Eglinton Bank Signal Box
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Eglinton Bank Signal Box (1846-1933)Opened on the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.
Opened on the Eglinton Iron Company Railway.
Description
This signal box controlled the approach to the Eglinton Iron Works from the north (Kilwinning station) direction.
From the junction the branch ran south parallel to the main line, on its the east side, steadily dropping in height before turning east to serve the iron works. There were several loops. A connection was made from the south end of the loops to Byrehill Junction to the south.
The signal box was on the west side of the line, opposite the iron works siding.
The connection was altered around 1933. The exchange sidings only made their connection at the south end at Byrehill Junction. Eglinton Bank box closed.
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JunctionChronology Dates
| / /1918 | Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway Glasgow and South Western Railway authorised to widen the line between Kilwinning and Irvine (close to the Eglinton Bank Signal Box) where it passed over the Lanarkshire and Ayrshire Railway's Kilwinning [CR] to Stevenston [Moorpark] line. Reciprical agreement allowed the L&A to widen their line in the future (G&SW was to be liable for half of the costs of a widened bridge).. |
