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Bridge Of Weir Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Cart Junction looking south. The double track to the left run east to Elderslie. The single track to the right passed under the Ayr mainline and then met it at a east facing junction. Off to the right a line ran to Johnstone.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/1000/1910.jpg "Cart Junction")
![Looking west at Bridge of Weir shortly after closure.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/6000/6423.jpg "Bridge of Weir")
![Looking east at Bridge of Weir a few years after closure.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/6000/6424.jpg "Bridge of Weir")
![Bridge of Weir goods shed (right) and coal yard.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/6000/6425.jpg "Bridge of Weir")
![Houston and Crosslee showing the old station bulding. The nearest platform was latterly in use.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/7000/7306.jpg "Houston")
![View northwest along the platform at Bridge of Weir towards Kilmacolm with a Glasgow bound service about to depart.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //]](/images/17000/17403.jpg "Bridge of Weir")
![Arriving at Bridge of Weir. 2.6.4T 42190 on Glasgow (St Enoch) - Greenock (Princes Pier) train.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 21/04/1954]](/images/6000/6916.jpg "Bridge of Weir")
![42194 passing Cart Junction on 22 April 1954 with a Kilmacolm - St Enoch train. <br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 22/04/1954]](/images/10000/10180.jpg "Cart Junction")
![C.R. 4.4.0 on St. Enoch - Princes Pier train. Cart Junction. [Railscot notes: note Prize Length sign on left and lead into the Johnstone North line on right.]<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 22/04/1954]](/images/10000/10181.jpg "Cart Junction")
![Last day of passenger service between Kilmacolm and Princes Pier. Very foggy. 80127 between Bridge of Weir and Houston on 9.17am up.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 31/01/1959]](/images/11000/11298.jpg "Bridge of Weir")
![The Jones Goods taking on water at Bridge of Weir on 17 April 1965 with the SLS/BLS <I>Scottish Rambler No 4</I>.<br><br>[David Stewart 17/04/1965]](/images/45000/45868.jpg "Bridge of Weir")
![A DMU approaching Cart Junction signal box from the Elderslie direction in April 1969. <br><br>[Colin Miller /04/1969]](/images/23000/23678.jpg "Cart Junction")
![View west from alongside Cart Junction signal box in April 1969 as a DMU from Glasgow Central turns north west and heads for Kilmacolm.<br>
<br><br>[Colin Miller /04/1969]](/images/23000/23700.jpg "Cart Junction")
![Reconstruction of timber post with cast metal numerals screw fixed to same, legend 1/2 of black on white post. Located approx 1/2 mile SE of Bridge of Weir Station on LMSR Johnstone to Gourock Line.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 24/1/1980]](/images/15000/15758.jpg "Plates, signs and notices")
![View west over Houston station in December 1982. The station, along with the rest of the branch to Kilmacolm, closed the following month.<br><br>[Colin Miller /12/1982]](/images/33000/33393.jpg "Houston")
![Platform view at Bridge of Weir station in January 1983, the final month of operations over the route, looking north west towards Kilmacolm.<br><br>[Colin Miller /01/1983]](/images/34000/34933.jpg "Bridge of Weir")
![Looking north at the viaduct on the Kilmacolm line immediately west of Cart Junction.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/10000/10178.jpg "Cart Junction")
![Bridge of Weir from above looking to Kilmacolm.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/10000/10190.jpg "Bridge of Weir")
![Bridge of Weir looking to Kilmacolm. The goods yard and signalbox were to the right.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/10000/10194.jpg "Bridge of Weir")
![The stairway from the road to platform level. There was a second footbridge between the two platforms towards Paisley.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/10000/10195.jpg "Bridge of Weir")
![Station building on the Glasgow bound platform at Bridge of Weir in 1987, photograph taken from the Greenock bound platform. The Glasgow platform remained in use after the line was singled.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/52000/52643.jpg "Bridge of Weir")
![Looking to Elderslie. The main station building was to the left. The bricked-up entry for a footbridge can be seen on right.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 29/03/2006]](/images/14000/14330.jpg "Bridge of Weir")
![Looking South, this shows where the Johnstone Curve connected Cart Junction to Johnstone. This allowed through trains from Greenock to Ayrshire. The service ended in 1900 but the chord was retained until lines closure. The area is now a housing estate.<br><br>[Graham Morgan 10/06/2006]](/images/10000/10143.jpg "Cart Junction")
![Looking West, this shows Platform 2 and the station house at Houston and Crosslee station, which is now a private dwelling.<br><br>[Graham Morgan 12/07/2006]](/images/10000/10115.jpg "Houston")
![Looking East, this shows the site of Houston and Crosslee Station. Platform 2 is still in place, as is the station house which is now a private dwelling.<br><br>[Graham Morgan 12/07/2006]](/images/10000/10116.jpg "Houston")
![Looking West towards Bridge of Weir, this shows Locher Viaduct. The viaduct was built to carry a single line, but when the line was doubled another was built and joined to the old. This view shows the older part.<br><br>[Graham Morgan 12/07/2006]](/images/10000/10117.jpg "Locher Viaduct")
![Looking West towards Bridge of Weir, this shows Locher Viaduct. The viaduct was built to carry a single line, but when the line was doubled another was built and joined to the old. This view shows the newer part.<br><br>[Graham Morgan 12/07/2006]](/images/10000/10118.jpg "Locher Viaduct")
![This shows the rail bridge that crosses the River Cart carrying the line to Bridge Of Weir and Greenock Princes Pier. Taken from the Rail Bridge that served the Kilbarchan Loop, this is where the lines separated at Cart junction.<br><br>[Graham Morgan 18/07/2006]](/images/10000/10120.jpg "Cart Junction")
![Looking East, this shows the site of Bridge of Weir Station from where Platform 1 stood. The metal pillar was recently erected by the local council to help prop up the road bridge.<br><br>[Graham Morgan 20/07/2006]](/images/10000/10113.jpg "Bridge of Weir")
![Looking West from where Platform 2 stood, this shows the station site along with the metal pillars erected by the local council to prop up the road bridge. The station house was burnt out and demolished in 2003.<br><br>[Graham Morgan 20/07/2006]](/images/10000/10114.jpg "Bridge of Weir")
![View of the restored station house at Houston and Crosslee in 2007. Bet maintaining that fence is an ongoing battle.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 29/03/2007]](/images/14000/14328.jpg "Houston")
![View looking to Greenock at Houston and Crosslee station in March 2007. The obliterated platform to the right was the last one in use.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 29/03/2007]](/images/14000/14329.jpg "Houston")
![Not long for this world. Interior of the goods shed at Bridge of Weir. Owned by Sustrans, I am told.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 29/03/2007]](/images/14000/14331.jpg "Bridge of Weir")
![Bridge of Weir Goods shed still in use as a coal depot. The former station site was behind the camera and the goods sidings ran off to the right to join the line. As seen on the 29th of March, 2007.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 29/03/2007]](/images/33000/33389.jpg "Bridge of Weir")
![Trackbed looking east to Elderslie from Cart Junction, now part of the Cycle Network.<br><br>[Graham Morgan 12/04/2007]](/images/14000/14587.jpg "Cart Junction")
![Looking North, the bridge that was in the foreground was for the North Johnstone branch, whilst the rear bridge carried the line to Cart Junction,Kilbarchan Loop and Kilmacolm.<br><br>[Graham Morgan 12/04/2007]](/images/14000/14588.jpg "Cart Junction")
![Rail Bridge at Cart Junction that took the railway to Bridge of Weir and Kilmacolm. The trackbed here is now blocked by the A737<br><br>[Graham Morgan 04/05/2007]](/images/15000/15011.jpg "Cart Junction")
![Old semaphore period telegraph pole just to the east of Bridge Of Weir station<br><br>[Graham Morgan 30/08/2007]](/images/16000/16387.jpg "Bridge of Weir")
![Old semaphore period telegraph pole still in place next to the trackbed just east of Bridge Of Weir<br><br>[Graham Morgan 30/08/2007]](/images/16000/16418.jpg "Bridge of Weir")
![Looking east towards Elderslie West Junction on 14th May. This is the remains of embankment that ran down the hill from Elderslie West Junction to Cart Junction. To the right is the cycle path the runs in places parallel to and in places along the trackbed from Elderslie to Greenock<br><br>[Graham Morgan 14/05/2008]](/images/19000/19152.jpg "Cart Junction")
![Looking east towards Elderslie West Junction on 14th May. This is the remains of embankment that ran down the hill from Elderslie West Junction to Cart Junction. To the left is the WH Malcolm Logistics depot in Linwood<br><br>[Graham Morgan 14/05/2008]](/images/19000/19153.jpg "Cart Junction")
![Looking west towards Cart Junction on 14th May. This is the remains of embankment that ran down the hill from Elderslie West Junction to Cart Junction. To the right is the fence of the WH Malcolm Logistics depot in Linwood<br><br>[Graham Morgan 14/05/2008]](/images/19000/19154.jpg "Cart Junction")
![This shows the supports for the recently removed rail bridge that crossed the Black Cart Water just to the West of Cart Junction, carrying the line to Bridge Of Weir, Kilmacolm and Greenock Princes Pier. <br><br>[Graham Morgan 16/09/2009]](/images/25000/25551.jpg "Cart Junction")
![Looking west towards Bridge Of Weir at Cart Junction. The viaduct that stood here has been recently removed, as seems to be happening to other disused railway bridges of late. All that remains are the stone supports, perhaps left in case the line is put back into use? Beyond the trees is the A737 which blocks the trackbed at this point.<br><br>[Graham Morgan 16/09/2009]](/images/25000/25552.jpg "Cart Junction")
![Looking East towards Elderslie on 30th September, this view shows the exact location of Cart Junction SB where the trees are growing out of it's foundations at the centre of shot. See Colin Miller's shot from almost the same spot in April 1969 [See image 23678] to see how it used to look<br><br>[Graham Morgan 30/09/2009]](/images/25000/25621.jpg "Cart Junction")
![View west from alongside the location of Cart Junction signal box on September 30th. The line to Kilmacolm continued to the North West and the Kilbarchan Loop and line to Johnstone North branched off to the South West. See Colin Miller's shot from almost the same spot in April 1969 [See image 23700] to see how it used to look.<br>
<br><br>[Graham Morgan 30/09/2009]](/images/25000/25632.jpg "Cart Junction")
![Scene just North West of Cart Junction on the old route to Kilmacolm in July 2015. The bridge was demolished around 2004, some 20 years after closure of the branch. This location looks very rural and peaceful in this view, but it is only a mile or two from the former Linwood car plant. Notice the lamp post to the right of the tall tree - this marks the alignment of the busy A737 road.<br><br>[Ken Strachan 15/07/2015]](/images/52000/52247.jpg "Cart Junction")
