Cutler Sidings
Location type
SidingsName and dates
Cutler SidingsOpened on the Ayrshire and Galloway Railway.
Description
These were the exchange sidings between the Bairds and Dalmellington Limited system and the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at Dunaskin. The sidings were located adjacent to the Dunaskin Central Washery on the private system. The sidings were laid by the LMS.
The sidings are now lifted but their remains can be traced, although increasingly overgrown.
Tags
Sidings12/09/2018
Chronology Dates
| 06/07/1964 | Ayr and Dalmellington Railway Dalmellington to Cutler Sidings (excluded) closed to freight. |
| /03/1980 | Ayr and Dalmellington RailwayBairds and Dalmellington Limited Last train, preserved locomotive and wagons, runs from Cutler Sidings to Minnivey Nos 4,5. Cutler Sidings (excluded) to Minnivey Nos 4,5 (excluded) closed and lifted. |
| /12/1986 | Ayr and Dalmellington Railway Loading of opencast coal at Dunaskin Central Washer from Benbain Open Cast ceases. Dalrymple Junction to Cutler Sidings closed. Track not lifted. Dunaskin Central Washer officially closes in 1988. |
| / /1988 | Ayr and Dalmellington Railway Line re-opened to freight from Dalrymple Junction to Dunaskin Central Washer. Cutler Sidings lifted. |
