Alloa Marshalling Yard (British Railways)

Introduction

This extensive marshalling yard was built to the west of Alloa in 1957. Its remains closed in 1987.

Why built

The yard was built to assist handling of goods trains in the Clackmannanshire area where formerly trains were marshalled in Alloa and Stirling goods yard. Coal from Devon Colliery for Kincardine Power Station and Longannet Power Station rounded here. It handled molasses trains for Menstrie.




Route described

This yard was located to the south of the Stirlng to Dunfermline mainline with a connection to the Alloa Swing Bridge.


Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Cambus to Alloa West

This was a three platform station to the west of a level crossing and east of Cambus Junction. A footbridge was provided by the level crossing used to cross between the platforms and also for pedestrians when the crossing was closed.
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Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
During reinstatement of the Srirling - Alloa - Kincardine line a PW materials delivery and distribution hub was established on vacant land at Cambus, ...
John Furnevel 17/10/2007
An Alloa bound train seen from the level crossing at Cambus. What looks suspiciously like a base for an electrification mast can be seen on the right. ...
Ewan Crawford 08/10/2017
26037 runs round a train of Molasses tanks at Cambus, bound for Menstrie, on 27 January 1991. ...
Bill Roberton //1991
One of the Hunterston - Longannet coal trains approaching Cambus level crossing from the west on 22 December 2008. The Diageo complex stands beyond ...
John Furnevel 22/12/2008
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This was a large marshalling yard between Alloa and Cambus. Also known as Alloa New Yard and Alloa New Marshalling Yard.
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A canopy of trees cover the site of Alloa Marshalling Yard. This view looks west with the Stirling - Alloa line running down the right hand side of ...
Ewan Crawford 12/09/2023
The view west in the overgrown remains of Alloa Yard. The location is roughly midway between the up and down portions of the sidings at their east ...
Ewan Crawford 26/10/2022
An unidentified J38 0-6-0 enters Alloa yard from the east with a coal train, pictured from on board the Scottish Rambler No 5 railtour, on 11 April ...
Robin McGregor 11/04/1966
Looking west to Cambus from the mainline beside Alloa Marshalling Yard. Access by kind permission of British Rail. ...
Ewan Crawford //1988
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This was the junction between the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway of 1852 and the Alloa West to Longcarse (North British Railway) of 1885 which connected to the Alloa Railway. This was a junction between two double track lines immediately west of a level crossing ('Grange Crossing').
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Stirling and Dunfermline Railway
Alloa Railway
Looking west from the crossing. The signalbox was to the left of this once double track mainline. ...
Ewan Crawford 12/11/2006
Convoy. An eastbound PW 'train' photographed after leaving Cambus on 4 October 2007 heading for Alloa. ...
John Furnevel 04/10/2007
West Coast Railways Class 47 “Chris Fudge” (formerly 47 747) passes the site of the former Alloa West level crossing on the rear of the ...
Mark Dufton 14/05/2017
Looking west to Alloa West level crossing. Sorting the drainage before putting down the ballast. ...
Ewan Crawford 12/11/2006
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Southern Exit

This was a large marshalling yard between Alloa and Cambus. Also known as Alloa New Yard and Alloa New Marshalling Yard.
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A canopy of trees cover the site of Alloa Marshalling Yard. This view looks west with the Stirling - Alloa line running down the right hand side of ...
Ewan Crawford 12/09/2023
The view west in the overgrown remains of Alloa Yard. The location is roughly midway between the up and down portions of the sidings at their east ...
Ewan Crawford 26/10/2022
An unidentified J38 0-6-0 enters Alloa yard from the east with a coal train, pictured from on board the Scottish Rambler No 5 railtour, on 11 April ...
Robin McGregor 11/04/1966
Looking west to Cambus from the mainline beside Alloa Marshalling Yard. Access by kind permission of British Rail. ...
Ewan Crawford //1988
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This junction was north of the Alloa Bridge (the swing bridge over the River Forth). This was initially the junction between the Caledonian Railway's 1885 Alloa Railway line running to the goods terminus near the harbour in Alloa and its connection to Alloa West Junction where the line joined the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway allowing use of Alloa [1st] station. The ...

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Alloa Railway
This was the junction north of Alloa Bridge between the Caledonian's Alloa goods station line (right) and their connection to the NBR's main line ...
Ewan Crawford 26/10/2022
Longcarse Junction. This was a double track passenger railway. To the left were the routes to Alloa and Alloa Marshalling Yard and to the right the ...
Ewan Crawford //1988
Longcarse Junction looking south to the other Forth Bridge. The site was latterly used as a reversing spur to reach Alloa West Coal Yard from the ...
Ewan Crawford //1988
Looking south across acres of ploughed field (well.. a lot) in April 2006 at the embankment running towards Alloa swing bridge in the distance. The ...
John Furnevel 27/04/2006
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