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Dumbarton & Balloch Joint Railway

Signal Fact 75

In 1858 the London & North Western Railway introduced a system of working single lines in which coloured flags were used as the train staff.

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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.

RailRef	Line Detail	ELR
DB001 CA400 NB430 Opened 1850 Part Closed (B)	Dumbarton to Balloch datum Glasgow Queen Street via Maryhill 15m51c Dumbarton East Junction DB002 CA380 15m66c Dumbarton SB (3rd) 15m68c Dumbarton SB (1st-2nd) 16m08c Dumbarton (1) 16m35c Dalreoch 16m38c Dalreoch Junction NB437 16m43c Dumbarton West SB 16m61c Dalreoch North SB 17m40c Dalquhurn SB 17m49c Dalquhurn Junction (2) DB005 18m02c Renton SB 18m11c Renton station Alexandria (south) Junction DB006 19m18c Alexandria SB 19m20c Alexandria station Alexandria (north) Junction DB007 19m52c Croftengea SB 20m17c Forth & Clyde Junction SB Forth & Clyde Junction NB450 20m35c Balloch station (2nd) Balloch LC 20m38c Balloch Station SB Balloch station (1st)(3) 20m59c Balloch Pier SB 21m07c Balloch Pier (1) later Dumbarton Central (2) aka Cordale Branch Junction (3) later Balloch Central. (B) Closed: over Balloch LC 1988, Balloch - Balloch Pier 1987.	NEM7 BCH
DB002 CA401 NB431	Leven Shipyard Branch Dumbarton East Junction DB001 CA380 Goods Dwarf Frame DB003 DB004 Leven Shipyard
DB003 CA402 NB432	Dumbarton Goods Branch Goods Dwarf Frame DB002 DB004 Dumbarton Goods
DB004 CA403 NB433	Dumbarton Shipyard Branch Goods Dwarf Frame DB002 DB003 Dumbarton Dock Shipyard
DB005 CA404 NB434	Cordale Branch 17m49c Dalquhurn Junction (1) DB001 17m71c Dalquhurn Dye Works 18m35c Cordale Print Works (1) aka Cordale Branch Junction	DQN
DB006 CA405 NB435	Dillichip Branch Alexandria (south) Junction DB001 Dillichip Dye Works	DIL
DB007 CA406 NB436	Ferryfield Branch Alexandria (north) Junction DB001 Ferryfield Print Works Links via works with NBR Croftengea Branch	FER

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