Glengyron Coal Pit
Location type
MineName and dates
Glengyron Coal PitServed by the Ayr and Cumnock Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway).
Description
This coal pit was served by sidings which were connected to the Ayr to Cumnock line at the west end.
The Railway Clearing House map mentions a Shankston Siding - this may be this siding or another nearby as there were spoil heaps just to the east on the north side of the line.
Tags
Mine siding| Nearby stations Cumnock [1st] Cumnock [2nd] Dumfries House Auchinleck Skares Commondyke Lugar Ochiltree Cronberry Cairntable Halt Catrine New Cumnock Sinclairston (Private) Mauchline Drongan | Glengyron Box Cumnock Viaduct Rodanhead Pit Knockterra Pit Pit Garallan Colliery Pit Knockterra Signal Box Bank Viaduct Skares Brickworks Whitehill 3,4 Colliery Cumnock Junction Blackston Colliery Gilmilnscroft Junction Tourist/other Dumfries House [House] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
