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Carlisle And Silloth Bay Railway And Dock
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Silloth. NBR 0.6.0 65321 in yard.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 14/04/1951]](/images/9000/9324.jpg "Silloth")
![Silloth. J39 0.6.0 64880 arriving from Carlisle.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 14/04/1951]](/images/9000/9325.jpg "Silloth")
![J39 0.6.0 64912 on Carlisle train at Silloth.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 14/04/1951]](/images/9000/9326.jpg "Silloth")
![The RCTS <i>Solway Ranger</i> stands at Silloth on 13 June 1964 with ex-CR no 123 at the buffer stops. <br>
<br><br>[K A Gray 13/06/1964]](/images/27000/27189.jpg "Silloth")
![A crowded platform at Silloth station on 13 June 1964. The train attracting all the attention is the RCTS (West Riding Branch) <I>'Solway Ranger'</I> which had originated from Leeds City that morning. CR123 + no 49 <I>Gordon Highlander</I> handled the Carlisle - Silloth section of the tour and are seen here preparing for the return journey.<br><br>[K A Gray 13/06/1964]](/images/39000/39700.jpg "Silloth")
![CR123 on the site of Silloth shed on 13 June 1964, following arrival with the <I>Solway Ranger</I> from Carlisle [see image 39700].<br><br>[K A Gray 13/06/1964]](/images/41000/41841.jpg "Silloth")
![The locomotive shed at Silloth was officially closed in July 1953. <I>Gordon Highlander</I> stands on the old shed site 11 years later, following arrival at Silloth station on 13 June 1964 with the <I>Solway Ranger</I> special from Carlisle.<br><br>[K A Gray 13/06/1964]](/images/44000/44242.jpg "Silloth")
![No 49 <I>Gordon Highlander</I> stands on Silloth shed on 13 June 1964, having arrived earlier with <I>The Solway Ranger</I>.<br><br>[K A Gray 13/06/1964]](/images/44000/44637.jpg "Silloth")
![Scene in the yard at Silloth on 13 June 1964 as CR123 is serviced following its arrival with the RCTS <I>Solway Ranger</I>. The locomotive had brought the special on the leg from Carlisle together with GNSR No 49 <I>Gordon Highlander</I> [see image 39700]. Silloth shed had been officially closed by BR in July 1953. <br><br>[K A Gray 13/06/1964]](/images/47000/47353.jpg "Silloth")
![Silloth in February 2013, looking towards the still operational port. The original platform can be seen on the right. <I>Station Mews</I> reportedly incorporates part of the original station building but this isn't apparent from the outside. [See image 39700] for the same location in 1964, the year of closure. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 03/02/2013]](/images/41000/41930.jpg "Silloth")
![Looking east towards the station throat at Silloth, which was by the overbridge. This view was taken from mid way along the long platform that survives but has been built on. [See image 27189] for the same location at the time of closure.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 03/02/2013]](/images/41000/41937.jpg "Silloth")
![The station building at Kirkbride on the Silloth branch, closed in 1964 and now a private residence. The trees stand on the old platform and trackbed. [With thanks to Tavish Roberts]<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 03/02/2013]](/images/42000/42028.jpg "Kirkbride")
