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Douglas (for Dumfries) was a blow. Consideration was given to abandoning their own scheme too, but the promoters decided to proceed, and a Bill was submitted to Parliament. The preamble to the Bill was found to be "not proved" and the scheme was reduced by Parliament, to run between Smithston (near Patna) and Dalmellington only, a small fraction of its intended course. The Act gave the company running powers over the Glasgow and Belfast Union line (under consideration at the same time) between Ayr and Smithston.
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build from Ayr instead of
Smithston. The GPKA&R undertook to purchase the shares for £100,500, and the A&GR undertook to construct the section between Drumgrange, near Waterside, and Sillyhole as a first priority, to give Houldsworth the connection between the iron workings and the works, that he required. The distance was about 2 miles (about 3 km), and the section was "to be given over to to be worked by horsepower".
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Townhead was provided, a temporary structure until 1 July 1857. The line was worked by the G&SWR, but ordinary G&SWR trains continued to use the old terminus on the north side of the River Ayr until
January 1860 when it was downgraded to goods depot status, all passenger trains using the new through station.
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on 8 June 1847. The shareholders met on 22 November 1847 but too few attended to form a quorum, and the vote on sale to the GPK&AR could not be put to the meeting. The GPK&AR was in no hurry to finalise the matter, although it had purchased a large block of shares, and the delay in completion
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Dalmellington the line would have run through very sparsely populated
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had been authorised in 1854, and opened to goods traffic on 15 September 1856, and to passengers on 13 October 1856. That line too was worked by the G&SWR. It diverged from the
Dalmellington line at Dalrymple Junction. The G&SWR saw it as another stage of an extension to Stranraer, and that
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By 30 June 1851, the A&GR line had been completed from
Sillyhole to Dalmellington, a distance of only a few hundred yards. However it was not opened at this stage, as only the mineral working north of Sillyhole was in effect. The G&SWR evidently saw no benefit in completing the line to Ayr,
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The 1846 authorisation was hardly practicable, and in the 1847 parliamentary session a further Bill was presented, after consideration with
Houldsworth (as the dominant potential customer) as to the way forward. With the Glasgow and Belfast Union Railway scheme abandoned, the A&GR now needed to
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Glasgow and Belfast Union Railway too was in financial difficulties, although partly funded by the profitable GPK&AR, and after consideration, it pressed forward with its Bill, now cutting back the scheme to reach Girvan only. It received its authorising Act of Parliament on 26 August 1846.
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who had plans to reach Ayr across country. However the frenzied promotion of railway schemes, not all of them practicable, came to an end and in 1846. the
British and Irish Union announced on 21 April 1846 that it was discontinuing its attempts to raise money for its line. The A&GR itself found
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The severe money shortage took its toll: in 1850 it was noted that the A&GR had made no effort toward constructing the remainder of its line, and that a lack of maintenance on the open section was showing itself. The company had failed to pay several creditors, and they obtained a warrant for
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The line was difficult to work, with gradients of 1 in 70 and 1 in 90 climbing to Dalmellington, and numerous mineral tramway connections. At Ayr it diverged (considered in the southward direction) from the G&SWR Ayr line at Falkland Junction, crossing the River Ayr. A new through station at
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The significance of Dalmellington was the substantial deposits of iron ore and of coal in the vicinity, as well as some limestone. The proximity of these minerals made the foundation of an ironworks feasible. Henry Houldsworth developed the mining and in 1846 founded an ironworks. He established
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c. cxlviii) The line would be from Falkland Junction, immediately north of the G&SWR "Ayr" terminus, to Drumgrange. A line to Girvan was being planned now, and it would diverge from the Ayr and Dalmellington line and have running powers from Ayr, in contrast to the 1845 proposal where the
838:(A&GR) proposed to build from a junction with the Glasgow and Belfast Union at Smithston, near Patna, by way of Dalmellington to Castle Douglas, there linking with the British and Irish Union Railway. The capital was to be £650,000; the company was courting the
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In 1872 a mineral line was opened from Cronberry to Newton-on-Ayr with a branch from Annbank to Holehouse Junction, on the Dalmellington line. The entry at Holehouse faced Dalmellington. Passenger trains from Dalmellington ran as far as Rankinston from 1892.
909:. At this time the Ayrshire and Galloway made a final call on subscribers to its shares. The G&SWR was now the largest shareholder, and after some prevarication paid up £16,651. It then took direct control of the A&GR, installing its own directors.
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objective was achieved in 1877. The Dalmellington line continued operating a heavy mineral service, and the long Stranraer line had a chequered existence. However, in time it came to be thought of as the main line, and the Dalmellington line was a branch.
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On 7 November 1849 the Drumgrange to Sillyhole section was completed and "handed over" (on a toll usage basis) to the Dalmellington Iron Company, ostensibly for horse operation, although the company did use small industrial locomotives.
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sites near Dalmellington. The trains use the original line as far as Waterside, near Drumgrange, from where a private mineral line climbs into the hills above, and to the north of, Dalmellington. The branch is known now as
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The G&SWR was working the line and had paid most of the cost of construction; it was only a matter of time until they took over the company, and they did so on 1 August 1858 (by Act of 28 June 1858).
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1964. The line between Falkland Junction and Dalrymple Junction continues in use for Stranraer line passenger services, and mineral trains use the Dalmellington branch to access
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807:.) Although consideration was soon afterwards given to building a line southwards into Galloway, the daunting topography of any such route delayed any action on the matter.
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tramways for local conveyance but wished to encourage the construction of the main line railway to facilitate internal transport, and more importantly transport to market.
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Ayrshire and Galloway (Smithstown & Dalmellington) Railway
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Legends of the Glasgow and South Western Railway in LMS Days
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893:"arrest" of the rental payments from the Iron Company.
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of the line led to heavy criticism by shareholders.
748:, Scotland. Its route was originally planned by the
1184:
The Dalmellington Iron Company: Its Engines and Men
803:. (The GPK&AR was a predecessor company of the
1706:Independent lines worked by the Caledonian Railway
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2085:Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company
859:System map of the Ayr & Dalmellington Railway
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2018:Independent lines worked by the Highland Railway
1159:The Glasgow and South Western Railway: A History
1073:Patna; relocated a short distance south in 1897;
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1078:Drumgrange to Sillyhole opened 7 November 1849;
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1332:Cobb says 1852, transferred to A&GR 1853
1116:Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
797:Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
1382:Ayrshire & Renfrewshire's Lost Railways
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2408:Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway
2180:Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge
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1353:Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies
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1229:Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies
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791:The Burnton Viaduct near Dalrymple in 2008
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2150:Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction
2524:British companies disestablished in 1858
2509:Railway companies disestablished in 1858
1161:. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing Limited.
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1263:The Glasgow & South-Western Railway
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1025:Loch Doon Aerial Gunnery School Railway
2494:Pre-grouping British railway companies
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2448:Rothesay and Ettrick Bay Light Railway
2377:Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint
2347:Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction
2140:Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway
1778:Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction
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983:Ayr and Dalmellington Railway Act 1853
924:Ayr and Dalmellington Railway Act 1853
907:Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway
2519:British companies established in 1847
2499:Railway companies established in 1847
2135:Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway
1666:Lines built by the Caledonian Railway
1429:Historical Scottish railway companies
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752:as part of a scheme to link Ayr with
2331:Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness
2281:North British, Arbroath and Montrose
1808:Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr
1555:General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour
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1023:From April 1917 to January 1918 the
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2413:Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway
2045:Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick
1876:Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction
1605:Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie
1357:. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd.
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2387:Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint
2190:Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh
1384:. Ochiltree: Stenlake Publishing.
905:on 25 October 1850, absorbing the
901:The GPK&AR became renamed the
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2489:Glasgow and South Western Railway
2050:Anstruther and St Andrews Railway
1906:Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction
1530:Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie
1447:Glasgow and South Western Railway
903:Glasgow and South Western Railway
813:Glasgow and Belfast Union Railway
805:Glasgow and South Western Railway
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21:Derry~Londonderry railway station
2484:Early Scottish railway companies
2479:Closed railway lines in Scotland
2443:Perth, Almond Valley and Methven
1615:Perth, Almond Valley and Methven
1110:Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway
1106:at Newton and Hawkhill Junctions
1013:Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway
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942:Parliament of the United Kingdom
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2265:Newburgh and North Fife Railway
2225:Leadburn, Linton and Dolphinton
1972:Inverness and Aberdeen Junction
1798:Girvan and Portpatrick Junction
1650:Symington, Biggar and Broughton
1452:Great North of Scotland Railway
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2458:Tranent to Cockenzie Waggonway
2433:Lealt Valley Diatomite Railway
2235:Leven and East of Fife Railway
2220:Kirkcaldy and District Railway
2195:Glasgow and Milngavie Junction
2027:Wick and Lybster Light Railway
1803:Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle
1590:Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire
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470:Ayr & Maybole Junction Rly
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2311:Slamannan and Borrowstounness
1977:Inverness and Aviemore Direct
1881:Banff, Portsoy and Strathisla
1610:Paisley and Barrhead District
1570:Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock
1545:Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen
1535:Dunblane, Doune and Callander
1197:Marwick, William H. (2002) .
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1112:at Maybole/Dalrymple Junction
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836:Ayrshire and Galloway Railway
750:Ayrshire and Galloway Railway
734:Ayr and Dalmellington Railway
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57:Ayr and Dalmellington Railway
2504:Railway lines opened in 1856
2428:Invergarry and Fort Augustus
2372:Glasgow and Renfrew District
2326:West of Fife Mineral Railway
2316:Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway
2200:Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank
1987:Inverness and Perth Junction
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432:Maybole (Dalrymple) Junction
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106:Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock
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2403:Brechin and Edzell District
2301:Strathendrick and Aberfoyle
2105:Dunfermline and Queensferry
1947:Buckie and Portessie Branch
1783:Castle Douglas and Dumfries
1525:Crieff and Methven Junction
1265:. Lingfield: Oakwood Press.
1227:Awdry, Christopher (1990).
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2245:Monkland and Kirkintilloch
1997:Kyle of Lochalsh Extension
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1122:Maidens and Dunure Railway
1098:Connections to other lines
917:United Kingdom legislation
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350:Maidens and Dunure Railway
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2367:Glasgow and Paisley Joint
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2185:Glasgow City and District
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1788:Dalry and North Johnstone
1758:Ayrshire and Wigtownshire
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1635:Scottish Midland Junction
1625:Rutherglen and Coatbridge
1595:Leadhills and Wanlockhead
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1261:Highet, Campbell (1965).
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2423:Hagdale Chromate Railway
2296:Stirling and Dunfermline
2170:Forth and Clyde Junction
2165:Fife and Kinross Railway
2007:Sutherland and Caithness
1992:Inverness and Ross-shire
1748:Ayr and Maybole Junction
1675:CR Cleland and Midcalder
1585:Lanarkshire and Ayrshire
1309:
1276:Smith, David L. (1980).
1199:Scotland in Modern Times
1182:Smith, David L. (1967).
868:A heavily reduced scheme
851:Dalmellington iron works
2382:Kilsyth and Bonnybridge
2291:The St. Andrews Railway
2070:Border Counties Railway
2060:Bathgate and Coatbridge
1738:Ardrossan and Johnstone
1580:Hamilton and Strathaven
1575:Greenock and Wemyss Bay
1565:Glasgow Central Railway
1380:Stansfield, G. (1999).
1201:. Abingdon: Routledge.
1104:Ayr to Mauchline Branch
897:The G&SWR is formed
556:Ayr to Mauchline Branch
224:Ayr to Mauchline Branch
2145:Edinburgh and Northern
2120:Edinburgh and Dalkeith
2115:Edinburgh and Bathgate
1926:St Combs Light Railway
1768:Bridge of Weir Railway
1695:CR Hamiltonhill Branch
1640:Scottish North Eastern
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2438:Lochaber Narrow Gauge
2362:Darvel and Strathaven
2321:West Highland Railway
2215:Kinross-shire Railway
2205:Kelvin Valley Railway
2125:Edinburgh and Glasgow
2022:Dornoch Light Railway
1901:Formartine and Buchan
1813:Greenock and Ayrshire
1743:Ayr and Dalmellington
1462:North British Railway
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2276:North Berwick Branch
2130:Edinburgh and Hawick
2110:East of Fife Railway
2100:Devon Valley Railway
2075:Border Union Railway
1861:Aberdeen and Turriff
1818:Kilmarnock and Troon
1560:Garnkirk and Glasgow
1157:Ross, David (2014).
1118:at Falkland Junction
1038:the Waterside branch
2453:Skye Marble Railway
2418:Dundee and Arbroath
2357:Dundee and Arbroath
2255:Montrose and Bervie
2175:Gifford and Garvald
1982:Inverness and Nairn
1838:Paisley and Renfrew
1660:Wishaw and Coltness
1510:Clydesdale Junction
1495:Arbroath and Forfar
1124:at Alloway Junction
2012:Sutherland Railway
1957:Duke of Sutherland
1931:Strathspey Railway
1911:Keith and Dufftown
1866:Aboyne and Braemar
1843:Paisley Canal Line
1833:Maybole and Girvan
1828:Maidens and Dunure
1724:Glasgow and South
1710:Callander and Oban
1690:CR Hamilton Branch
1600:Lesmahagow Railway
1550:Forfar and Brechin
1442:Caledonian Railway
1347:Awdry, Christopher
913:Extending the line
861:
840:Caledonian Railway
819:from Dumfries via
793:
610:Holehouse Junction
587:Holehouse Junction
2466:
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2260:Mallaig Extension
2250:Monkland Railways
2095:Coatbridge Branch
2002:Perth and Dunkeld
1952:Dingwall and Skye
1733:Ardrossan Railway
1700:CR The Switchback
1685:CR Douglas Branch
1520:Crieff and Comrie
1505:Cathcart District
1435:Primary companies
1208:978-0-714-61342-0
1168:978-1-84033-648-1
989:16 & 17 Vict.
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955:16 & 17 Vict.
930:Act of Parliament
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248:Hawkhill Junction
118:
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2160:Eyemouth Railway
1962:Findhorn Railway
1940:Highland Railway
1854:Scotland Railway
1753:Ayr to Mauchline
1630:Scottish Central
1620:Polloc and Govan
1540:Dundee and Perth
1480:Aberdeen Railway
1457:Highland Railway
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2271:Newport Railway
2267:(worked by NBR)
2240:Macmerry Branch
2210:Kincardine Line
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1967:Fortrose Branch
1935:
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1726:Western Railway
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1823:Largs Branch
1773:Cairn Valley
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1670:Balerno line
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2340:Joint lines
1916:Moray Coast
825:Portpatrick
2473:Categories
2352:City Union
2155:Esk Valley
2055:Ballochney
1921:Morayshire
1471:Caledonian
1375:. CN 8983.
1129:References
1044:Topography
957:c. cxlviii
829:Donaghadee
2306:Slamannan
1083:Waterside
1070:Hollybush
880:received
801:River Ayr
765:Stranraer
683:Waste Tip
654:Waterside
519:Hollybush
1373:19514063
1349:(1990).
950:Citation
746:Ayrshire
2038:Railway
1891:Deeside
1473:Railway
1340:Sources
778:History
761:Glasgow
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1310:Notes
962:Dates
744:, in
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632:Patna
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1386:ISBN
1369:OCLC
1359:ISBN
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