Pettinain Signal Box
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PlaceName and dates
Pettinain Signal Box (1897-1964)Opened on the Caledonian Railway.
Description
This 1897 signal box was on the east side of the line south of Carstairs, Float Viaduct and the Strawfrank Watertroughs. It controlled access to Grange Siding from which the Cairngryffe Quarry Tramway ran south west to the quarry. The siding was on the west side of the line and approached from the north.
The box closed in 1964.
Nothing remains but railway cottages, the Grange Cottages, to the south of the siding. The main line remains open.
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Signal box siding quarry 06/08/2019
| Nearby stations Bankhead [Lanarkshire] Carstairs Carnwath Thankerton Newbigging [Lanarkshire] Cleghorn Symington [2nd] Lanark Racecourse Symington [1st] Coulter Lanark Sandilands [Lanarkshire] Biggar Auchengray Pool Colliery Pit No 3 | Grange Siding Strawfrank Watertroughs Float Junction Float Viaduct Leggatfoot Signal Box Carstairs South Junction Carstairs East Junction Lampits Junction Carstairs Shed Cairngryffe Quarry Carstairs Mains Carstairs No 1 Signal Box Sand Pit Tourist/other Montieth House Carstairs Hospital |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
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