Dripps Quarry Signal Box
Location type
Name and dates
Dripps Quarry Signal Box (1877-1884)Opened on the Busby Railway.
Description
This signal box, servicing Dripps Quarry which was reached by a zig-zag line, was between Thorntonhall (to the west) and Hairmyres.
The siding was on the south side, approached from the west. By a double reversal the quarry to the south was reached.
The box opened between 1876 and 1877. It closed in the 1880s, however the siding remained open until at least the Great War.
The siding site has been largely obliterated by road construction and new housing.
Tags
Signal box zig-zag10/07/2019
| Nearby stations Thorntonhall Hairmyres Busby East Kilbride Clarkston Williamwood Whitecraigs Giffnock Muirend Croftfoot Cathcart Cathcart [1st] Kings Park Burnside Spiersbridge | Dripps Quarry Quarry Radio Times Hairmyres Loop Busby Print Works Busby Viaduct East Kilbride Shed Clarkston East Junction Rolls Royce Aero Engines Clarkston West Junction Mavor and Coulson Muirend Carriage Sidings Tourist/other National Museum of Rural Life Greenbank Garden Cathin Braes |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
