Balavil Signal Box
Location type
Name and dates
Balavil Signal Box (1942-1947)Opened on the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway.
Description
This 1942 wartime signal box controlled a loop on the single track 6 mile section between Kingussie (to the south west) and Kincraig (to the north east). The box was about midway, a little closer to Kingussie around the 2.5 miles north. A siding had been installed here in 1904.
The box was built in brick with a roof sloping back to the rear of the structure.
The box was closed after the war in 1947.
The railway is open, back to being a plain single track again.
Balavil Gate Lodge remains here, built for the level crossing with a dirt road between Balavil House and the River Spey.
Tags
Signal box loop Second World War10/03/2020
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| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
