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rotten milk · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 7:42 pm Post subject:

no, i thought there was a line from sighthill jn, avoiding the goods depot , then west at st. rollox - i take it, then, that all the lines went into the goods depot?
EDIT: from the 1894 OS map

but zooming in:

it's like the line i need was proposed, but not actually built - the lines are there, but not 'connected' to the main-line on the map.
maybe to avoid facing connections on the main-line?
OR was it a link that existed, but has been taken out of use?
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james73 · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:39 pm Post subject:

Alycidon · Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 6:49 pm Post subject:

Found the answer to this conundrum - in 1871 the Caledonian Railway opened a signal box at "Sighthill West Junction", but the book "The Register of Scottish Signalboxes" by Alexander and Nichol, states that the line was never used. My theory is that the Caledonian and the N.B. entered into an agreement to build a link line to allow N.B trains the use of Buchanan Street during the reconstruction of Queen Street, which took place between 1879 and 1888, but then fell out over working arrangements. The "Junction that never was" closed in 1934, being replaced by an Intermediate Block Signal Arrangement.

Jim

Alycidon · Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:24 pm Post subject:

Hi all - I have started a project to map the closed railways in Glasgow, using as a basis a table found on the web and thankfully saved as an Excel spreadsheet as the site is no longer active. There are several lines listed that are somewhat obscure, as they refer to mineral or industrial lines. Two examples are as follows, both are in the Anniesland/Knightswood area on the branch to Knightswood mineral depot previously discussed on another thread.

The lines are "Anniesland, Hunters Siding to Knightswood Mineral Depot" closed 7th June 1965 and (KNIGHTSWOOD SOUTH JN) to Baird's Siding, closed 1st October 1971. I do know the location of Knightswood Mineral Depot and Knightswood South Junction, but if anyone can help me with the location of Hunters Siding and Bairds Siding I would appreciate it. I think that Bairds was Temple Iron Works on Crow Road, but Hunters completely eludes me.

Any help would be appreciated, here are the maps so far, I hope the file sizes are not too big, they are bitmaps as I want to keep updating them.

North East:-

South East:-

South West:-

North West:-

Mod Edit (Fixed Photo Links)

Stuball · Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:46 pm Post subject:

I tried fix your links there but the forum wont accept them because they are bmp images. Perhaps you could save a copy of them as jpg for us?
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Alycidon · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:40 pm Post subject:

Here they are as Jpegs

JBH

Doog Doog · Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:49 pm Post subject:

Good stuff Alycidon,must've taken ages.
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Alycidon · Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 12:01 pm Post subject:

Maps updated, links as per originals..

Jim

AbsoluteHerbert · Buttered roll Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Posts: 2

Alycidon,

Obscure question of the week!

What exactly happened at Cathcart Station/ West Junction on 30th September, 1960?