Industrial & Private Lines: Stirlingshire

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County pages contain details of Industrial and other Private lines that do not form part of any of the principally listed companies on this web site. RailRefs generally remain un-numbered in the county lists.

In the list below the information is set out in tabular form, spread over four columns. The column entries are -

RailRef	The Line Code used in RailRef system.
Line Detail	The principal locations included within the Line Code. They are arranged in 'down' direction order. Locations shown are primarily stations and junctions to allow easy cross check against published atlases. Signal box names appear in italics where these are 'intermediate' to stations or have been shown to facilitate links from other pages on this web site. The inclusion of a station or junction name does not imply that there was always a signal box of that same name!
SBR	The section reference used in the relevant Signal Box Register published by the Society.
ELR	The corresponding Engineer's Line Reference(s). This will be blank for railways that never came within British Railways terms of reference. It will also be blank where British Railways had no surviving responsibility for infrastructure at the time the ELR system came into use.

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RailRef	Line Detail	SBR	ELR
ENTRIES BELOW ALL HAD THEIR OWN LOCOMOTIVES
Mines Depot, Grangemouth
Off	Admiralty.
Twecher Coke Ovens
Off	Loco shed NS 700762, Coke Ovens NS 702 772. Willaim Baird & Co (Ltd from 1893) until 1939; then Bairds & Scottish Steel Ltd until 1947; then NCB Area 3.
Gartshore No.7, No.12 Collieries
Off	NS 717 749.
Gartshore No.9, No.11 Collieries
Off	NS 704 740.
Drumbeck Colliery and Coke Oven, Kilsyth
Off	NS 7015 7759. Closed 1967.
Grangemouth Refinery, Grangemouth
Off	NS 942 817, NS 947 809, NS 952 822. Scottish Oils Ltd; then Grangemouth Petroleum Refinaeries Ltd; then B P Refinery (Grangemouth) Ltd (subsidiary of British Petroleum Co Ltd).
Falkirk
Off	NS 892 818. British Aluminium Co Ltd.
Gardrum Moss, Shieldhill, near Falkirk
Off	NS 885 757. Caledonian Peat Products Ltd. Narrow gauge only.
Glen Cleugh Colliery, Falkirk
Off	NS 887 778. John Wilson 1854-1861; then Callendar Coal Co (Ltd from 1899) until 1947; then NCB Area 3.
Policy Colliery, Falkirk
Off	NS 884 789. John Wilson 1854-1861; then Callendar Coal Co (Ltd from 1899) until 1947; then NCB Area 3. Closed 1959.
Bannockburn Colliery
Off	NS 840 889. Alloa Coal Co Ltd until 1937; then Carron Co until 1947; then NCB Area 3.
Bannockburn Coke Ovens, Cowie
Off	Alloa Coal Co Ltd until 1937; then Carron Co until 1949; then NCB Area 3.
Carron Ironworks, Falkirk
Off	NS 881 828. Carron Iron Co (incorporated 1759).
Kilsyth
Off	Jas Wood Ltd until c1910; then Colzium Quarry Co Ltd. Closed 1935.
Grangemouth Docks
Off	Forth & Clyde Canal Co. Vested in Caledonian Railway 1867.
Bonnybridge Works
Off	G R-Stein Refractories Ltd.
Riverside Works, Stirling
Off	W Kerr Co Ltd, scap dealer. Yard empty 1974.
Manor Powis Colliery, Causewayhead, near Stirling
Off	NS 825 948. Manor Powis Coal Co Ltd (registered 1910) until 1947; then NCB Area 3. Closed 1973.
Stirling Depot
Off	NS 803 934. Ministry of Defence, Army Department.
Proof & Experimental Station, Inchterf, near Kirkintilloch
Off	NS 677 758. Ministry of Defence, Army Department.
R N A D, Bandeath, Throsk
Off	Ministry of Defence, Navy Department.
Redding Colliery, Redding, near Polmont
Off	Russell & Co 1857-1861; then Duke of Hamilton until 1856; then Redding Colliery Co until 1897; then James Nimmo & Co Ltd until 1947; then NCB Area 3. Closed 1958.
Redford Colliery, near Muiravonside
Off	Redford Coal Co; then James Nimmo & Co Ltd. Closed 1934.
Drumclair Colliery, near Slamannan
Off	NS 868 728. John Nimmo & Sons Ltd. Closed sometime between 1902 and 1913.
Drumriggend Colliery, near Slamannan
Off	NS 835 718. John Nimmo & Sons Ltd. Closed c1888.
Letham Moss Works, near Airth Station
Off	NS 871 867. Richardson's Moss Litter Co. Narrow gauge only.
Camelon Works, Camelon, near Falkirk
Off	James Ross & Co Ltd until c1930; then Scottish Tar Distillers Ltd.
Almond Ironworks, Causewayend, near Maddiston
Off	James Russell & Son. Closed 1886.
Falkirk Gasworks
Off	NS 894 813. Falkirk Corporation Gas Department until 1949; then Scottish Gas Board. Rail traffic ceased 1963.
Grain Silo, Redding, Polmont
Off	NS 923 783. Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd. On site of MoF Store, Westquarter.
Grahamstown Depot, Falkirk
Off	NS 891 805. Scottish Railway Preservation Society.
Denny Power Station, Bonnybridge
Off	NS 842 812. Scottish Central Electric Power Co until 1948; then British Electricity Authority; then South of Scotland Electricity Board. Rail traffic ceased 1971. Also narrow gauge abandoned c1962.
Balquhatston Colliery, Slamannan
Off	NS 861 724. Closed c1902.
Limerigg Colliery, near Slamannan
Off	NS 850 705. John Nimmo & Sons Ltd until 1902; then United Collieries Ltd. Closed by 1913.
Plean Colliery, East Plean
Off	NS 8388 8626. 3, 4 and 5 pits. Opened 1932. Plean Colliery Co until 1947; then NCB. Closed 1962.
Polmaise Colliery, St Ninians
Off	NS 8386 9138. Opened 1904. Archibald Russell Ltd until 1947; then NCB. Closed 1987.