Upper Cairn Signal Box
Location type
Name and dates
Upper Cairn Signal Box (-1940)Opened on the Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway.
Description
This intermediary signal box was located between New Cumnock (to the west) and Kirkconnel. The box was on the south side of the line. There was a trailing crossover.
The box closed in 1940 and the crossover taken out.
Today the former box is probably most noteworthy for David L. Smith's article 'The Hold-up at the Cairn - A Mogul with a coal train sticks between Kirkconnel and New Cumnock' which can be found in his 'Legends of the Glasgow and South Western Railway in LMS days' book.
Tags
Signal box01/09/2019
Books
 An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways |  Carlisle To Beattock: including the Dumfries Branch (Scottish Main Lines) |  The Glasgow & South Western Railway a History |
