Ravenscraig No 2 Signal Box
Location type
Name and dates
Ravenscraig No 2 Signal Box (1957-1973)Opened on the Wishaw Deviation (Caledonian Railway).
Opened on the Ravenscraig Steelworks (David Colville and Sons).
Description
This signal box was opened in 1957 to control access to the new Ravenscraig No 2 Yard, which handled coal and iron ore deliveries. Approach was from the north. The entry was from just south of Calder Viaduct [Carfin]. The box was on the east side of the line opposite the yard turnout.
The box was replaced by the Motherwell Signalling Centre in 1973, in the run up to electrification.
Ravenscraig No 4 Yard, also approached from the north, was to open on the east side of the main line. The new yard handled iron ore, allowing No 2 to focus entirely on coal. Iron ore was carried over the main line by conveyor.
The Ravenscraig Steel Works closed in 1992.
The main line remains open. Some rails of the No 2 yard remain embedded in the ground, these were level crossings.
Tags
Junction signal box10/05/2020
| Nearby stations Carfin Flemington Shieldmuir Cleland [1st] Motherwell Junction Motherwell [1st] Holytown Motherwell Bridge Motherwell Wishaw Cleland Airbles Wishaw South Cambusnethan Holytown [1st] | Ravenscraig Sinter Plant Calder Viaduct [Carfin] Calder Viaduct [Ravenscraig] Middle Johnstone Colliery Pit No 10 Ravenscraig Blast Furnace No 3 Ravenscraig Coke Ovens 1,2,3 Ravenscraig Slag Processing Carfin Colliery Pits Nos 6 and 7 Nether Johnstone Colliery Pits Nos 1 and 2 Ravenscraig No 4 Yard Ravenscraig Blast Furnaces No 1,2 Ravenscraig No 2 Yard Ravenscraig Steel Works Ravenscraig BOS Plant Tourist/other Carfin House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
