in this diagram www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51784951489/in/album-...
On 30 November 1970 it takes over the East Jn with motor points.
On 18 July 1976 levers 2/3/4/11 were made spare, as seen in this diagram www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51785647309/in/album-...
On 12 July 1986 Concentration Sidings box closed and the panel from there (extended to include Concentration Sidings mechanical area) moved into West Jn, levers 1-7 were removed to make space. The levers out meant the connecting line from Concentration Sidings was removed. The panel can be seen in this 1989 photo www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51780975667/in/album-...
On 20 December 1997 Welbeck Colliery Jn box closed and a new panel was added at the right hand end of the frame to work this area, Track Circuit Block working to Shirebrook Jn, seen here in this 2002 photo www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51785195400/in/album-...
On 3 March 2007 the Concentration Sidings Panel was taken out of use, but it seems to be 2017 before being officially de-commissioned by which time there was no track!
My external photos of the box are here
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My photo taken inside the box is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51782036888/in/album-...
Some great Peter Churchman photos show the box in 2001 and 2002:
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Three more photos can be seen on the RAILSCOT page www.railscot.co.uk/img/37/665/
Some poignant 2016 photos are here www.flickr.com/photos/37260/sets/72157670353084355/
and some more photos are in this article www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/clipstone-pit-west-signal-b...
Some of Ash Edward's stunning aerial photos can be seen here:
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The Sectional Appendix pages are here
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The quite accurate location of the box is 460683 (Easting) 365260 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=53....
A more detailed 25 inch to the mile map of the area (before the box was built) is here maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=53....
I visited this box on 28 July 1967. I visited 2 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log.
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Dates etc
1882 - There was a North and South box here.
1911 - This new North box provided, it appears South box may have been retained with ground frame status to work south end loop points.
This new box had a M&H 4" frame.
1919 - South box closed - points worked from North - this is odd because distances on my drawing suggest loop points to be nearly 300 yards from box, but B-o-T didn't change rodded point working permitted distance from 250 yards to 350 yards until 1925, maybe loop later extended south?
North dropped from the box name.
11 May 1969 - Tokenless Block working both from Ballinluig and to Blair Atholl introduced (it would have been Key Token or possibly Tablet at the time of my visit).
One advantage of Tokenless Block (besides not having to exchange tokens) is that you can switch out passing loops by providing bidirectional signalling on one side, this was not done at Pitlochry presumably because the occupation level crossing was still in use?
Also, the Shunting Keys provided with Tokenless Block to permit shunting onto the single lines either side would normally be attached to a lever, but Pitlochry didn't have 2 spares so they were put in 2 electric controllers on the block shelf.
22 March 2019 - Box closed.
26 March 2019 - New colour light signalling commissioned, worked from a Workstation in Stanley Junction box. This means that Dunkeld manual box and its loop stand between Stanley Junction's local control area and its workstation area, meaning Dunkeld works Tokenless Block from Stanley Junction from the south and TCB to Stanley Junction to the north. The section from Pitlochry to Blair Atholl is TCB too.
Pitlochry box is listed, but I'm not sure to what extent the condition of the box will be maintained.
Two years ago there was, on the Facebook Group "Signalboxes and Signalling", a post which showed a photo of the Track Diagram and the comment "Rule 55, on my way to Inverness." This prompted me to add my 1967 diagram to the post, for interest. I then, though, looked at my diagram in more detail and wrote "I've not looked at my 1967 Pitlochry box diagram for some time. I notice that there are 4 shunt discs which have no levers in the box. Any idea how these would be worked? Were they worked locally under instruction from the signalman? Would there be any detectors to confirm point position? Any thoughts would be appreciated."
This prompted Owen to get in touch with me and, following that, I added more text to the post "Think I might have the answer to the ground signals with no associated box lever. I’ve consulted a friend and, first of all, my drawing could have been a bit better i.e. the crossover actually went through the level crossing (my rough on-site drawing shows that but when I drew it up I must have changed it (NOTE JULY 2022, this error has now been corrected) Also my distance scale between the signals associated with points 12 and 13 is a bit inaccurate, as can be seen from the photo in the RAILSCOT link below. www.railscot.co.uk/locations/P/Pitlochry/1.html#pagination
The signals are actually point discs. That's why in the RAILSCOT photo they are different shape and have no signal wire just rodding. I think the method was that when off it just proved your trap point was set for you, you then had to wait for the nod (flag) from the signalman before actually moving your train.
The Goods Yard was removed first so they changed up side exit points indicators to discs, 14 through 18, 13 through 17, with set back from main 20 (previously a space) 12 became spare. Distants became colour lights, then 7 motor points, 6 spare and removed from locking. 18 became both ends with 19 still needed for interlocking. Points 15 motored but 16 still needed for interlocking. There we have the potted history of Pitlochry since my visit in 1967 except that now the box is closed and the loop is worked from a workstation in Stanley Junction box."
My external photo of the box is here
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Another external photo of the box, taken in 2018, can be seen here:
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An Interior photo of the frame (date unknown) is here www.flickr.com/photos/127340508@N05/51308591675/in/photol...
An additional link about this box can be seen here (Scroll through to find the relevant part for Pitlochry):
www.branchline.uk/fixture-report.php?id=1329
The Sectional Appendix pages are here
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The quite accurate location of the box was 293746 (Easting) 758130 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=14&lat=56....
A more detailed 25 inch to the mile map is here maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=14&lat=56....
40004 heads the Leith-Haverton Hill empty Ammonia tanks past the Penmanshiel Memorial. The monument is now obscured by trees.
See below. 10th July 1984
I visited this box on 1 September 1966. I visited 7 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log.
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This was an LMS box with a Railway Executive Committee (REC) 4.5" frame opened to work a new junction from Hall Lane on 25 November 1928.
The box replaced "Foxlow Goods Junction" situated at the end of the 4 track bit, near 29 points which controlled the southern end of the four-track section from Renishaw Park.
I didn't include the Track Circuits on my drawing. However it is interesting to note that 36 bar is a Lock Retaining Bar installed because there were no Track Circuits on the Goods Lines and, with the short distance from 37/44 signals, it ensures points 31 don't get moved until the train has cleared the track after passing the signals.
The box closed on 15 November 1981 with control passing to the Sheffield Power Signal Box as the Tapton Jn to Beighton stage - see BR ER signalling notice starting here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51740511537/in/album-...
A copy of the original Board of Trade Inspection sketch is here
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51872495039/in/album-... (Courtesy of The Midland Railway Study Centre Derby,)
A locking chart from 1929 is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51872257483/in/album-... (Courtesy of The Midland Railway Study Centre Derby,)
A few of my external photos of the box are here:
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My photo showing the wooden distant posts between Foxlow Jn and Renishaw Park Goods Jn is here
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An additional link about this box can be seen here
Railscot - www.railscot.co.uk/locations/F/Foxlow_Junction/
The Sectional Appendix pages are here
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The quite accurate location of the box was 442745 (Easting) 375740 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=53....
A more detailed 25 inch to the mile map is here (before the curve to Hall Lane Jn was built) maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=53....
I first visited this box on 14 July 1967. I visited 3 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log.
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The level crossing controlled by Fiskerton Jn box was always called “Morton”. Prior to Fiskerton Jn SB opening in 1929, Morton Crossing was a typical mid-section level crossing worked by a crossing keeper, with hand-operated gates and (most likely) a 2 lever ‘throw over’ pattern ground frame, operating just distant signals to protect the level crossing – In common with several other level crossings along that line, the gate ‘targets’ served as the stop signals.
Fiskerton Jn box opened 7 April 1929, part of the work done by the LMS which included a new west curve from Rolleston West Jn. The main purpose of the new curve was to facilitate heavier coal trains from the mid Notts collieries, bound for London and other southbound destinations. This route avoided the more steeply graded one via Kirkby-in-Ashfield.
The 1929 notice can be seen, starting here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51856464378/in/album-...
The frame here was a Railway Executive Committee (REC) (LMS) pattern tappet frame of 30 levers, at 4½ centres. The gate wheel was not of the usual Midland ‘crab’ style, - best described as a ‘ship’s wheel’ pattern, as it had spokes extending beyond the circumference of the wheel.
A locking diagram can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51858449480/in/album-...
So, in 1929, as the Fiskerton Jn – Rolleston West Jnt goods curve was only planned for daytime usage, a ground frame (Morton Crossing) was also provided on the other side of the road to facilitate night (and weekend) control of the level crossing by a crossing keeper to benefit from the economies of staff grade saving.
The ground frame had an 8 lever frame and slotted the main line home and distant signals, in addition to control of the gate stops and locks. A 1970 track diagram is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51858654527/in/datepo...
In Fiskerton Jn box there was a ‘Gate Disengager’ lever (23), which could only be reversed after the Up & Dn Main homes & distants were cleared and the box switched out.
A photo taken in the locking room is here, along with some detailed text explanation. www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51857789941/in/album-...
A locking diagram can be seen here, along with some detailed text explanation. www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51858449480/in/album-...
Signal 13 was added 1936.
The route to Rolleston West closed 1 March 1965.
As previously stated Morton Crossing Gate Box was there before 7 April 1929 when Fiskerton Jn box opened. The ground frame cabin seemed to be still connected up but not used by early 1980's as, by then, Fiskerton Jn box was open continuously.
Fiskerton Jn box became a fringe box to the East Midlands Control Centre (EMCC) on 3 November 2016 and then was closed, taken over by EMCC (Netherfield Workstation) on 24 October 2016. The level crossing was renamed Morton Road and MCB-OD (Barriers with Obstacle Detection by radar).
The work comprised three stages:
Stage 1 covered from Burton Joyce to a temp fringe at Fiskerton Jn (Lowdham SB abolished).
Stage 2 extended to a temp fringe at Staythorpe Xing (Fiskerton Jn SB, plus Fiskerton Stn & Rolleston GBs abolished).
Stage 3 then extended to the final link-up with Doncaster panel beyond Newark Castle.
There was incorrect naming of Morton LC as ‘Morton Road’ LC! So to this day, the new interlocking provided for the LC is still known as Morton Road, with the only amendment achieved being the name of the LC corrected as displayed on Workstation screens etc.
Fiskerton Jn box, along with both Staythorpe Crossing & Newark Castle boxes were all noted to still be in situ seen by Peter Churchman from a train on 15 October 2021.
The "Newark Advertiser" on 6 May 2020 reported that Network Rail had submitted a planning application to move Morton signal box in Nottinghamshire to the Vale of Berkeley Railway in Gloucestershire. www.newarkadvertiser.co.uk/news/signal-box-is-on-track-fo...
At the time of posting this (1 February 2022) a funding appeals page was on the Vale of Berkeley Railway's web site valeofberkeleyrailway.co.uk/2020/02/04/2545/
UPDATE 21 September 2023 - the above link doesn't now work and I can see no mention of the Signal Box on the Website for the Vale of Berkeley Railway.
My external photo of the box is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51856277834/in/album-...
A photo showing both Fiskerton Jn signal box and Morton Crossing ground frame cabin is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51858122224/in/album-...
Additional Links about this box can be seen here
signalbox.org/photo-gallery/london-midland-scottish-railw...
www.railscot.co.uk/locations/F/Fiskerton_Junction/
www.derby-signalling.org.uk/Newark.htm
The Sectional Appendix pages are here
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www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51859997075/in/datepo...
The quite accurate location of the box was 472357 (Easting) 351497 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=53....
A more detailed 25 inch to the mile map is here maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=16&lat=53....
The paddle steamer Waverley passing the derelict Craigendoran Pier this morning and heading towards Helensburgh Pier, ridiculously not open to marine traffic! #waverley #waverleypaddlesteamer #paddlesteamer #psps #ship #ships #boat #craigendoranpier #helensburgh #nikonphotography #nikonphotographer #nikon #nikonfz #railscot #helensburghpier #discoverhelensburgh #pier
Greenock has thirteen railway tunnels running under it, of which nine are abandoned. Admittedly, a few of them like the two tunnels under Lynedoch Street aren't especially long and I'd describe them as long bridges. The tunnel to the right is the Lynedoch Street Tunnel which runs for a total length of 43 yards, whilst the narrower looking tunnel to the left is Lynedoch Goods Tunnel, which manages to travel underground for a staggering 56 yards.
My choice of composition here makes these two tunnels looks a lot longer than they are but if you walk just around the corner a little, you'll soon discover that there's not much to them.
Let's look at both tunnels individually. The Lynedoch Street Tunnel was part of the mainline to the Princes Pier station, a grand old station that unfortunately no longer exists. Just beyond the tunnel is the remains of Lynedoch Station which looks very overgrown today. Here's a photo of the station and the tunnels in 1969, shortly after the line closed to passengers but before it was converted for freight traffic.
The mainline tunnel certainly feels more like an extended bridge when you walk through it, especially when you see the layout of the stone work. Here's a close up of the tunnel. As with all the tunnels on this line, the tracks have been left in place.
There was also a siding at this point that joined up with the mainline a little behind where I took this photo, which as you can see, runs at a different level to the mainline which is climbing at this point. The goods siding is descending at here, hence the difference in heights of the portals. The Lynedoch Goods Tunnel linked up with the Lynedoch goods yard which is now occupied by industrial units.
This tunnel actually feels more like a tunnel when you look at it's lining but unfortunately, I never went inside for any photos myself which perhaps I should have done but time didn't allow. As such, here's another photo from Railscot. Note the profile changes which suggests this short tunnel is hiding a reasonable level of interest.
Another visit to Botanic Gardens station in the west end of Glasgow on Sunday 7 October 2007. You can see a wee bit of film footage on youtube at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVmaZnRS9nQ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p1VbLSepNQ
Botanics Garden Station was on the old Glasgow Central Railway www.railscot.co.uk/Glasgow_Central_Railway/frame.htm which opened in 1896.The last passenger train stopped at Botanic Gardens Station on 6 February 1939.(Although freight trains ran along this section of track until the Beeching cuts in 1964). And yet, the station and the platforms are remarkably well preserved. In the mid 1990s, Strathclyde Passenger Transport www.spt.co.uk had very ambitious plans to re-open the station and tunnels as part of far-reaching "Strathclyde Tram" proposals. But the plans came to nothing. You can read more about the station's relatively short life and see more pictures at: www.railscot.co.uk**Recent news** There are plans to turn the old station into a nightclub ! Visit www.theherald.co.uk/news/transport/display.var.1476976.0....
Also, more information at : www.kilmeny.vispa.com/kirklee.htm
Another visit to Botanic Gardens station in the west end of Glasgow on Sunday 7 October 2007. You can see a wee bit of film footage on youtube at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVmaZnRS9nQ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p1VbLSepNQ
Botanics Garden Station was on the old Glasgow Central Railway www.railscot.co.uk/Glasgow_Central_Railway/frame.htm which opened in 1896.The last passenger train stopped at Botanic Gardens Station on 6 February 1939.(Although freight trains ran along this section of track until the Beeching cuts in 1964). And yet, the station and the platforms are remarkably well preserved. In the mid 1990s, Strathclyde Passenger Transport www.spt.co.uk had very ambitious plans to re-open the station and tunnels as part of far-reaching "Strathclyde Tram" proposals. But the plans came to nothing. You can read more about the station's relatively short life and see more pictures at: www.railscot.co.uk**Recent news** There are plans to turn the old station into a nightclub ! Visit www.theherald.co.uk/news/transport/display.var.1476976.0....
Also, more information at : www.kilmeny.vispa.com/kirklee.htm
I've visited this small viaduct before. It largely seems to be a bit of a secret as very few people have photographed it but if you're in the area, it's worth stopping to see for the novelty of seeing an actual railway line on the deck. If you look carefully at the River Ore (lower, right hand corner), it can be noted that the water is orange. This is most likely a result of the former heavy mining activity in the area. Here's an old photo, showing the viaduct in 1991.
The viaduct is also surrounded by everyone's new pal, hogweed. I've always known not to touch it but it seems to be getting a lot of media attention this Summer. Is there generally more around than normal? I did see someone on Facebook make a massive fuss about spotting some outside of a Tesco somewhere and how "something must be done". I doubt this person would have known what it was without the publicity this weed has got recently.
Another visit to Botanic Gardens station in the west end of Glasgow on Sunday 7 October 2007. You can see a wee bit of film footage on youtube at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVmaZnRS9nQ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p1VbLSepNQ
Botanics Garden Station was on the old Glasgow Central Railway www.railscot.co.uk/Glasgow_Central_Railway/frame.htm which opened in 1896.The last passenger train stopped at Botanic Gardens Station on 6 February 1939.(Although freight trains ran along this section of track until the Beeching cuts in 1964). And yet, the station and the platforms are remarkably well preserved. In the mid 1990s, Strathclyde Passenger Transport www.spt.co.uk had very ambitious plans to re-open the station and tunnels as part of far-reaching "Strathclyde Tram" proposals. But the plans came to nothing. You can read more about the station's relatively short life and see more pictures at: www.railscot.co.uk**Recent news** There are plans to turn the old station into a nightclub ! Visit www.theherald.co.uk/news/transport/display.var.1476976.0....
Also, more information at : www.kilmeny.vispa.com/kirklee.htm
I visited this box on 27 July 1967. I visited 6 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log.
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Two more diagrams, drawn by Robert Dey and used with his kind permission, can be seen here:
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Claim to fame: The box had exactly the same signalling layout as opened through to when closed!
The note about stretcher bars only having one hole is unusual to see on a Signal Box Diagram and lets the signalman know that points can only be locked one way, which is set only for correct side of the loop. There should actually be no chance of the signalman putting it to the test and trying to bend the rodding as the actual frame interlocking should prevent it anyway.
The box closed on 6 December 1987 when Radio Electronic Token Block (RETB) signalling system was introduced at Banavie North workstation.
More information on RETB is here www.scot-rail.co.uk/page/RETB
The box still exists and is part of the station museum at Glenfinnan, see here glenfinnanstationmuseum.co.uk/facilities/signal-box/#:~:t....
An additional link about this box can be seen here www.railscot.co.uk/locations/G/Glenfinnan/
My external photo of the box is here www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51872279403/in/album-...
and one I took from the station platform during our stop on "The Jacobite" on 28 June 2018 www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51921482203/in/datepo...
The Sectional Appendix page is here
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The quite accurate location of the box was 189913 (Easting) 780956 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=14&lat=56....
A walk along the Nickey Line, a lost railway that ran from Harpenden to Hemel Hempstead. This is the site of a level crossing at Sunnysisde Farm near Redbourn and Beaumont's Halt, and here can be found a tiny bit of existing track! There used to be a signal located here on the approach to Beaumont's Halt:
www.railscot.co.uk/img/46/528/
The line was opened on 16 July 1877, but started to be closed in sections from 1959. The line between Cupid Green and Harpenden survived for some more years however, having been leased by British Rail in 1968 to the Hemelite concrete company who continued to use the line privately to transport raw materials for manufacturing building blocks via Harpenden to their Claydale works at Cupid Green. Eventually that too was closed in the late 1970s and the track was lifted in 1982, it is now a footpath and cycle route.
Our lockdown exercise walk took us from Three Cherry Trees Lane near Woodhall Farm to Redbourn along the Nickey Line, and then back via Gaddesden Lane. Friday 25th April 2020.
I visited this box on 27 July 1967. I visited 6 boxes that day, see my "boxes visited" log.
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From the S-R-S Scottish SB Register they give the closure for Morar LC GB as 1985, when the crossing was converted to an AOCL (Auto Open Crossing Locally monitored).
The railway signalling over the crossing changed to RETB on 6 December 1987 controlled from Banavie SC - North Workstation. However, this may not have changed anything here at that time, I do not know.
More information on RETB is here www.scot-rail.co.uk/page/RETB
The crossing today is AOCL+B, it was previously just AOCL but had half barriers fitted. All Up trains have to stop in the platform and press a plunger to start the crossing operation, then proceed when they get the white light.
I did not take a photo of the box but it can be seen here www.railscot.co.uk/locations/M/Morar/
The Sectional Appendix page is here
www.flickr.com/photos/192151030@N08/51605418707/in/album-...
The quite accurate location of the box was 167782 (Easting) 792898 (Northing), seen here on the NLS maps maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=14&lat=56....
This was for Wikipedia! It's the remains of a demolished bit of the station which used to serve a closed railway line.
RAILSCOT describes it as "The remains of the trainshed that once formed the eastern terminus of the Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie Railway at the northwest corner of Lockerbie station... The line lost its passenger service in 1952 and closed completely in 1966. The bay was infilled and the roof removed in the early 1970s."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botanic_Gardens_railway_station
Another visit to Botanic Gardens station in the west end of Glasgow on Sunday 7 October 2007. You can see a wee bit of film footage on youtube at
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVmaZnRS9nQ
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p1VbLSepNQ
Botanics Garden Station was on the old Glasgow Central Railway www.railscot.co.uk/Glasgow_Central_Railway/frame.htm which opened in 1896.The last passenger train stopped at Botanic Gardens Station on 6 February 1939.(Although freight trains ran along this section of track until the Beeching cuts in 1964). And yet, the station and the platforms are remarkably well preserved. In the mid 1990s, Strathclyde Passenger Transport www.spt.co.uk had very ambitious plans to re-open the station and tunnels as part of far-reaching "Strathclyde Tram" proposals. But the plans came to nothing. You can read more about the station's relatively short life and see more pictures at: www.railscot.co.uk**Recent news** There are plans to turn the old station into a nightclub ! Visit www.theherald.co.uk/news/transport/display.var.1476976.0....
Also, more information at : www.kilmeny.vispa.com/kirklee.htm
Trip to Cadderlie Bothy, Loch Etive Connel Bridge www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/connel/connel/index.html
Another visit to Botanic Gardens station in the west end of Glasgow on Sunday 7 October 2007. You can see a wee bit of film footage on youtube at
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Botanics Garden Station was on the old Glasgow Central Railway www.railscot.co.uk/Glasgow_Central_Railway/frame.htm which opened in 1896.The last passenger train stopped at Botanic Gardens Station on 6 February 1939.(Although freight trains ran along this section of track until the Beeching cuts in 1964). And yet, the station and the platforms are remarkably well preserved. In the mid 1990s, Strathclyde Passenger Transport www.spt.co.uk had very ambitious plans to re-open the station and tunnels as part of far-reaching "Strathclyde Tram" proposals. But the plans came to nothing. You can read more about the station's relatively short life and see more pictures at: www.railscot.co.uk**Recent news** There are plans to turn the old station into a nightclub ! Visit www.theherald.co.uk/news/transport/display.var.1476976.0....
Also, more information at : www.kilmeny.vispa.com/kirklee.htm
Melrose Station was built in 1849 and the station house was designed to look like a country mansion. To protect its passengers from the weather the station platforms were covered with immense iron and timber canopies, of which that attached to the station house remains.
The station closed in 1969 and was rescued by local action leading to its reopening in 1986 with multiple uses. The former Melrose Railway station sits imposingly on a slope above the centre of the town, the station itself on two levels - the principal station building presents a Jacobean facade to the town centre while visitors can ascend a staircase up to the former up-platform covered by an elegant canopy featuring period enamel signs.
The down-platform and most of the track-bed no longer exist, sadly lost for ever beneath the A6091 Melrose bypass. The remaining station buildings have been refurbished and now contain a restaurant and a small museum.
See this website showing what the station used to look like.