RAILSCOT | Drumpeller Railway

Introduction

The Drumpeller Railway of 1847 (alternative spelling Drumpellar or Drumpellier) connected the Monkland Canal to the Drumpeller Estate and in particular the Bredisholm pits. The line ran SSE from Cuilhill Canal Basin. It crossed over the Glasgow and Coatbridge Branch (North British Railway) of 1870 and Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway of 1865. The railway was bought by the Caledonian Railway in 1867. The Tannochside Branch (Caledonian Railway) (1867) served the same area and was interconnected with the Drumpeller Railway. The Drumpeller Incline portion, the north part, closed after a curve opened from the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway. The remainder closed bit by bit finally closing in the 1930s. Although the line is long closed some structures remain.

Dates

04/07/1843	Drumpeller Railway Line authorised with permission for the Monkland Canal to buy the railway.
03/03/1847	Drumpeller Railway Line partly opened to minerals.
/ /1848	Drumpeller Railway Extension of time allowed to complete line.
/ /1851	Drumpeller Railway Forth and Clyde Canal The Drumpeller Railway is purchased by the Forth and Clyde Canal (not the Monkland Canal with which it connected).
/ /1863	Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway) Authorisation to deviate the authorised line where it crosses the Drumpeller Railway. (Bredisholm Deviation.)
/ /1867	Forth and Clyde Canal Monkland Canal Forth and Cart Canal Grangemouth Railway (Forth and Clyde Canal Company) Drumpeller Railway Caledonian Railway Forth and Clyde Canal (Forth and Clyde Navigation) including the Port Dundas Basin branch, Monkland Canal, Forth and Cart Canal and various assets such as the Grangemouth Railway (Forth and Clyde Canal Company) and Drumpeller Railway, bought by the Caledonian Railway to compete with the North British Railway in the Forth - Clyde Valley. The North British Railway is given running powers over the Grangemouth Railway (Forth and Clyde Canal Company). Caledonian Railway given running powers over the Stirlingshire Midland Junction Railway to Larbert Junction
/ /1872	Drumpeller Railway Widening of the tracked and standardising of gauge authorised.
/ /1872	Tannochside Branch (Caledonian Railway) Connection between the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway) and Drumpeller Railway (being converted to standard gauge) authorised (Railway no 7).
02/10/1872	Tannochside Branch (Caledonian Railway) Connection between the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Branch (Caledonian Railway) and Drumpeller Railway opened for mineral traffic.
/07/1883	Drumpeller Railway Northern part of the railway to Cuilhill Canal Basin out of use.
/ /1921	Straiton Lime Works Locomotive 'Drumpeller' transferred from Lanarkshire. (The Drumpeller Railway?)

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.

Cuilhill to Bredisholm

Cuilhill Canal Basin

This canal basin was located on the Monkland Canal at Cuilhill Gullet. From the south, it was approached by the mineral Drumpeller Railway and the location was a transshipment point.
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See also
Monkland Canal

I think this is the only visible evidence of the Drumpellier Railway. The picture is of one of the pillars of the viaduct which carried the ...
Alastair McLellan 05/11/2017

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