Tyndrum Goods Junction

Location type

Junction

Name and dates

Tyndrum Goods Junction (1877-1949)

Where: Stirling
Opened on the Callander and Oban Railway.

Description

[This location name is somewhat artificial.] In 1877 the railway was extended west to Dalmally via a replacement Tyndrum station (now called Tyndrum Lower) and the original Tyndrum [1st] station became a goods yard and its signal box [1st box] closed. A new box was provided for the goods and passenger station [2nd box].

A new box was opened, further west at the second station, in 1891 [3rd box] and a ground frame installed at the entry to the goods yard. In addition to the passenger loop at the new station there was also a continuation of this to the east to form a goods loop from which the goods yard was reached via a headshunt.

The goods loop was later removed, the headshunt for the goods yard running parallel to the main track for some way east of the station. With this arrangement a goods train could no longer enter the goods yard directly from the east.

The goods yard was closed, along with many on the line, in 1966.

Tags

Junction

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map


Nearby stations
Tyndrum [1st]
Tyndrum Lower
Upper Tyndrum
Crianlarich Lower
Crianlarich
Loch Dochart [Private]
Bridge of Orchy
Glen Falloch Platform
Ardlui
Luib
Dalmally
Gorton [WHR]
Killin Junction
Inveruglas
Loch Awe
Glengarry Lead Smelter
Tyndrum Mines Loading Point [1st]
Tyndrum Summit
Tyndrum Lead Shed and Mill
Tyndrum Incline
Tyndrum Lead Mines [Lower] [1st]
Tyndrum Lead Mines Tip [1st]
Tyndrum Lead Mines [Upper] [1st]
Cononish Viaduct
Auchtertyre Viaduct
Tourist/other
Dalrigh [Tyndrum]
Meall Buidhe
Lochan na Bi
St Fillan^s Priory
Kirkton Farm Level Crossing
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Chronology Dates

  /  /1874Callander and Oban Railway
Tyndrum Goods Junction to Oban, Oban Goods line and branch to Oban Harbour, authorised.
01/04/1877Callander and Oban Railway
Tyndrum Goods Junction to Dalmally opened for goods traffic.
01/05/1877Callander and Oban Railway
Tyndrum Goods Junction to Dalmally opened to passengers. Tyndrum [CandO] and Dalmally opened, Tyndrum [1st] becomes a goods depot. A single road stone shed, Dalmally Shed, opened to the south of Dalmally station with a 48ft turntable.
  /  /1966Callander and Oban Railway
Tyndrum [1st] (the former terminus in use as a goods yard) to Tyndrum Goods Junction (a headshunt by this date) to Tyndrum Lower closed.

Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North of Scotland v. 15 (Regional railway history series)

Birth and Death of a Highland Railway: Ballachulish Line

Caledonian Railway

Caledonian Routes 3: Stirling to Crianlarich - DVD - Oakwood Press

Callander & Oban Railway Through Time

Callander and Oban Railway (Library of Railway History)

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: Callander and Oban Railway v. 4

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: Callander and Oban Railway v. 4

Iron Road to the Isles: A Travellers and Tourist Guide to the West Highland Lines

Iron Roads to the Isles: A Travellers and Tourists Souvenir Guide to the West Highland Lines

Oban 1898: Argyllshire Sheet 98.07 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Argyllshire)

On West Highland Lines

Railway World Special: West Highland Lines

Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong

Scottish Central Railway (Oakwood Library of Railway History)

The Birth and Death of a Highland Railway: Ballachulish Line

The Caledonian, Scotland's Imperial Railway: A History

Trossachs and West Highlands: Exploring the Lost Railways (Local History Series)

Walks from the West Highland Railway (Cicerone Guide)