New Galloway Station View looking NW showing Derrick Crane

Description New Galloway Station View looking NW showing Derrick Crane

Date 31/10/1964

Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland

Catalogue Number SC 634726

Category On-line Digital Images

Scope and Content New Galloway Station, Dumfries & Galloway This station was opened in 1861 by the Portpatrick Railway, built to take passengers and goods to Portpatrick for a ferry to Ireland. It cut across Galloway as directly as possible, so that many of the stations, as here, were some distance from the communities they were supposed to serve. This shows part of the goods yard, with the end of the goods shed on the left, and a wooden hand-operated Scotch derrick crane on the loading bank. The end of a goods wagon can also be seen on the left. The railway from Dumfries to Challoch Junction, near Glenluce, was closed in 1965, and speedily dismantled. Latterly the main traffic on the line was in connection with the Stranraer to Larne ferries. The Portpatrick branch lost its importance when the ferry transferred to Stranraer, and closed in 1950. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

External Reference H35/64/2/4

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/634726

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