Willockston Siding
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Willockston Siding (1848-1880)Opened on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.
Description
This was a siding on the down side, approached from the north. It was provided with a crane. This was probably the Sir James Boswell siding of the Railway Clearing House map. A signal box, 'Boswell Quarry' opened here in 1877 and closed in 1891 when a new signal box at Brackenhill Siding opened.
Tags
SidingAliases
Sir James Boswell Siding Boswell Quarry| Nearby stations Mauchline Catrine Auchinleck Mossgiel Tunnel Platform Ochiltree Skares Dumfries House Tarbolton Commondyke Cumnock [2nd] Cumnock [1st] Lugar Trabboch Drongan Sinclairston (Private) | Ballochmyle Viaduct Brackenhill Junction Brackenhill Siding Ballochmyle Quarries Barskimming Quarry [1st] Barskimming Quarry [2nd] Kay^s Curling Stones Bleachworks Barony Junction Sorn 1,2 Barony Power Station Barony Colliery Pits Nos 1,2,3,4 Redcraig Viaduct Gilmilnscroft Colliery Pit No 4 Gilmilnscroft Colliery Pit No 1 |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
