Elrick Signal Box
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Name and dates
Elrick Signal Box (1920-1924)Opened on the Formartine and Buchan Railway.
Description
This was the northern end of double track section which started to the south at Parkhill. This was used during seasonal periods of high traffic, but only for a few years: 1920-24.
This double track section was partly built in response to the hugely increased traffic in the Great War, but opened too late to be of real use. It has been described as being only open for one year.
Nothing obvious remains of the signal box but the doubled trackbed can still be discerned.
The box was named for Elrick House, 1 km to the west.
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Elrick BoxExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
06/12/2021
| Nearby stations Newmachar Parkhill Pitmedden Dyce [1st] Dyce Udny Stoneywood Kinaldie Blackdog (Strabathie Brick Works) Bankhead [Aberdeenshire] Bucksburn Berryhill (Murcar Golf Club) Persley Woodside [GNSR] Logierieve | Parkhill Viaduct Raith^s Farm Sidings Dyce Creosote Works Dyce Quarries Stoneywood Paper Works Strabathie Brick Works Bucksburn Viaduct Twin Spires Creamery Blackburn [Aberdeenshire Town] Motor Hut House Seaton Park Tourist/other Elrick House St Fergus Church - Dyce Symbol Stones Aberdeen Airport Murcar Golf Course |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Eyesight testsSouth of the former box was a set of eyesight check signals - a lineside shed on the west side and a gantry with six signals also on the west side. |
Chronology Dates
| 31/05/1920 | Formartine and Buchan Railway Parkhill to Elrick Signal Box doubled. |
| / /1924 | Formartine and Buchan Railway Parkhill to Elrick Signal Box begins to be used as single track. |
| 23/10/1925 | Formartine and Buchan Railway Elrick Signal Box closed. Formal singling between Parkhill and Elrick Signal Box. |
Books
 Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong |
