Lochmuir Summit
Location type
PlaceName and dates
Lochmuir Summit (1847-)Opened on the Edinburgh and Northern Railway.
Description
Lochmuir Summit was to the west of Lochmuir Wood. A signal box opened here in 1901 with a siding on the west side, approached from the south. The signal box was at the south end of the siding.
The siding was later lengthened and looped at the north end.
The box closed in 1980.
Similar to the later West Highland Railway in Rannoch Moor this portion of line was laid to float on the bog in this area, being on a mat of turf and brushwood.
Tags
Summit signal boxExternal links
NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Falkland Road Markinch Kingskettle Leslie Ladybank Thornton Junction Thornton Junction [W&BR] Glenrothes with Thornton Cameron Bridge [1st] Cameron Bridge West Wemyss Wemyss Castle Buckhaven Auchtermuchty Leven [1st] | Balbirnie Pit Markinch Co-op Siding Balbirnie Mills Rothes Paper Mill Auchmuty Paper Mill Forthar Lime Works Auchmuty Junction Haig^s Siding Balbirnie Viaduct Forthar Lime Siding Forthar Lime Works Railway Tunnel Markinch Viaduct Balgonie Furnace Tourist/other Prestonhall Level Crossing Balgonie Castle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
