Wishaw Estate Railway
Introduction
The Wishaw Estate Railway served the Wishaw Iron Works. Access was initially from a reversing spur connected to the southbound line of the Wishaw and Coltness Railway, north west of Wishaw [1st]. The private railway expanded to run to a number of mines and works. None of the system remains open today.
Dates
| / /1890 | Motherwell New Lines (Caledonian Railway) Motherwell New Lines authorised: - Railway No 3 to run from Windmillhill (Colville's Sidings Signal Box) to the Wishaw Estate Railway - Wishaw Estate Railway part doubling - Wishaw Estate Railway to Coursington (to Jerviston) - Railway No 6 to run from Shields Colliery to Jerviston |
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Wishaw Iron Works
This was at the junction for the Wishaw Iron Works. This was one of the entries into the Wishaw Estate Railway. The works was served by that line from the north east.
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See also
Wishaw and Coltness Railway
This iron works was located north west of Wishaw [1st] station, on the north side of the line. The works was located on the Wishaw Estate Railway, approached from the north the lines fanned out. Estate railway lines passed under the main line to reach the Wishaw Iron and Steel Works (later Wishaw Steel Works).
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Open Hearth steel works to the south of the main line from the Wishaw Iron Works, connected to that works by a low level line which passed under the main line. No connection to lines to the west. The works closed around 1922.
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