Birky Side Dump

Location type

Place

Name and dates

Birky Side Dump

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

Description

This former freestone quarry and gravel pit became an ash dump for St Margarets Shed. Sidings, which were moved as required, ran out to the north from Borthwick Bank Signal Box, reached by a headshunt which made a trailing connection east of the box. Material was dumped into Birky Side / Maggie Bowie's Glen - the define of the Tyne Water.

Tags

Quarry Dump

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
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05/01/2021


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

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

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