Arniston Catchpoints

Location type

Sidings

Name and dates

Arniston Catchpoints

Opened on the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway).
Opened on the Arniston Coal Company.

Description

These catchpoints were north west of the connection between the mineral line serving the Arniston Colliery Gore Pit and the main line Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway) ('Waverley Route'). The line going north ran downhill and these catchpoints protected the railway from runaways from the collieries.

The location was a short distance north west of the Gore Glen Bridge.

One of the bings of the Arniston Coal Company's collieries was located on the west side of the main line here.

Tags

Catchpoints



Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

Forgotten Railways: Scotland

Galashiels 1897: Selkirkshire Sheet 08.02 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Selkirkshire)

Galashiels to Edinburgh: Including the Lauder and Dalkeith Branches - the Waverley Route (Scml)

Hawick 1897: Roxburghshire Sheet 25.07 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Roxburghshire)

Hawick to Galashiels: The Waverley Route Including the Selkirk Branch (Scottish Main Lines)

Last Years of the Waverley Route

Mining the Lothians

North British Railway, Vol. 1 (Standard Railway History)

North British Railway, Vol. 2 (Standard Railway History)

On the Waverley Route

Railways Of Scotland 2: The Waverley Route DVD - Cinerail

Scottish Collieries: An Inventory of Scotland's Coal Industry in the Nationalised Era

The Waverley Route Through Time

The Waverley Route: Its Heritage and Revival

The Waverley Route: The Postwar Years

Waverley Route: The battle for the Borders Railway

Waverley Route: The Life, Death and Rebirth of the Borders Railway

Waverley: Portrait of a Famous Route