Carnbroe North Signal Box

Location type


Name and dates

Carnbroe North Signal Box (1914-1963)

Opened on the Wishaw and Coltness Railway.

Description

This signal box was on the west side of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway. It controlled access to Calder Iron Works and Carnbroe Iron Works and replaced both Calder Iron Works Signal Box [CR] and Carnbroe Iron Works Signal Box in 1914.

Carnbroe South Signal Box was opened half a mile to the south. A loop ran along the east side between the two boxes. Also to the south and on the west side was access to the Carnbroe Slag Crushing Works.

Both Calder Iron Works and Carnbroe Iron Works closed in 1921. The Carnbroe Slag Crushing Works survived their closure.

The box closed in 1963.

Tags

Signal box

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
01/07/2019

Books


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

Bradshaw's Guides Scotlands Railways West Coast - Carlisle to Inverness: 5

Old Newmains and the Villages Around Wishaw

Old Wishaw

Wishaw 1896: Lanarkshire Sheet 18.03 (Old O.S. Maps of Lanarkshire)