Killoch Colliery Branch (British Railways)

Introduction

This line was built for coal traffic from Killoch Colliery. It is still open and used for the same purpose.





Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

This was a single platform station, the platform and station building being on the west side of the single track railway.
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See also
Ayr and Cumnock Line (Glasgow and South Western Railway)
The Interior of Drongan signalbox seen in 1975, the diagram showing 'Drongan and its attendant loops'. ...
Bill Roberton //1975
Looking north at Drongan in 1975 to the closed station from the loops. ...
Bill Roberton //1975
View north at Drongan in the spring of 1962. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 24/05/1962
Damp day at Drongan. The BLS/SLS Scottish Rambler railtour calls at Drongan behind preserved Caledonian Railway locomotive 123 on 20 April ...
David Stewart 20/04/1962
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This washery opened with Killoch Colliery.
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This colliery opened in 1960, the line opening in 1959 to assist with construction. The line opened from Drongan on the line between Annbank, Belston Junction and Cumnock [1st].
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Killoch washery looking somewhat past its best. ...
Ewan Crawford //
Killoch Washery viewed from the south. ...
Ewan Crawford //
Locomotive lost in the coal at Killoch. ...
Ewan Crawford //
Freightliner 66548 about to pass under the A70 road on the approach to Killoch on 31 March 2014. ...
Bill Roberton 31/03/2014
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