Gartmorn and its Railway History

Gartmorn Dam

Since the Early 1800's Gartmorn Dam North Shore was part of the Stirling and Dunfermline Railway line which connected Central Scotland particularly Alloa and Stirling and outlining areas to the network which included Sauchie's  coal mining pit infrastructure

Gartmorn Mining Pit 

THE EDINBURGH GAZETTE, DECEMBER 18, 1923.

Longcarse to Alloa—Stirling Road;

Devon Colliery Tramway crossing

Sauchie—Shavellhaugh Eoad; Devon

Colliery Tramway crossing Auchinbaird

—Whityett Eoad; Devon Colliery

Tramway crossing New Sauchie Eoad;

Sheriffyards Colliery Eailway crossing

track from Gartmorn Farm; London

and North Eastern Eailway (Stirling

and Dunfermline Section) crossing

Eoad from Cambus to Stirling—Alloa

Eoad; London Midland and Scottish

Eailway crossing road from Longcarse

at Longcarse Junction.

Parish of Alva<—

London and North Eastern Eailway

(Alva Branch) crossing track leading

southwards from Keverkae; London

and North Eastern Eailway (Alva

Branch) crossing footpath from Damsburn to Glenochil Distillery; London

and North Eastern Eailway crossing

road from Malthouse Dams to Glenochil Distillery.

Parish of Clackmannan—

Sheriffyards Colliery railway crossing

track from Sheriffyards to Gartmorn'

Farm; Mineral railway crossing Alloa

—Clackmannan Eoad; Mineral railway crossing track from Parkhill to

Clackmannan; Mineral railway from

Clackmannan Colliery crossing road

to Kenetpans; London and North

Eastern Eailway crossing road from

Gartfinnan to boundary of parish.

Parish of Tillicoultry—

London and North Eastern Eailway

crossing track from. Mellochfoot to

Dollar—Tillicoultry Eoad. '

Details copied from Scotland's Railway History Archive

1700	Devon Colliery	Opened before the iron works, originally called the Sauchie Colliery.
1806	Sauchie Waggonway	Line opened from Devon pit and ironworks; Sauchie to Clackmannan Pier.
1854	Sauchie Waggonway	Closed, due to Stirling and Dunfermline Railways Branch from Alloa to Tillicoultry being opened.
1879	Devon Colliery	Re-opened by the Alloa Coal Company, the pit called Furnacebank. The beam engine was brought into use. There was a pit at Crophill (by Sauchie Tower and to the west of Furnacebank) linked to Furnacebank by rail.
22/9/1930	Stirling and Dunfermline Railway	Sauchie station closed.
1954	Sauchie Training Centre	Established at former Bevin hostel in Sauchie. Face training as carried out at Muircockhall pit in Dunfermline.
1964	Sauchie Training Centre Garmorn rail mining infrastructure  People have therefore passed through Gartmorn Dam for many years and witnessed its beauty	Ex