Camps Reservoir Railway
Introduction
This 3ft narrow gauge line was used to deliver materials for the construction of Camps Reservoir from the railhead at Crawford on the former Caledonian Railway. It was in operation from 1920 to 1927 and ran to sidings by the dam and beyond to a quarry at Campshead.
Dates
| / /1917 | Camps Reservoir Railway Lanarkshire County Council authorised to build a 3.5 mile line from Crawford station on the Caledonian Railway to the future Camps Reservoir. |
Locations along the line
These locations are along the line.
This was a two platform station. The main station building was on the northbound platform with a waiting room on the southbound. There was a footbridge at the north west end of the station, part of a footpath from Crawford which continued over a footbridge over the River Clyde and on to Midlock, to the north. There was no goods yard, but the station had a small timber signal box at the south end ...
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Caledonian Railway
Mark Bartlett 08/04/2022
John Furnevel 27/07/2016
This viaduct carried the 3ft Camps Reservoir Railway (1919-1927) over the River Clyde at Crawford, where there was interchange with the Caledonian Railway's goods station. It was a substantially built bridge with three spans and stone built abutments (with cattlecreeps below each abutment).
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John Furnevel 05/08/2009
John Furnevel 05/08/2009
John Furnevel 05/08/2009
John Furnevel 05/08/2009
Ewan Crawford //2002
