Cairn Siding

Location type

Sidings

Name and dates

Cairn Siding

Opened on the Forfar and Brechin Railway.

Description

Cairn Siding did not open with the Forfar and Brechin Railway. It was a rural siding south west of Justinhaugh. The siding was on the north/west side of the line and approached from the Forfar [2nd] direction. There was a loading bank, a small hut and the line was crossed by a girder bridge here carrying a private road.

The bridge remains standing.

Tags

Siding

Books


Brechin 1901: Forfarshire Sheet 28.13 (Old O.S. Maps of Forfarshire)

OS Explorer Map (389) Forfar, Brechin and Edzell (OS Explorer Paper Map) (OS Explorer Active Map)
The Railways of Strathmore (Perth, Forfar and Brechin)