Tomonie Signal Box
Location type
Name and dates
Tomonie Signal Box (1901-1912)Opened on the Mallaig Extension (West Highland Railway).
Description
This signal box was north west from Banavie Swing Bridge the approach to which it protected. To its west was Corpach station. It worked in conjunction with Banavie Canal Bridge Signal Box, located at Banavie station and which guarded its southern approach.
The box closed in 1912, Banavie Canal Bridge Signal Box at Banavie station becoming the block post.
Tags
Signal box06/01/2019
| Nearby stations Banavie Banavie Pier Corpach Fort William Fort William [1st] Loch Eil Outward Bound Gairlochy Locheilside Spean Bridge Invergloy Platform Roy Bridge Ballachulish Ferry Ballachulish (Glencoe) Kentallen Glenfinnan | Banavie Swing Bridge Neptune^s Staircase Banavie Junction [2nd] Corpach Basin Lochy Viaduct [Fort William] Tom-na-Faire Depot Annat Sidings Inverlochy Footbridge Fort William Junction Yard Tourist/other Corpach Beacon Corpach Pier Old Inverlochy Castle Tom na Faire Viewpoint Ben Nevis Distillery Camusnagaul |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 30/03/1901 | West Highland Railway Mallaig Extension (West Highland Railway) Banavie Junction [2nd], Banavie Canal Bridge, Tomonie Signal Box, Glenfinnan, Lochailort, Arisaig, Mallaig signal boxes opened. Banavie Junction [1st] signal box and junction renamed Mallaig Junction. |
| / /1912 | Mallaig Extension (West Highland Railway) Tomonie Signal Box closes and Banavie Swing Bridge signal box becomes a block post. |
| 04/02/1912 | Mallaig Extension (West Highland Railway) Banavie signal box becomes a block post. Tomonie Signal Box closed. |
