Pettinain Signal Box
Location type
Name and dates
Pettinain Signal Box (1897-1964)Opened on the Caledonian Railway.
Opened on the Cairngryffe Quarry Tramway.
Description
This 1897 signal box was on the east side of the line south of Carstairs, Float Viaduct and the Strawfrank Watertroughs. It controlled access to Grange Siding from which the Cairngryffe Quarry Tramway ran south west to the quarry. The siding was on the west side of the line and approached from the north.
The box closed in 1964.
Nothing remains but railway cottages, the Grange Cottages, to the south of the siding. The main line remains open.
Tags
Signal box siding quarry06/08/2019
| Nearby stations Bankhead [Lanarkshire] Carstairs Carnwath Thankerton Newbigging [Lanarkshire] Cleghorn Symington [2nd] Lanark Racecourse Symington [1st] Coulter Lanark Sandilands [Lanarkshire] Biggar Auchengray Dunsyre | Grange Siding Strawfrank Watertroughs Float Viaduct Float Junction Carstairs South Junction Carstairs East Junction Lampits Junction Carstairs Shed Cairngryffe Quarry Carstairs Mains Carstairs Sand Pit Tourist/other Leggatfoot Signal Box Montieth House Carstairs Hospital Carstairs No 1 Signal Box |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
