Gateside Signal Box

Location type


Name and dates

Gateside Signal Box (-1964)

Opened on the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway.

Description

This signal box was between Kirkconnel (to the west) and Sanquhar (east) stations. A short mineral siding, on the north side of the line, ran west from the box to Gateside Colliery Nos 4 and 5 (1891 -1964) and Tower Colliery [Gateside].

Nos 4 and 5, and the signal box, closed in 1964.

The colliery bings remain here. The main line is open.

Tags

Signal box colliery mine

Books


An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways

Carlisle To Beattock: including the Dumfries Branch (Scottish Main Lines)

The Glasgow & South Western Railway a History