Dalreoch West Signal Box

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Dalreoch Tunnel Signal Box
Dalreoch West Signal Box

Opened on the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway.

Description

After the doubling of the Helensburgh Central to Dalreoch Junction line, Dalreoch Tunnels remained a single bore single track tunnel. This signal box protected the west end of the single track tunnel until the second bore was added. It remained in use afterwards until 1926. The box was renamed Dalreoch West.

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Signal box
04/05/2019


Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Scotland - The Lowlands and the Borders v. 6 (Regional railway history series)

An Illustrated History of Glasgow's Railways

Around Helensburgh (Archive Photographs: Images of Scotland)

Battrum's Guide to Helensburgh and Neighbourhood

Craigendoran and Helensburgh (East) 1897: Dumbartonshire Sheet 17.06 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Dumbartonshire)

Glasgow Railway Memories

Glasgow Stations

Glasgow's Last Days of Steam

Helensburgh & Rhu Through Time

Helensburgh & the Rosneath Peninsula: The Guide Book: (Including Cardross, Garelochhead & Loch Long)

Helensburgh in Old Picture Postcards

Old Helensburgh, Rhu and Shandon

Rails Around Glasgow

The Railways of Glasgow: Post-Beeching

The Vanished Railways of Old Western Dunbartonshire (Britains Railways/Old Photos)