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Ayr And Dalmellington Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Ayr stations glass roof viewed from above.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/381.jpg "Ayr")
![Ayr stations glass roof viewed from above.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/382.jpg "Ayr")
![The former furnacebank at Dalmellington Ironworks.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/2000/2046.jpg "Dalmellington Ironworks")
![Near Hollybush.<br><br>[G W Robin //]](/images/6000/6736.jpg "Hollybush")
![The remains of the (second) immense double track Drumgrange incline. This Dalmellington Iron Company line took the railway from Waterside up to the high level iron ore lines.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/8000/8925.jpg "Drumgrange Incline")
![All that remains of the incline head at Lethanhill. The incline was also known as the Drumgrange incline.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/8000/8926.jpg "Drumgrange Incline")
![The Corbie Craigs incline. This was replaced by the second Drumgrange incline. It led down to the ironworks via a large viaduct. Amazingly some track remains in place since closure in the 1860s.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/8000/8927.jpg "Corbie Craigs")
![The Kerse Incline looking up. This joined the mainline at Smithston Junction near Patna and was operated by Summerlee Iron Co. It was abandoned when the DIC took over the iron ore mines connecting them to its upper level system.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/8000/8928.jpg "Kerse Incline")
![A photograph that has recently come into my possession. On the back it simply reads 'Hollybush, G&SWR'. Any information about exact location, date, locomotive, etc. gratefully received. Graham Morgan <br><br>[Graham Morgan Collection //]](/images/15000/15064.jpg "Hollybush")
![A northbound steam-hauled railtour stands at Ayr platform 3, thought to be in the mid 1960s, double-headed by unidentified Stanier and BR Standard class 5 locomotives.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/29000/29237.jpg "Ayr")
![Ayr local from Kilmarnock. Manson 4.4.0 14184. Ayr Sheds, 1928.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow //1928]](/images/28000/28203.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![G&SW Baltic Tank 15401. Ayr Sheds, 1928.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow //1928]](/images/28000/28214.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![P. Drummond 0.6.0 17755. Ayr Sheds, 1928.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow //1928]](/images/28000/28218.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![G&SW 4-4-0 14509 'Lord Glenarthur'. Ayr Sheds, 1928.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow //1928]](/images/28000/28220.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![LMS 14515 at Ayr in 1930. The engine is a P. Drummond Class 331 built for Glasgow & South Western Railway as No. 136 (later 336/19) in 1913, it was among the last of the G&SW engines to be withdrawn by LMS as non standard in 1937. <br><br>[Graham Morgan Collection //1930]](/images/17000/17421.jpg "Ayr")
![Stranraer - Glasgow express approaching Glengall. Class 5 4.6.0 5119.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow /09/1940]](/images/15000/15449.jpg "Glengall")
![Glasgow - Stranraer express approaching Dalrymple Junction. 5X 4.6.0 5636 <i>Uganda</i>. Raeburn and Webb on Footplate.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow /09/1940]](/images/15000/15450.jpg "Dalrymple Junction")
![12.30pm Glasgow-Stranraer express leaving Ayr. Driver J. McCreadie and fireman W. McKirdy. 4.6.0 5730 <i> Ocean</i>.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow //1941]](/images/15000/15587.jpg "Ayr")
![Horwich Mogul 42831 pulls away from Ayr on 6 August 1955 with a Glasgow St Enoch - Girvan train. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/08/1955]](/images/55000/55351.jpg "Ayr")
![BR Standard Mogul 77015 at the south end of Ayr station on 8 August 1955 with empty stock. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 08/08/1955]](/images/53000/53287.jpg "Ayr")
![Fairburn tank 42195 arrives at Newton-on-Ayr station on 3 August 1958 with a train for Glasgow. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 03/08/1958]](/images/54000/54346.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![BR Standard class 3MT 2-6-0 77017 about to pass below Minnivey bridge with a northbound train shortly after leaving Dalmellington on 28 March 1959. The locomotive spent its entire life at Hurlford shed, having been delivered new from Swindon in 1954. It was withdrawn in November 1966 and broken up by T W Ward at Wishaw five months later. [Ref query 19422]<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 28/03/1959]](/images/52000/52075.jpg "Dalmellington")
![BR standard Mogul 77017 arriving at Hollybush station on 28 March 1959 with a train from Dalmellington heading for Ayr. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 28/03/1959]](/images/52000/52090.jpg "Hollybush")
![Ex-LMS 2P 4-4-0 40574 leaving Waterside on 28 March 1959 heading for Ayr.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 28/03/1959]](/images/52000/52218.jpg "Waterside")
![A Fairburn 2-6-4T running tender first approaching Dalmellington station on 28 March 1959 with a train from Ayr. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 28/03/1959]](/images/52000/52305.jpg "Dalmellington")
![2P 4-4-0 40574 arriving at Dalmellington on 28 March 1959 with a train from Ayr.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 28/03/1959]](/images/53000/53067.jpg "Dalmellington")
![Fairburn tank 42195 crossing the River Ayr on 28 March 1959 with a train from Glasgow.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 28/03/1959]](/images/53000/53965.jpg "Ayr")
![BR Standard class 3MT 2-6-0 77017 crossing Burnton Viaduct on 28 March 1959 with a Dalmellington - Ayr train. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 28/03/1959]](/images/55000/55280.jpg "Burnton Viaduct")
![A train for Dalmellington passing Hollybush on 28 March 1959 behind 2P 4-4-0 40574. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 28/03/1959]](/images/56000/56702.jpg "Hollybush")
![2P 4-4-0 40574 takes a train through the cutting near Hollybush on 28 March 1959 on its way from Dalmellington to Ayr.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 28/03/1959]](/images/57000/57250.jpg "Hollybush")
![2P 4-4-0 40574 awaiting departure time from Dalmellington on 28 March 1959.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 28/03/1959]](/images/57000/57564.jpg "Dalmellington")
![Fairburn tank 42131 preparing to take a train away from Dalmellington in March 1959. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 28/03/1959]](/images/58000/58383.jpg "Dalmellington")
![Fairburn tank 42131 brings a train for Dalmellington over Burnton Viaduct on 28 March 1959.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 28/03/1959]](/images/61000/61364.jpg "Burnton Viaduct")
![A Railbus approaching Ayr station on a trial run in March 1959.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 30/03/1959]](/images/16000/16342.jpg "Ayr")
![Diesel shunter D3563 about to pass south through Ayr station on 30 March 1959 with the Glengall goods trip. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 30/03/1959]](/images/51000/51560.jpg "Ayr")
![Ex-LMS 4F 0-6-0 44330 takes over a Glasgow - Girvan semi-fast at Ayr in March 1959. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 30/03/1959]](/images/60000/60239.jpg "Ayr")
![A train from Kilmarnock runs into Ayr station's platform 1 on 30 March 1959 behind BR Standard tank 80030.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 30/03/1959]](/images/61000/61067.jpg "Ayr")
![Class 2P 4-4-0 40665 departing from Ayr on 30 March 1959 with a Dalmellington - Kilmarnock train.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 30/03/1959]](/images/62000/62305.jpg "Ayr")
![Ex-LMS 0-6-0 44330 leaving Newton-on-Ayr on 4 July 1959 with a Kilmarnock - Ayr train. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 04/07/1959]](/images/53000/53224.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![A lineup of ex-Caledonian 3F 0-6-0s on shed at Ayr in the summer of 1959. The locomotives are 57596 (nearest), 57644, 57611, 57580 and 57633. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 04/07/1959]](/images/54000/54837.jpg "Ayr Shed")
![Fairburn tank 42196 passing Hawkhill Junction with a Glasgow - Ayr train on a sunny July day in 1959. Ayr locomotive shed stands in the background.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 04/07/1959]](/images/55000/55177.jpg "Hawkhill Junction")
![A Saturday Darvel - Ayr train, hauled by 2P 4-4-0 40645, arrives at Newton-on-Ayr on 4 July 1959. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 04/07/1959]](/images/59000/59905.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![BR Standard class 4 no 80025 off Corkerhill shed prepares to take a train for Glasgow out of Ayr station on 28 July 1959.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 28/07/1959]](/images/22000/22998.jpg "Ayr")
![McIntosh 0-4-4T no 55262 takes a break from station pilot duties at the north end of Ayr station in July 1959.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 28/07/1959]](/images/28000/28302.jpg "Ayr")
![McIntosh 3F 0-6-0T no 56344 photographed on Ayr shed in July 1959, some 2 months before withdrawal by BR. <br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 28/07/1959]](/images/32000/32137.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![Drummond ex-Caledonian 0-6-0 no 57279 on Ayr shed in July 1959. The locomotive is recorded as being withdrawn from Ayr in October that year and cut up at Inverurie works the following month.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 28/07/1959]](/images/35000/35701.jpg "Ayr")
![As far as I can remember, my first ever railway photograph - Standard Class 4 2-6-4T No. 80009 awaits departure from Ayr with a Glasgow (St. Enoch) train in August 1959. The smokebox of classmate No. 80008 can just be seen in the background beyond the wall alongside one of the new dmus which would take over from the tanks with effect from the timetable change later that year. Note the CR type route indicator above the centre of the buffer beam, something I never noticed on the original print. [Perhaps someone with a summer 1959 timetable can identify the train.] <br>
<br><br>[Bill Jamieson /08/1959]](/images/34000/34115.jpg "Ayr")
![Fairburn tank 42196 about to pass over Belmont Road level crossing on the southern approach to Ayr station on 17 October 1959 with a Girvan - Glasgow train. [Ref query 14964] <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 17/10/1959]](/images/54000/54399.jpg "Ayr")
![Scene at Ayr station on 25 July 1960. A Glasgow bound DMU calls at platform 3, while a Kilmarnock train waits in bay platform 1. The locomotive is Hurlford 2P 4-4-0 40642. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 25/07/1960]](/images/61000/61401.jpg "Ayr")
![Class 2P 4-4-0 40595 photographed at Dalrymple Junction on 6 August 1960 with a Dalmellington - Ayr train. [Ref query 2625] <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/08/1960]](/images/51000/51136.jpg "Dalrymple Junction")
![A Park Royal Railbus passing south through Dalrymple Junction on 6 August 1960 on its way from Kilmarnock to Dalmellington. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/08/1960]](/images/51000/51636.jpg "Dalrymple Junction")
![Ex-Caledonian 0-6-0 57633 near Belmont level crossing, Ayr, in the summer of 1960, climbing with an up Girvan goods. [Ref query 603]. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/08/1960]](/images/57000/57914.jpg "Ayr")
![Looking over Ayr MPD from the footbridge in September 1960. Ex-Caledonian 0-6-0 no 57644 nearest the camera.<br><br>[K A Gray 10/09/1960]](/images/37000/37579.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![Caley 3F no 57614 outside Ayr shed in September 1960. The 0-6-0 survived for a further two years before eventual withdrawal from here in October 1962.<br><br>[K A Gray 10/09/1960]](/images/38000/38210.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![57633 approaching Ayr from the south with a freight in September 1961.<br><br>[David Stewart 03/09/1961]](/images/45000/45814.jpg "Ayr")
![Park Royal railbus SC79974 stands at the buffer stops at Dalmellington station on 5 September 1961 with a service for Ayr.<br><br>[David Stewart 05/09/1961]](/images/46000/46141.jpg "Dalmellington")
![A railbus stands at the platform at Dalmellington on 3 November 1962 with a service for Kilmarnock. The vehicle is thought to be AC cars unit SC 79979 which ended its days as a grounded bodyshell on the Strathspey Railway at Aviemore before being scrapped [see image 36743].<br><br>[R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 03/11/1962]](/images/36000/36725.jpg "Dalmellington")
![Black 5 no 45251 on a Glasgow - Stranraer boat train standing at Ayr station in May 1963. The locomotive was withdrawn from Ardrossan shed just over 6 months later. <br><br>[R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 25/05/1963]](/images/37000/37811.jpg "Ayr")
![A Glasgow - Stranraer Harbour boat train prepares to leave Ayr station on Saturday 25 May 1963. Locomotive in charge is Ardrossan Black 5 no 45251.<br><br>[R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 25/05/1963]](/images/37000/37916.jpg "Ayr")
![Crab 42780 heads north past Ayr MPD and enters Newton on Ayr with coal train in August 1965.<br><br>[G W Robin /08/1965]](/images/20000/20507.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![Known as <I>Horwich Moguls</I> or <I>Crabs</I>, three of these Hughes/Fowler engines are seen at Ayr MPD in August 1965. Right to left are 42740, 42909 and 42801.<br><br>[G W Robin 08/08/1965]](/images/21000/21412.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![<I>Crab</I> 2-6-0 no 42789 heading south past its home shed at Ayr in August 1965 with mineral wagons.<br><br>[G W Robin 08/08/1965]](/images/45000/45932.jpg "Ayr")
![Locally based <I>Crab</I> 2-6-0 no 42789 standing alongside the shed at Ayr in the summer of 1965. <br><br>[G W Robin 08/08/1965]](/images/48000/48031.jpg "Ayr")
![Sunshine and shadows at Ayr shed. Locomotives and rolling stock standing on the condemned line along the north side of the shed yard on 23 October 1965, including home based <I>Crab</I> 2-6-0 no 42789. The locomotive was not 'officially' withdrawn until late in 1966 following a brief 'reallocation' to Motherwell. This was followed by the short trip to MMS Wishaw, where it was eventually cut up in April 1967. <br><br>[K A Gray 23/10/1965]](/images/55000/55056.jpg "Ayr")
![<I>Scottish Rambler No 5</I> is about to leave Ayr station on 10 April 1966 behind B1 no 61342. The railtour is seen here alongside a service DMU. <br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 10/04/1966]](/images/21000/21636.jpg "Ayr")
![<i>Crab</i> 42737 stands outside Ayr MPD on 10 April 1966.<br><br>[K A Gray 10/04/1966]](/images/22000/22819.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![View east over a busy Ayr shed, thought to have been taken on 10 April 1966, with Black 5s and Crabs a-plenty standing in the yard. Blackhouse Junction signal box can be seen in the right background.<br><br>[K A Gray 10/04/1966]](/images/23000/23524.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![<I>Crab</I> 2-6-0 no 42913 stands amongst the abandoned locomotives alongside Ayr shed in April 1966. Officially withdrawn at the end of July that year disposal took place in the yard of Messrs Arnott Young, Troon, some 3 months later.<br><br>[K A Gray 10/04/1966]](/images/32000/32803.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![Black 5 no 45016 in the sidings alongside Ayr shed on 10 April 1966. It was officially withdrawn from 67C less than 3 months later and cut up at Arnott Young, Troon, by the end of the year.<br><br>[K A Gray 10/04/1966]](/images/42000/42244.jpg "Ayr")
![BR Standard class 4 2-6-4T no 80025 in the sidings alongside Ayr shed in April 1966. The locomotive is recorded as being withdrawn from 67A Corkerhill 4 months later and cut up at Shipbreaking Industries, Faslane, in October that year. <br><br>[K A Gray 10/04/1966]](/images/44000/44198.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![Crab 2-6-0 no 42863 stands on Ayr shed in April 1966. Officially withdrawn by BR some 4 months later, the locomotive was cut up at Arnott Young, Troon, in January 1967.<br><br>[K A Gray 10/04/1966]](/images/44000/44476.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![View north east over the shed yard at Ayr in the July 1966 from Viewfield Road footbridge. Locomotives in the busy yard include 'Crab' no 42789 bottom left, with Blackhouse Junction signal box visible in the right background.<br><br>[K A Gray 31/07/1966]](/images/29000/29507.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![BR Standard class 4 2-6-0 no 76073 stands on the condemned line at Ayr MPD in July 1966. The locomotive had been officially withdrawn from here in June of that year and was broken up at Arnott Young, Troon, some 5 months later.<br><br>[K A Gray 31/07/1966]](/images/29000/29514.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![<I>Crab</I> 2-6-0 no 42861 standing amongst the abandoned locomotives in the sidings alongside Ayr shed on 31 July 1966, the precise date of its <I>official</I> withdrawal by BR.<br><br>[K A Gray 31/07/1966]](/images/32000/32538.jpg "Ayr")
![A Sunday scene in the shed yard at Ayr in July 1966 with the shed's steam allocation counting the days. Nearest the camera is Crab 2-6-0 no 42789, withdrawn at the end of December that year. <br><br>[K A Gray 31/07/1966]](/images/34000/34441.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![View from the south end of Ayr shed in July 1966. Nearest the camera is BR Standard class 4 2-6-0 no 76074, some 3 months prior to its official withdrawal by BR.<br><br>[K A Gray 31/07/1966]](/images/35000/35041.jpg "Ayr")
![D7612+D7614 about to couple up to BR <I>Grand Scottish Tour No 2</I> at the south end of Ayr station on 27 May 1967. The pair will handle the return leg to Stranraer Harbour [See image 23416].<br><br>[Colin Miller 27/05/1967]](/images/25000/25173.jpg "Ayr")
![BR <I>Grand Scottish Tour No 2</I> of 27 May 1967 has arrived at Ayr from Edinburgh. EE Type 4 no D276 which brought in the train comes off at the south end of the station to hand over to a pair of Type 2s for the Stranraer leg.<br><br>[Colin Miller 27/05/1967]](/images/25000/25174.jpg "Ayr")
![A trio of type 2s on Ayr shed in June 1970 with 5406 nearest the camera.<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/06/1970]](/images/1000/1234.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![A grey day on Ayr shed. View north on 19 June 1970, with the main Ayr - Glasgow line off to the left. The shed yard is dominated by class 27 and 08 locomotives, with 5374 nearest the camera.<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/06/1970]](/images/1000/1508.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![View north in the shed yard at Ayr in June 1970.<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/06/1970]](/images/3000/3099.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![A crowded shed yard at Ayr, seen from the footbridge in June 1970, with D3910 the only number readable.<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/06/1970]](/images/3000/3101.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![A lengthy coal train from Waterside crossing Burnton Viaduct en route to Ayr Harbour following a snowfall in the winter of 1971.<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/12/1971]](/images/2000/2442.jpg "Burnton Viaduct")
![A coal train from Waterside runs out onto Burnton Viaduct on 1 December 1971 on its way to Ayr Harbour.<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/12/1971]](/images/3000/3094.jpg "Burnton Viaduct")
![A Waterside - Ayr harbour coal train in Ayrshire snow near Patna in December 1971. <br><br>[John Furnevel 01/12/1971]](/images/4000/4566.jpg "Patna")
![A coal train nearing the village of Patna in the winter of 1971 on its way from Waterside to Ayr Harbour.<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/12/1971]](/images/4000/4567.jpg "Patna")
![Footplate shot on the Waterside system taken descending from Minnivey on Barclay No 24 in the Spring of 1972.<br><br>[Colin Miller //1972]](/images/23000/23236.jpg "Minnivey")
![Where is he going in this weather? Glasgow Central - Stranraer train arrives at Ayr in a thunderstorm in the spring of 1972.<br><br>[John Furnevel 02/03/1972]](/images/1000/1262.jpg "Ayr")
![A pair of type 2 diesels taking a coal train north through Ayr station during a thunderstorm in the spring of 1972, under the watchful eye of Sherlock Holmes standing in the shadows.<br><br>[John Furnevel 02/03/1972]](/images/1000/1510.jpg "Ayr")
![A wet Girvan - Glasgow Central train arriving at Ayr in March 1972.<br><br>[John Furnevel 02/03/1972]](/images/1000/1511.jpg "Ayr")
![A train from Glasgow Central crossing the River Ayr on the approach to Ayr station in March 1972.<br><br>[John Furnevel 02/03/1972]](/images/4000/4128.jpg "Ayr")
![The remains of a Glasgow and South Western Railway water column surviving on the platform at the north end of Ayr station in 1973.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1973]](/images/35000/35818.jpg "Ayr")
![A class 25 with coal train from Waterside passing Patna in 1973 on its way to Ayr Harbour. [Ref query 24994]<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1973]](/images/56000/56083.jpg "Patna")
![A Glasgow Central - Ayr train passing Ayr MPD and about to run through Hawkhill Junction in April 1975. Note the unidentified EE Type 4 on the right waiting with a train on the spur between Blackhouse and Hawkhill Junctions.<br><br>[John Furnevel 04/04/1975]](/images/5000/5610.jpg "Hawkhill Junction")
![Ayr pollution. A Swindon class 126 DMU about to leave Ayr station on 4 April 1975 with a service for Glasgow Central.<br><br>[John Furnevel 04/04/1975]](/images/52000/52084.jpg "Ayr")
![A type 2 takes empty coal hoppers south towards Ayr station in 1977.<br><br>[John Furnevel 14/06/1977]](/images/5000/5861.jpg "Ayr")
![Southbound coal empties approaching Ayr station in 1977.<br><br>[John Furnevel 14/06/1977]](/images/5000/5862.jpg "Ayr")
![The 11.35 Glasgow Central - Stranraer service passing through Newton - on - Ayr station in April 1978. Falkland Yard is in the background and the line off to the left runs to Ayr Harbour.<br><br>[John Furnevel 07/04/1978]](/images/2000/2167.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![A pair of class 20s with a coal train held at Ayr platform 3 in July 1978 as the station pilot manoeuvres a rake of parcels vans at the north end of the station.<br><br>[John Furnevel 11/07/1978]](/images/1000/1646.jpg "Ayr")
![A pair of class 20s at Newton Junction in April 1980 heading back from the Harbour to Ayr shed.<br><br>[John Furnevel 04/04/1980]](/images/3000/3097.jpg "Newton Junction")
![In April 1980 20115+20149 take the Ayr harbour branch at Newton Junction with a coal train from Killoch washery.<br><br>[John Furnevel 04/04/1980]](/images/4000/4535.jpg "Newton Junction")
![A Killoch - Ayr harbour coal train behind a pair of class 20s approaching journeys end in April 1980. Seen through the haze passing the sidings on the north side of Ayr shed on the approach to Newton Junction.<br><br>[John Furnevel 04/04/1980]](/images/5000/5864.jpg "Newton Junction")
![View south towards Ayr station in September 1980.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/09/1980]](/images/2000/2134.jpg "Ayr")
![DMU leaving Ayr for Glasgow Central in September 1980.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/09/1980]](/images/4000/4129.jpg "Ayr")
![A Swindon class 126 DMU about to leave Ayr for Glasgow Central in September 1980.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/09/1980]](/images/51000/51823.jpg "Ayr")
![A DMU carrying Greater Glasgow/Trans-Clyde markings standing in Ayr station on 27 September 1980.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/09/1980]](/images/52000/52998.jpg "Ayr")
![Passing Newton Junction signal box, Ayr, in 1983.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1983]](/images/52000/52216.jpg "Newton Junction")
![The crew of 60009 <I>Union of South Africa</I> receiving a briefing on arrival at Ayr depot for the 'open day' weekend of 29/30 October 1983.<br><br>[Colin Miller /10/1983]](/images/32000/32853.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![317335 in the bay platform at Ayr during the open day in October 1983. [Ref query 5 February 2018]<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton 29/10/1983]](/images/62000/62764.jpg "Ayr")
![Ayr Open Day, 29 October 1983. Then new 314211 is on display, with <I>Sans Pareil</I> replica operating on the right. Electrification came in 1986. The Class 314 units will be withdrawn in 2018.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton 29/10/1983]](/images/62000/62827.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![Sealink Mk1 and dmu stock in the carriage sidings at Ayr in October 1983. This area is now a car park on the west side at the north end of the station<br>
<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton 29/10/1983]](/images/62000/62842.jpg "Ayr")
![37192, with the stock of a returning railtour from/to Edinburgh, seen south of the station at Ayr in 1983 on the occasion of an Open Day at Ayr Depot.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton 29/10/1983]](/images/62000/62856.jpg "Ayr")
![Eastfield steam crane ADE 971589 on display at Ayr depot on 29 October 1983.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton 29/10/1983]](/images/63000/63116.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![Ayr MPD Open Day on 30 October 1983 with a replica of 'Sans Pareil' on display.<br><br>[Colin Miller 30/10/1983]](/images/38000/38302.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![An open day at Ayr MPD on 31 October 1983 sees 4472 <I>Flying Scotsman</I> amongst the VIP guests.<br><br>[Colin Miller 31/10/1983]](/images/43000/43958.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![Looking south from the up platform at Newton-on-Ayr station in 1985, showing the massive signalbox which, for many years, towered above Prestwick road together with a fine collection of semaphore signals, alas all now gone! Ayr MPD stands in the background with a selection of diesel locomotives sharing the accommodation with DMU stock. <br>
<br><br>[Ken Browne //1985]](/images/31000/31411.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![44767, one the 842 Black 5s built, poses at Ayr in September 1985. The name <I>George Stephenson</I> was added after withdrawal from BR service.<br><br>[David Panton /09/1985]](/images/16000/16311.jpg "Ayr")
![Scene at Ayr station in 1986 showing a Swindon - built DMU on a service to Glasgow Central in platform 1 with another standing at platform 3.<br>
<br><br>[Colin Miller //1986]](/images/31000/31639.jpg "Ayr")
![Newton-on-Ayr looking north. Unattractive and out of use building on southbound platform.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8241.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![Newton-on-Ayr looking west to the freight lines. The DMUs sit in sidings which are the cut-back of the original Ayr station which was off to the left.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8242.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![Newton Junction, Ayr, looking north. The line to the left gives access to Falkland yard and Ayr Harbour.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8243.jpg "Newton Junction")
![Newton-on-Ayr looking to Falkland yard. Much of the yard was being used to store carriages and spare DMUs following electrification.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8262.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![Ayr (Townhead) looking south. Station Hotel on right.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8263.jpg "Ayr")
![Ayr (Townhead) looking to the glazed circulating area.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8264.jpg "Ayr")
![Ayr (Townhead) looking south. Through platforms to left and bays to right. There had been a further bay on the right.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8265.jpg "Ayr")
![Ayr (Townhead) looking north at the station throat.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8266.jpg "Ayr")
![InterCity train at Ayr. Some early morning InterCity trains ran out to Ayr before heading south.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1988]](/images/8000/8456.jpg "Ayr")
![Ayr MPD from the south in 1989 with a number of class 20s. The view is from the former Hawkhill Junction.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 10/02/1989]](/images/60000/60772.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![56124 in Railfreight Coal livery coming off the Ayr harbour branch with coal empties at Newton Junction on 22 July 1993<br><br>[Ken Browne 22/07/1993]](/images/24000/24945.jpg "Newton Junction")
![37255 in <I>Transrail</I> Livery passing Newton-on-Ayr on 22 July 1993<br><br>[Ken Browne 22/07/1993]](/images/25000/25000.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![Dalrymple Junction looking south in 1993. There was a short lived station here called Maybole Junction (closed 1859). The double track from Ayr finishes here with the lines to Dalmellington to the left and Stranraer to the right. The Stranraer line formerly continued south as far as Girvan as a double track. The Dalmellington route, now cut back to Waterside and extended over former DICo/NCB metals to Chalmerston, is clearly considered the more minor line given the tight turn out from the junction. Dalrymple station was on the Stranraer line out of shot in the distant right.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford /12/1993]](/images/38000/38443.jpg "Dalrymple Junction")
![While his colleagues work to the north of Dalrymple Junction on the double track section this gentleman looks after their safety from a farm access bridge just north of the junction. This 1993 view looks east with the track running below from left to right.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford /12/1993]](/images/38000/38474.jpg "Dalrymple Junction")
![View south over the site of Patna station in 1996 showing the former goods shed.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1996]](/images/57000/57071.jpg "Patna")
![08718 (ex-D3886) (nearest) and 08586 (ex-D3753) stand out of use awaiting disposal on the north side of Ayr shed yard on 25 February 1998. The locomotives, which had ended their operational lives at Fort William and Upperby carriage depot respectively, were eventually cut up here by European Metal Recycling in May 2000.<br><br>[John Furnevel 25/02/1998]](/images/0/380.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![318261 stands at Ayr platform 1 in April 1998 just about to leave with a service for Glasgow Central.<br><br>[David Panton /04/1998]](/images/16000/16851.jpg "Ayr")
![Looking north at Holehouse Junction, Ayrshire, on 16 July 1998 with the Broomhill siding diverging to the right. The former station (closed 1950) stood in the V of the junction.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 16/07/1998]](/images/37000/37717.jpg "Holehouse Junction")
![156 513 waits at Platform 3 of Ayr station in May 1999, about to start the return journey to Kilmarnock.<br><br>[David Panton /05/1999]](/images/22000/22071.jpg "Ayr")
![A train for Stranraer stands at Ayr station in June 1999.<br><br>[David Panton 3/6/1999]](/images/16000/16676.jpg "Ayr")
![A train for Glasgow Central awaiting its departure time at Ayr station in July 2002.<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/07/2002]](/images/1000/1393.jpg "Ayr")
![Looking across the platforms at Ayr station in July 2002. The station Hotel dominates the background.<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/07/2002]](/images/2000/2025.jpg "Ayr")
![A weary looking traveller walks towards a train for Glasgow Central at Ayr station on 12 July 2002.<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/07/2002]](/images/3000/3658.jpg "Ayr")
![334006 at Ayr platform 2 with a train for Glasgow Central. Photographed on a wet morning in July 2002.<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/07/2002]](/images/40000/40182.jpg "Ayr")
![Minnivey Bridge looking towards Dalmellington in 2004. Two tracks existing here - the G&SW line and the DICo's second track which ran from west of Waterside to Sillyhole, just shy of Dalmellington Signal Box. The line was originally single track.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //2004]](/images/52000/52074.jpg "Dalmellington")
![The closed and shuttered station building at Newton-on-Ayr in May 2007. View looks north west with Falkland Yard beyond the station.<br><br>[John Furnevel 03/05/2007]](/images/14000/14828.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![Looking south over Newton Junction towards Ayr station in May 2007 as EWS 66091 moves a train of coal empties out from Falkland Yard to cross the main line and head towards Killoch. <br><br>[John Furnevel 03/05/2007]](/images/14000/14829.jpg "Newton Junction")
![A northbound train from Ayr runs through Newton Junction past the branch to Ayr harbour on 3 May 2007. The train is about to call at Newton-on-Ayr station on its way to Glasgow Central.<br><br>[John Furnevel 03/05/2007]](/images/14000/14883.jpg "Newton Junction")
![Coal empties leaving the south end of Falkland Yard on their way to Killoch on 3 May 2007. The lines on the left lead to Ayr harbour.<br><br>[John Furnevel 03/05/2007]](/images/14000/14884.jpg "Newton Junction")
![A Glasgow Central - Ayr service passes through Newton-on-Ayr station on 3 May 2007.<br><br>[John Furnevel 03/05/2007]](/images/14000/14966.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![Empties for Killoch pull out of Falkland Yard to cross the Ayr-Glasgow main line at Newton Junction on 3 May 2007.<br><br>[John Furnevel 03/05/2007]](/images/14000/14967.jpg "Newton Junction")
![334s head to head at Ayr on 14 June.<br><br>[Veronica Inglis 14/06/2008]](/images/19000/19450.jpg "Ayr")
![View south along the main platforrm at Ayr towards the buffer stops and station exit on 14 June 2008 as a train prepares to leave for Glasgow Central. <br><br>[Veronica Inglis 14/06/2008]](/images/19000/19778.jpg "Ayr")
![An Ayr - Glasgow Central 6-car train with 334 018 leading runs into Newton-on-Ayr station on 1 November 2008.<br><br>[David Panton 01/11/2008]](/images/21000/21376.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![On 2 September 156 494 pulls into Ayr with a service to Kilmarnock over the <I>Burns Line</I>. Loadings are generally light, at least between Ayr and Kimarnock: I caught this train and had the carriage to myself all the way. Ayr and Kilmarnock stations have the same platform arrangement and, as at Kilmarnock, most through trains in both directions use Platform 3. The ticket barrier on Platform 4 (left) is needed to prevent free access to the other platforms (there is a ticket machine on that side of the station). <br>
<br><br>[David Panton 02/09/2009]](/images/25000/25366.jpg "Ayr")
![View south at Newton-on-Ayr on 2 September as 318 255 arrives with an Ayr - Glasgow Central service.<br><br>[David Panton 02/09/2009]](/images/25000/25380.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![334 009 and 334 003 side by side at Ayr on 29 November 2009.<br><br>[John Steven 29/11/2009]](/images/26000/26563.jpg "Ayr")
![Three's a crowd. Ayr, November 2009. <br><br>[John Steven 29/11/2009]](/images/26000/26642.jpg "Ayr")
![334038 stands at Ayr on 29 November 2009 with a service from Glasgow Central. <br><br>[John Steven 29/11/2009]](/images/26000/26762.jpg "Ayr")
![An arrival from Glasgow Central, formed by 334 027, stands at the buffers on platform 1 at Ayr Station on 19 March 2010.<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton 19/03/2010]](/images/28000/28281.jpg "Ayr")
![334 027 arrives at Newton-on-Ayr on 19 March with a train from Glasgow Central.<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton 19/03/2010]](/images/28000/28293.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![334 008 passes Ayr TRSMD on 19 March with an Ayr - Glasgow Central service.<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton 19/03/2010]](/images/28000/28319.jpg "Newton Junction (Ayrshire)")
![The former Dalmellington Iron Co Company Store, latterly a pub, adjacent to the station, photographed on 4 April 2010. Rail served at one time by a siding running along the nearside, there is now a pile of rotting sleepers at the end of the path.<br>
<br><br>[Colin Miller 04/04/2010]](/images/28000/28361.jpg "Dalmellington Ironworks")
![DBS 66016 at the south end of platform 4 at Ayr on 3 July 2010 having arrived with the Compass Tours <I>Ayrshire Coast Explorer</I> charter from Broad Green.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 03/07/2010]](/images/29000/29662.jpg "Ayr")
![The platform information board on platform 4 at Ayr on 3 July 2010 suggests that the Compass Tours charter is being operated by National Express! Most other stations where we stopped displayed the calling points and listed the service as 'Private Charter'. There were several announcements on board the train when we stopped at stations in the early part of the journey advising passengers that this was <I>not</I> a Virgin service - and later that it was <I>not</I> a ScotRail service! <br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 03/07/2010]](/images/29000/29670.jpg "Ayr")
![318263 crosses the River Ayr on 3 July 2010 shortly after leaving Ayr station at the start of its journey to Glasgow Central.<br><br>[John McIntyre 03/07/2010]](/images/29000/29677.jpg "Ayr")
![334020 arrives at Ayr on a 6 car service from Glasgow Central on 3 July 2010 <br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 03/07/2010]](/images/29000/29686.jpg "Ayr")
![DBS 66016 couples up to the stock on platform 4 at Ayr for the <br>
return Compass Tours <I>Ayrshire Coast Explorer</I> to Broad Green on 3 July 2010. <br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 03/07/2010]](/images/29000/29732.jpg "Ayr")
![The impressive red sandstone frontage of Ayr station and The Station <br>
Hotel viewed looking east across Smith Street on 3 July 2010.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 03/07/2010]](/images/29000/29742.jpg "Ayr")
![318254 and a second set wait in platform 1 at Ayr on 3 July 2010 <br>
with a service for Glasgow Central.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 03/07/2010]](/images/29000/29749.jpg "Ayr")
![DBS 66016 about to back onto a charter train having crossed the River Ayr viaduct to enter Ayr station from the north on 3 July 2010. The train is the return Compass Tours <I>Ayrshire Coast Explorer</I> to Broad Green.<br><br>[John McIntyre 03/07/2010]](/images/31000/31721.jpg "Ayr")
![The 07.09 from Stranraer runs into Ayr on 29 July 2010. The passage under the bridge to the left used to lead to the south bay platforms, now a car park covers the area.<br><br>[Colin Miller 29/07/2010]](/images/30000/30351.jpg "Ayr")
![380 109 runs non-stop through Newton-on-Ayr station on 29 April with the 10.00 Glasgow Central - Ayr service.<br><br>[Colin Miller 29/04/2011]](/images/33000/33849.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![334 033 forming the 10.46 Ayr - Glasgow Central on 29 April running non-stop through Newton-on-Ayr.<br><br>[Colin Miller 29/04/2011]](/images/33000/33862.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![The 17.04 Kilmarnock to Stranraer leaving Ayr Platform 4 on 21 June 2011.<br><br>[Colin Miller 21/06/2011]](/images/34000/34597.jpg "Ayr")
![The commemorative plaque to engineer John Miller unveiled at Ayr on 25 April 2012 by Provost Winifred Sloan [see adjacent news item].<br><br>[ScotRail 25/04/2012]](/images/5000/5552.jpg "Ayr")
![Duncan Sooman of Network Rail with Provost Winifred Sloan at Ayr on 25 April 2012 during the unveiling of the commemorative plaque to engineer John Miller [see adjacent news item].<br><br>[ScotRail 25/04/2012]](/images/6000/6381.jpg "Ayr")
![46233 <I>Duchess of Sutherland</I> with the 'Great Britain V' railtour at Newton-on-Ayr on 26 April 2012. The train is just about to take the Mauchline line.<br><br>[Colin Miller 26/04/2012]](/images/38000/38577.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![Just before the Duchess was due at Newton-on-Ayr with the <I>'Great Britain V'</I> on 26 April this Killoch - Drax coal train emerged behind 66585, snaking across from the Mauchline line and stopping to collect a crewman. It then crawled through the station blocking all views of the down line and potentially of the Duchess - causing some anxiety among the waiting paparazzi. Fortunately it had gone by the time the Pacific appeared. <br><br>[Colin Miller 26/04/2012]](/images/38000/38601.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![Stanier Pacific 46233 <I>Duchess of Sutherland</I> with the <I>Great Britain V</I> Railtour runs south through Newton-on-Ayr station on 26 April 2012. The special will take the Mauchline line at Newton Junction.<br><br>[Colin Miller 26/04/2012]](/images/47000/47468.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![Cairnryan's Express... the ScotRail/Stena connecting bus waits at Ayr station on 1 June 2012 to transfer passengers off the 15.00 from Glasgow Central to the new ferry terminal. <br><br>[Colin Miller 01/06/2012]](/images/39000/39027.jpg "Ayr")
![The Station and Station Hotel at Ayr, seen here on 1st June 2012. The impressive structure was built to the design of Andrew Galloway, Chief Engineer of the G&SWR, in 1886. The view from the platform side shows a less happy picture - boarded-up windows, small trees growing on the facade etc... [see image 39436]<br><br>[Colin Miller 01/06/2012]](/images/39000/39329.jpg "Ayr")
![In the monsoon of 28 June the 10.06 for Kilmarnock approaches Ayr station ex-Girvan. <br><br>[Colin Miller 28/06/2012]](/images/39000/39408.jpg "Ayr")
![The less-prepossessing rear of the Station Hotel, Ayr, in June 2012. All bricked-up on Platform 3 of the station and with mini-trees growing on the stonework. [See image 39329] for the front view. <br>
<br><br>[Colin Miller 28/06/2012]](/images/39000/39436.jpg "Ayr")
![380104 waits at a gloomy Ayr station on 18 July with the 12.13 to Glasgow Central.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 18/07/2012]](/images/39000/39624.jpg "Ayr")
![156 449 crossing the River Ayr on the approach to Ayr station with the 11.42 to Stranraer in July 2012. For the same scene in the 1970s [see image 4128].<br><br>[Bill Roberton 19/07/2012]](/images/39000/39649.jpg "Ayr")
![380 111 heading south past the closed Ayr MPD in July 2012 on the approach to Ayr station [see image 5610]. <br><br>[Bill Roberton 19/07/2012]](/images/39000/39670.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![Nearing its destination at Ayr on 20 July 2012, unit 380111 emerges from under John Street road bridge.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 20/07/2012]](/images/39000/39692.jpg "Ayr")
![380111 has just pulled out of the bay platform at Ayr station on 20 July with the 12.13 service to Glasgow Central.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 20/07/2012]](/images/39000/39709.jpg "Ayr")
![Looking north at Ayr station on 28 February 2013 as 156514 pulls into platform 4 with the 11.29 service to Girvan.<br><br>[Colin Miller 28/02/2013]](/images/42000/42211.jpg "Ayr")
![Platform view north at Ayr station on 28 February as the 11.35 to Kilmarnock [10.10 ex Stranraer] prepares to leave Platform 3. Platform 4 has recently been vacated by the 11.29 to Girvan which crossed this train on the short section of double track between Ayr and Dalrymple Junction [see image 42211]. <br><br>[Colin Miller 28/02/2013]](/images/42000/42225.jpg "Ayr")
![Artist Andrea Keys with her painted window at Ayr Station on 14 March 2013.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 14/03/2013]](/images/42000/42368.jpg "Ayr")
![Looking over the buffer stops at Ayr on 18 April 2013 with a train for Glasgow Central awaiting its departure time at platform 1.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 18/04/2013]](/images/42000/42776.jpg "Ayr")
![Neither dawn nor dusk, but a horrible dark day as the 10.30 service from Glasgow Central terminates at Ayr one minute early on 31 January 2014.<br><br>[Colin Miller 31/01/2014]](/images/46000/46149.jpg "Ayr")
![A barrel train at Ayr on 11 February 2014, in this case a double-headed version, doubtless due to the additional power required on the Stranraer road...<br><br>[John Yellowlees 11/02/2014]](/images/46000/46277.jpg "Ayr")
![The 10.30 ex Glasgow Central snakes across the layout at the north end of Ayr station from the down line into Platform 1.<br>
<br><br>[Colin Miller 21/02/2014]](/images/46000/46396.jpg "Ayr")
![156509 departs Ayr on 1 April with the 17.04 Kilmarnock - Stranraer.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 01/04/2014]](/images/46000/46867.jpg "Ayr")
![The 10.30 from Glasgow Central, formed by 380002, arrives at Ayr platform 1 on 25 April 2014.<br><br>[Colin Miller 25/04/2014]](/images/47000/47120.jpg "Ayr")
![Built as part of the Ayr and Dalmellington Railway, this viaduct now only carries the railway from Dalrymple Junction to Chalmerston Opencast Mine for coal trains. The line is still open but has not seen traffic for some time.<br><br>[John Gray 29/04/2014]](/images/47000/47443.jpg "Burnton Viaduct")
![The stock for the 11.36 all-stations to Glasgow stands in platform 2 at Ayr station on 18 July (journey time 60 minutes). Platform 1 will shortly be occupied by the 10.30 from Glasgow which will return as the 11.23 fast service (journey time 49 minutes).<br><br>[Colin Miller 18/07/2014]](/images/48000/48049.jpg "Ayr")
![ScotRail 380003 stands in the sunshine at Ayr station's platform 4 on 26 August 2014.<br><br>[John Steven 26/08/2014]](/images/48000/48499.jpg "Ayr")
![The 10.30 from Glasgow Central rolls gingerly to a halt in bay Platform 1 at Ayr on 12 September.<br><br>[Colin Miller 12/09/2014]](/images/48000/48687.jpg "Ayr")
![Colas 56302 runs round the Prestwick aviation fuel tanks at Ayr on 31 October 2014. [See image 14194]<br><br>[Colin Miller 31/10/2014]](/images/49000/49271.jpg "Ayr")
![Plenty of colour at Ayr station on 31 October. Colas Rail Freight 56302 has just run round the Prestwick Airport aviation fuel tanks in Platform 3, while the 11.36 to Glasgow Central stands at Platform 2.<br><br>[Colin Miller 31/10/2014]](/images/49000/49314.jpg "Ayr")
![The 08.37 for Stranraer waits to leave Platform 3 at Ayr on 10 November 2014.<br><br>[Colin Miller 10/11/2014]](/images/49000/49452.jpg "Ayr")
![The empty Station Hotel basks in the early morning sunlight overlooking Ayr station on 10 November 2014. Unfortunately this shows up the sad state of the building. At least the pigeons don't seem to have found a way in yet.<br><br>[Colin Miller 10/11/2014]](/images/49000/49485.jpg "Ayr")
![The former shed area at Ayr, with track recently lifted. Photographed through a gate on 5 December 2014.<br><br>[Colin Miller 05/12/2014]](/images/49000/49661.jpg "Ayr")
![The 14.33 ex Girvan departs Ayr at 15.18 on 12 December for Glasgow Central via Kilmarnock.<br><br>[Colin Miller 12/12/2014]](/images/49000/49754.jpg "Ayr")
![The MDLR trackbed between the hedges looking west from Dunure Road on the south side of Ayr on a murky 26 December 2014. Sustrans is said to be planning to extend the cycle track from here to Heads of Ayr. Best of luck! <br><br>[Colin Miller 26/12/2014]](/images/49000/49868.jpg "Ayr")
![Those who from their labours rest... east fan of stock in Ayr's Townhead sidings, looking south on 26 April 2015. There is also a west fan of four sidings. Photographed through the security fence. [See image 51123]<br><br>[Colin Miller 26/04/2015]](/images/51000/51093.jpg "Ayr")
![The western fan of empty stock sidings at Ayr Towmnhead photographed through the security fence on Sunday 26 April 2015. [See image 51093]<br><br>[Colin Miller 26/04/2015]](/images/51000/51123.jpg "Ayr")
![A florid bike at Ayr station on 4 August 2015.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 04/08/2015]](/images/52000/52161.jpg "Ayr")
![The 09.38 Glasgow Central to Stranraer runs into Platform 4 at Ayr on 12 August 2015..<br><br>[Colin Miller 12/08/2015]](/images/52000/52248.jpg "Ayr")
![The Eighth Wonder of the World - The Hanging Gardens of Ayr Station. This view shows the rail side of this badly-neglected building. At last the local press and politicians are taking notice of this.<br><br>
<a target='news' href='http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/safety-fears-ayrs-iconic-station-6669192'>Link to Daily Record article</a>.<br><br>[Colin Miller 30/10/2015]](/images/53000/53099.jpg "Ayr")
![Barriers and scaffolding around Ayr's Station Hotel in January 2016. Built by the GSWR in 1866, the grade 2 listed building, which forms an integral part of Ayr station, closed in 2013, since when it has begun to show considerable signs of neglect. The current activity is the result of a dangerous buildings notice served on the current owners by South Ayrshire Council.<br><br>[Colin Miller 05/01/2016]](/images/53000/53817.jpg "Ayr")
!['Hornet' topping and tailing the track measurement train through Ayr.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 16/02/2016]](/images/54000/54249.jpg "Ayr")
![The crest on Ayr station's hotel, showing the date 1885.<br><br>[Colin Miller 17/03/2016]](/images/54000/54594.jpg "Ayr")
![Main entrance side of the Hotel on 17-3-16 - name and crest. The hotel and station date from the substantial reconstruction of 1885.<br><br>[Colin Miller 17/03/2016]](/images/54000/54637.jpg "Ayr")
![Wagons dumped in the trackless shed yard - 24-3-16. These are the casualties of the New Cumnock collision on 1st August 2015.<br><br>[Colin Miller 24/03/2016]](/images/54000/54692.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![10.06 slow train to Glasgow awaits departure on 12-7-16.<br><br>[Colin Miller 12/07/2016]](/images/55000/55987.jpg "Ayr")
![The Ayr - Girvan set bides it's at time at Ayr Platform 3 on a lovely 1 October.<br><br>[David Panton 01/10/2016]](/images/56000/56721.jpg "Ayr")
![A six-car 380 from Glasgow glides into Platform 4 at Ayr on 1 October.<br><br>[David Panton 01/10/2016]](/images/56000/56725.jpg "Ayr")
![A double set 380 (too long for the bays?) for Glasgow whines quietly at Platform 4 while on 3 the 156 for Girvan, engine off, awaits its driver. Photographed 01/10/2016<br><br>[David Panton 01/10/2016]](/images/56000/56739.jpg "Ayr")
![Christmas decorations at Ayr station in December 2016.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 14/12/2016]](/images/62000/62324.jpg "Ayr")
![Spring at Ayr.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 27/03/2017]](/images/58000/58637.jpg "Ayr")
!['Active Travel Hub' at Ayr. This converted shipping container run by the Ayrshire Roads Alliance is just outside Ayr Station.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 27/03/2017]](/images/58000/58638.jpg "Ayr")
![156504, on the 09.23 to Stranraer, waits for departure time at Ayr. When the train arrived it only had two passengers although a handful more joined it for the journey south.<br>
<br><br>[Colin Miller 13/06/2017]](/images/59000/59672.jpg "Ayr")
![The out of use Ayr MPD viewed from the south, site of the former Hawkhill Junction. Track has been lifted but the buildings remain.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 07/09/2017]](/images/60000/60771.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![Ayr MPD, closed, viewed from the south.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 07/09/2017]](/images/60000/60781.jpg "Ayr MPD")
![A northbound 380 draws to a pause at Newton-on-Ayr, its first stop on the way to Glasgow.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 07/09/2017]](/images/60000/60791.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![Southbound train pausing at Newton-on-Ayr. The almost entirely bricked up building on up platform continues to stand.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 07/09/2017]](/images/60000/60799.jpg "Newton-on-Ayr")
![The Station Hotel in Ayr closed in 2013 but was not put up for sale until<br>
2017. Here it is on 10 October 2017, awaiting developments (or development).<br>
<br><br>[David Panton 10/10/2017]](/images/61000/61295.jpg "Ayr")
![Almost an air of bustle at Ayr station concourse on 10th October 2017.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[David Panton 10/10/2017]](/images/61000/61362.jpg "Ayr")
![A Class 156 about to head south for Girvan from Ayr on 10th October 2017.<br>
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<br><br>[David Panton 10/10/2017]](/images/61000/61416.jpg "Ayr")
![A delayed Stranraer service (right) changes crew at Ayr on 10 October. The train on Platform 3 (left) is not a northbound service but will form the next one southbound, to Girvan, in about 45 minutes.<br><br>[David Panton 10/10/2017]](/images/61000/61689.jpg "Ayr")
