Camus-na-ha Sidings
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Camus-na-ha Sidings (1942-1964)Opened on the Mallaig Extension (West Highland Railway).
Description
This was a Second World War loop, on the south side of the line, controlled by a signal box at its east end. The box was a single storey structure with a sloping back roof. There was a siding from the loop curving back towards Annat narrows.
The box closed in 1964 with the opening of Annat Signal Box to the east with the opening of the pulp mill at Corpach.
John McGregor notes:
I have no memory of trains crossing but do remember passenger workings for Mallaig held there until the previous train cleared Glenfinnan: as long as Camus-na- Ha existed it allowed shorter headways on the summer-morning cavalcades down the Extension. An LNER source notes that the doughty wartime signalwoman cycled many miles to duty, seldom missing a shift, and was overseen by the Banavie stationmaster/signalman.
Tags
Loop sidings| Nearby stations Loch Eil Outward Bound Corpach Banavie Fort William [1st] Banavie Pier Fort William Locheilside Gairlochy Spean Bridge Glenfinnan Ballachulish Ferry Ballachulish (Glencoe) Invergloy Platform Kentallen Roy Bridge | Camus-na-ha Signal Box Annat Pulp Mill Ground Frame Kilmallie Mill Annat Signal Box Annat Sidings Corpach Basin Banavie Swing Bridge Neptune^s Staircase Tourist/other Loch Eil Outward Bound Centre Corpach Beacon Corpach Pier Camusnagaul Tomonie Signal Box Fort William Aluminium Pier Fort William [Fort] |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
