Thornton Shed [2nd]
Evening at Thornton in June 1967, looking west, a few months after the end of steam. On the left is part of Thornton Junction shed, closed the previous April. In the centre is Thornton Weighs box, one of 9 signal boxes located in the Thornton area. On the right stand the winding towers of the ill-fated Rothes Colliery. Trumpeted as one of the new super pits on its opening in 1958, the decision was taken to abandon it four years later due to insurmountable flooding and geological problems. Remarkably the towers stood for a further 30 years until eventually demolished using explosives in 1993.
Location: Thornton Shed [2nd] (former)
Original line: Dunfermline Branch (Edinburgh and Northern Railway)
Photographer: Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven)
Contact photographer: Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven)
Date: 06/1967
Image number: 27241
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