Date: 30/08/2022

The old Yorkshire saying Where theres muck, theres brass is all too true in the development of Ardrossans Harbour, where, for many years, coal, stone and pig iron were exported in large quantities to Europe and North America as well as Ireland and Scottish coastal and island communities.

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The view south west looking to Ardrossan Harbour station with the east end of Eglinton Dock on the right.
Location: Eglinton Dock
Company: Ardrossan Railway
// Aitken Scott

Ex-LNER B1 4-6-0 no 61342 of Eastfield shed brings Scottish Rambler No 5 back from Ardrossan's Montgomerie Pier on 10 April 1966 towards the platforms of Ardrossan North station, from which the photograph was taken. The line over the level crossing below the footbridge provided a link with the G&SW system which ran to Winton Pier.
Location: Ardrossan North
Company: Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway
10/04/1966 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

A Caley 0-6-0 in action at Ardrossan Harbour on a cold November morning in 1962.
Location: Ardrossan Harbour
Company: Ardrossan Railway
24/11/1962 R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

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Tags: x Saltcoats x Ardrossan x Coal x Iron ore x Pig iron x Ardrossan Railway x Glasgow and South Western Railway x Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway x Eglinton Dock x Ardrossan Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Co x Glengarnock Steel Works