New Galloway Station View from W showing NW and SW fronts of signal box

Description New Galloway Station View from W showing NW and SW fronts of signal box

Date 31/10/1964

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

Catalogue Number SC 634727

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 the small signal box, with the point rods and signal wires passing under the platform. The telegraph pole carried wires which allowed the signalman to communicate telegraphically, as well as by telephone with the boxes on either side. The line was single, with a passing place at this point on the line. 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 H35/64/2/5

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/634727

File Format (TIF) Tagged Image File Format bitmap