Birky Side Dump
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Birky Side DumpOpened on the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway).
Description
This former freestone quarry and gravel pit became an ash dump for St Margarets Shed. Sidings, which were moved as required, ran out to the north from Borthwick Bank Signal Box, reached by a headshunt which made a trailing connection east of the box. Material was dumped into Birky Side / Maggie Bowie's Glen - the define of the Tyne Water.
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Quarry DumpExternal links
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05/01/2021
| Nearby stations Tynehead Fushiebridge [1st] Fushiebridge [2nd] Gorebridge Newtongrange Newtongrange [1st] Heriot Dalhousie South Esk Eskbank Bonnyrigg Eskbank and Dalkeith Dalkeith Glenesk Crossgatehall Halt | St Margarets Loco Ash dump Borthwick Bank Signal Box Maggie Bowies Tynehead Junction Catcune Lime Works Fushiebridge Headshunt Esperston Exchange Sidings Catcune Granary Edgehead Colliery Vogrie Colliery Middleton Lime Works Fushiebridge Junction Tourist/other Crichton Castle Borthwick Castle Crichton Kirk |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
