HM Factory Gretna Railway

Introduction

This line served the extensive explosives factory which stretched from Longtown west through Gretna to Eastriggs.






Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

The loop at DLO Smalmstown, which has since been lifted. Viewed from the south with the Gretna-Longtown branch, from which it was served, behind the ...
Bill Roberton //
Scene at the former Smalmstown Base Ammunition Depot in March 2005, with privately stored class 20s occupying a siding. Once used for the storage of ...
John Furnevel 10/03/2005
Gone. Smalmstown sidings have been lifted after the lease of the site expired. See image 29435 ...
Ewan Crawford 14/06/2010
Privately stored class 20s at the former MoD Base Ammunition Depot, Smalmstown, in March 2005. The lines in the foreground pass under the road to link ...
John Furnevel 10/03/2005
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(Name unconfirmed) This junction was immediately south of Gretna Junction [NBR] and opened when the military railway from Eastriggs though Gretna Township to Longtown opened in the Great War.
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More details

See also
Gretna Branch (North British Railway)
Carlisle Marshalling Yard (British Railways)


Bridge remains south of Gretna looking towards the Solway Firth. The bridge was part of the private railway system serving the enormous wartime ...
Bruce McCartney 06/03/2010
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The BR / MoD loco-working boundary as seen at Eastriggs on 30 June 2014. According to Wikipedia, HM Factory Gretna produced 800 ...
David Spaven 30/06/2014
A northbound EWS empty coal train passes the MoD exchange sidings at Eastriggs on 20 June 2014.
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David Spaven 30/06/2014
Multiple sidings splay out at the heart of the standard gauge network at MoD Eastriggs, as seen as on 30 June 2014.
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David Spaven 30/06/2014
Outside the Devil's Porridge museum in Eastriggs are two railway exhibits. The camouflage painted standard gauge 0-6-0 fireless locomotive is very ...
Mark Bartlett 31/01/2016
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The gated entrance to the exchange sidings at the then MoD Eastriggs (now no longer an active MoD site), as seen looking east on 30 June 2014. This ...
David Spaven 30/06/2014
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