Black Tank Siding Signal Box
Location type
Name and dates
Black Tank Siding Signal BoxOpened on the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway.
Description
South of the Allt an Dubh Choire bridge the line was a cutting (33 ft deep) which suffered from deep drifting snow when the line was single track. Partly as a result there were railway cottages here on the north/east side of the line. With doubling the cutting was further opened out and the situation improved. A temporary signal box came into use here on the 5th of May of 1898 related to the excavations to double the line (probably that at Dalinturuaine). There was a service for the cottages which called every other Saturday for railway staff and their families (known as the 'housewife's choice' serving lineside cottages from Blair Atholl to Kingussie).
The name 'Black Tank' is said to be from the dark colour of the rock through which the cutting was cut. It is interesting that dubh-choire is used for the stream.
Tags
Signal Box06/05/2023
| Nearby stations Struan Black Island Platform Blair Atholl Dalnaspidal Killiecrankie Pitlochry Dalwhinnie Grandtully Aberfeldy Balnaguard Halt Ballinluig Glenlochsie Lodge Newtonmore Guay Dalguise | Garry Viaduct Bruar Viaduct Garry Bridge Tummel Bridge Tummel Bridge Power Station Tourist/other Dalnamein Lodge Dalanraoch Signal Box [2nd] Dalanraoch Signal Box [1st] Dalnacardoch Ground Frame Dalnacardoch Lodge Falls of Bruar Edendon Signal Box The Wade Stone Bruar Lodge Blair Castle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 05/05/1898 | Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Black Tank Siding Signal Box opened during stone cutting works to open out the Black Tank cutting and double the line north of Struan. |
