Track of the Cairn Valley Light Railway near Gordieston
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Track of the Cairn Valley Light Railway near Gordieston
Image: © Oliver Dixon Taken: 24 May 2009
The light railway from Dumfries to Moniaive was a very late addition to the rail network, being opened in 1905. Services were withdrawn in the 1940s and the track lifted in 1953.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.137338
Longitude
-3.792336