Ironhirst Signal Box
Location type
Name and dates
Ironhirst Signal Box (1913-1949)Opened on the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway.
Description
This intermediate signal box was between Racks (to the west) and Ruthwell (east). Ironhirst Peat Works, served by a siding, was located on the south side of the line, with a peat railway running off to the south west.
Ironhirst is a farm on the south side of the line.
Tags
Signal box| Nearby stations Racks Ruthwell Dumfries [1st] Dumfries [2nd] Dumfries Heathhall Halt Locharbriggs Cummertrees Maxwelltown Lochmaben Amisfield Lockerbie Ecclefechan Shieldhill Holywood [2nd] | Ironhirst Peat Works Noblehill Junction Ramsey Place Junction Pleasance Junction Dumfries Goods Dumfries Shed Dumfries Gas Works Dumfries Goods [CR] Tourist/other Wath Level Crossing Warrenhill Level Crossing Dancing Knowe Level Crossing Brow Well Ruthwell Church Brasswell Level Crossing Caerlaverock Castle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
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 |
