This box is located on the Glasgow & South
Western's main line from Carlisle to Glasgow (via Dumfries) and is the junction
for the line to Ayr. When first built, the box was named as Mauchline North,
but later adopted the name Mauchline No.1.| THE SIGNAL BOX |
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Glasgow & South Western Railway |
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Opened: 1874 |
Closed: —— |
Location code: Sc47/34 |
This box is located on the Glasgow & South
Western's main line from Carlisle to Glasgow (via Dumfries) and is the junction
for the line to Ayr. When first built, the box was named as Mauchline North,
but later adopted the name Mauchline No.1.
The box is built to the GSW's first in-house design, this style being used up to 1887. All boxes of this type had a central unglazed section in the front of the box. The eraliest had two-pane high windows, as shown here, but a few later examples had three-high glazing. This design was superseded by the type illustrated at Kilkerran from around 1885.
The No.2 box closed in 1970, but it was not until the layout was remodelled in 1978 (when the line to Ayr was singled) that this box was officially renamed "Mauchline". Even then, as seen here, the old nameboards remained on the front and ends of the box.
With the changes in 1978, the box received a replacement 35-lever frame
of the Scottish Region's standard type which was built to a basically 100 year
old design of Stevens & Sons.
All photographs copyright © John Hinson unless otherwise stated