RAILSCOT | Dalmellington Iron Company (Phase 2)

Dalmellington Iron Company (Phase 2)

Introduction

This covers the second phase of the company. The Drumgrange Incline was rebuilt, plateau lines rebuilt and greatly extended to serve the iron mines of the plateau north of Waterside and Dalmellington.

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.

Dalmellington Iron Works to Dalharco

Dalmellington Furnace Tops

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Dalmellington Iron Company

Drumgrange Pit No 10

Coal mine, 65 fathoms deep. ...

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Drumgrange Incline Foot [2nd]

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The remains of the (second) immense double track Drumgrange incline. This Dalmellington Iron Company line took the railway from Waterside up to the ...
Ewan Crawford //

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Jellieston Pit No 2 Coal

Coal mine, 110 fathoms deep. ...

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Dalharco No 2

Coal mine, 92 fathoms deep. ...

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Second Drumgrange Incline

This was a self acting incline - loaded trains going down the incline balanced empty wagons coming up the incline. It partly followed the course of the original incline, although better engineered. The incline linked the lower level Dalmellington Iron Works lines to the lines serving the iron ore mines on the plateau and the company's hill villages.

Drumgrange Incline Foot [2nd]

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The remains of the (second) immense double track Drumgrange incline. This Dalmellington Iron Company line took the railway from Waterside up to the ...
Ewan Crawford //

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Drumgrange Incline Head [2nd]

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All that remains of the incline head at Lethanhill. The incline was also known as the Drumgrange incline. ...
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Looking down the double track Drumgrange Incline. This inline was built to reach iron mines on the plateau in the hills to the north of Waterside ...
Ewan Crawford 13/06/2003

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Burnfoothill Engine Shed

This was a small single track locomotive shed near the top of the Drumgrange Incline at Drumgrange Incline Head [2nd]. Approach was from the south, from the direction of the incline head. The shed was in the 'V' of the junction between the line from the incline and the plateau line.
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Plateau Line: Kerse to Burnfoot, Drumgrange and Corbie Craigs Pits

The plateau line ran from Kerse to the north west, south through Burnfoot, Drumgrange and east to Corbie Craigs. It was a minerals line serving iron ore mines.