2005

NS8135 : Disused junction

taken 18 years ago, near to Bellfield, South Lanarkshire, Scotland

Disused junction
Disused junction
For a little under three years, from October 1965 till August 1968, this lonely spot on the moors north of Coalburn was a railway terminus. Passenger trains along the left-hand track, which belonged to British Railways, ceased in that first month (freight trains having ended the previous year) but coal trains continued to run round the curve to the right to Auchlochan Colliery until that closed in 1968. The wooden gate on the right originally closed across the branch, which was National Coal Board property. The more northerly houses of Coalburn can be seen in right distance.

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NS8135, 8 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
A-M-Jervis   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 12 November, 2005   (more nearby)
Submitted
Friday, 4 January, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 8169 3555 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:35.9487N 3:52.7526W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 8174 3559
View Direction
Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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