The Signalling Record Society
Thornhill
Thornhill is a surviving London Midland & Scottish Railway Air-Raid Precautions design signal box on the former Glasgow & South Western Railway's main line from Glasgow to Carlisle.
The geographic location of the signal box can be seen on a current OS Map. The map will place this location at the centre of the map panel, roll the mouse over the icon(s) to reveal what they represent. Increase the scale using the scale selector on the left to separate closely positioned icons.
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Video Credits
| Filmed by: | Nick Jones & Matthew Morgan |
| Filmed on: | 10 October 2014 |
| Archive Pictures: | David A Ingham & Charles Weightman |
| Narrator: | Matthew Morgan |
| Local Operations Manager: | Alex Anderson |
| Mobile Operations Manager: | Alastair Clark |
| Signaller: | Daniel Haddock |
| Video Editors: | Nick Jones & Matthew Morgan |
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Key Chronology
| 1850 | Glasgow South Western Railway opened the section of line between Closeburn and New Cumnock and the station at Thornhill. |
| 1877 | Thornhill Signal Box opened. |
| 1891 | Thornhill Signal Box replaced. |
| 1943 | Thornhill Signal Box replaced. |
| 1965 | Thornhill Station closed. |
| 1982-1983 | Thornhill to Kirkconnel temporarily singled. |
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