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HM Factory Gretna Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Smalmstown depot in 2005 when used to store redundant class 20s. [See image 29431]<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 06/01/2005]](/images/29000/29435.jpg "Smalmstown")
![Privately stored class 20s at the former MoD Base Ammunition Depot, Smalmstown, in March 2005. The lines in the foreground pass under the road to link with the larger MoD Longtown, directly behind the camera. Once part of the enormous complex that was the wartime <I>'HM Factory Gretna'</I> stretching west as far as Eastriggs on the other side of the border. <br><br>[John Furnevel 10/03/2005]](/images/3000/3123.jpg "Smalmstown")
![Scene at the former Smalmstown Base Ammunition Depot in March 2005, with privately stored class 20s occupying a siding. Once used for the storage of explosive materials, Smalmstown was part of the Eastriggs to Longtown military complex.<br><br>[John Furnevel 10/03/2005]](/images/3000/3443.jpg "Smalmstown")
![Eastriggs 2006. View south into the military complex which once comprised 125 miles of private track serving factories employing 30,000 workers and stretching as far as Longtown on the other side of the border.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/10/2006]](/images/11000/11560.jpg "Eastriggs")
![The Eastriggs military exchange sidings in 2006 looking north towards the junction with the Annan - Gretna line (the contractor's equipment is in connection with the redoubling work currently underway). The cooling towers of the decommissioned Chapelcross nuclear power station stand in the right background. The sign on the left warns <I>Police dogs on patrol</I>.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/10/2006]](/images/11000/11561.jpg "Eastriggs")
![View north over the munitions sidings at Eastriggs towards the Annan-Gretna line on 3 August 2007 showing some of the plant and equipment deployed around the junction in connection with the redoubling of the main line.<br><br>[John Furnevel 3/08/2007]](/images/16000/16101.jpg "Eastriggs")
![Bridge remains south of Gretna looking towards the Solway Firth. The bridge was part of the private railway system serving the enormous wartime factory complex that stretched from Eastriggs in the west through Gretna and across the border to Longtown in the east.<br><br>[Bruce McCartney 06/03/2010]](/images/28000/28013.jpg "Gretna Township")
![Gone. Smalmstown sidings have been lifted after the lease of the site expired. [See image 29435]<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 14/06/2010]](/images/29000/29431.jpg "Smalmstown")
