Ravenscraig and Jameston Railway

The Ravenscraig and Jameston Railway was a narrow gauge freight or mineral railway or 'Bogey line' that ran the 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) between two freestone quarries near Dalry, North Ayrshire, Scotland. == History == The Ravenscraig Quarry (55.695026°N 4.668213°W / 55.695026; -4.668213) to Jameston Quarry (55.683808°N 4.678430°W / 55.683808; -4.678430) line was a 'Bogey Line' using 'bogeys' or small waggons that transported freestone (sandstone) to another freestone quarry at Jameston near Auchenskeith for transfer into standard gauge waggons and onward transport via the standard gauge Glasgow and South-Western Railway's Dalry to Kilmarnock line.

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Ravenscraig and Jameston Railway

The Ravenscraig and Jameston Railway was a narrow gauge freight or mineral railway or 'Bogey line' that ran the 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) between two freestone quarries near Dalry, North Ayrshire, Scotland. == History == The Ravenscraig Quarry (55.695026°N 4.668213°W / 55.695026; -4.668213) to Jameston Quarry (55.683808°N 4.678430°W / 55.683808; -4.678430) line was a 'Bogey Line' using 'bogeys' or small waggons that transported freestone (sandstone) to another freestone quarry at Jameston near Auchenskeith for transfer into standard gauge waggons and onward transport via the standard gauge Glasgow and South-Western Railway's Dalry to Kilmarnock line.

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