Harthope Signal Box
Location type
Name and dates
Harthope Signal Box (1898-1939)Opened on the Caledonian Railway.
Description
This signal box was on the climb up Beattock Bank between Greskine Signal Box to Beattock Summit. The box was on the south side of the line alongside the Harthope Cottages with Harthope Viaduct to the south east. There was a halt here for railwaymen and their families.
The box closed in 1939 but the railway cottages alongside survived for many years.
Tags
Signal box| Nearby stations Ruttonside [Private] Elvanfoot Auchencastle Moffat Crawford Beattock Victoria Lodge Abington Leadhills Glengonnar Wanlockhead Crook Carronbridge Lamington Wamphray | Harthope Viaduct Beattock Bank Ballast Quarry Beattock Summit Start of River Clyde Bodsberry Hill Bodsberry Viaduct Elvanfoot Viaduct Campshead Quarry Elvan Water Viaduct Crawford Viaduct [Camps Reservoir Railway] Beattock Shed Tourist/other Greskine Signal Box Bodsberry Level Crossing Camps Reservoir Crawford Castle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
