Rosemill Loop

Location type

Sidings

Name and dates

Rosemill Loop (1892-1965)

Opened on the Dundee and Newtyle Deviations (Dundee and Perth Railway).

Description

This loop opened on the Dundee and Newtyle route at the south of the Balbeuchley Incline, near Balbeuchley Foot. It was one of the passing places on the later version of the line There was a signal box, from 1880, on the south side of the line. A loop opened here in 1892.

On the original course of the line there was a tight curve here, the very straight line approaching from the east turning tightly north to the incline. This curve was eased when the line was deviated away from the incline to pass through Dronley in 1860.

To the east was the short Rosemill Siding, on the east side of a level crossing and south side of the line. Approach wa from the east. A little further east was a siding on the north side, approached from the east, for Rose Mill.

To the north, from the box, was a siding to Fallaws Quarry, approached from the east. A little further west was a siding for Leoch Quarry, this being the southern part of the former incline.

To the south of the box were sidings, a loading bank and crane for Rose Mill Quarry. This was also approached from the east.

Passenger trains ceased in 1955.

The line was severed to the west at Auchterhouse [2nd] in 1958 to make it a terminus approached from Dundee.

The line was cut back further to Fairmuir Junction, Dundee, in 1965 and the line at Rosemill and box closed.

07/03/2023

Nearby stations
Balbeuchley Foot
Baldragon
Balbeuchley Top
Dronley
Baldovan and Downfield
Auchterhouse [2nd]
Auchterhouse [1st]
Lochee West
Liff
Crossroads
Lochee
Offset at Back of Law
Invergowrie
Ninewells Junction [Station]
Dundee Ward Road
Auchrie Quarry Siding
Rose Mill Quarry
Dighty Water Bridge [2nd]
Dighty Water Bridge [1st]
Rosemill Siding
Rose Mill
Leoch Quarry
Auchrie Quarry
Fallaws Quarry
Balbeuchley Incline
Baldragon Farm (New)
Baldragon Farm (Old)
Balbeuchley Engine
Tourist/other
Rosemill Level Crossing
Baldragon Level Crossing
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Chronology Dates

  /07/1859Dundee, Perth and Aberdeen Junction Railway
Act for the Lochee Deviation, Ninewells Junction (on the Dundee and Perth Railway) to Fairmuir (on the Dundee and Newtyle Railway), passed. Dundee Ward Road and the Law Incline were to close and trains terminate at Dundee Union Street (later Dundee West). Also for the deviation from Rosemill Loop to Auchterhouse [2nd] replacing the Balbeuchley Incline.
  /  /1892Dundee and Newtyle Deviations (Dundee and Perth Railway)
Loops opened at Auchterhouse [2nd] and Rosemill Loop.

Books


Dundee and Newtyle Railway Including the Alyth and Blairgowrie Branches (Oakwood Library of Railway History)
Getting around Old Dundee
Railways of Dundee (Oakwood Library of Railway History)