RMweb Gold Robert Shrives Posted April 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2020 Yes , The X in a square is the icon for Telephone and the sideways mushroom is a sign for a plunger. Robert 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium keefer Posted April 1, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 1, 2020 Thanks for that Robert - i thought one would be a phone of sorts but hadn't thought of a plunger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBird Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 On 17/04/2017 at 22:38, stovepipe said: Transhipment of fish and goods, and in earlier times coal and perhaps cattle. Mallaig. by Keith Long, on Flickr I really should have kept up with this thread. Coal was loaded directly from rail wagons into fishing vessel bunkers via a chute. (source: My late father-in-law) 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBird Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 (edited) On 26/01/2019 at 09:20, McRuss said: Hello, it's me again. On your plans there seems to be a short platform opposit of the Bayplatform tracks. Is these correct and are there any photos of it? Markus Here's one Used now for storage of PW and S&T materials, and in March this year as a work site (with temporary portacabin buildings) for the replacement of platform 2's copings and surface. Taken today (Friday 8th May), just as the run of glorious sunny weather seems to have broken. I'll try and get one from the other side when I take the dog out later this afternoon. Cheers David Edit2: Don't know why that has come in as a link... Edited May 8, 2020 by DavidBird Dog walking 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold McRuss Posted May 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 10, 2020 Hello David, thank you for the picture. But in the plans there seems to be a platform at the stationbuilding end. Markus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim49 Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Hi Markus, I know what you are describing and I think it is a short dock, separate from the area with the oil tanks and only able to take 2-3 4 wheel wagons. The best picture I can find is attached but is too poor to make out the end of the siding clearly. I'll keep looking, Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim49 Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Markus, if you look back to page 1 of this post, on 14th Feb Jamie attached 3 photos which all show the area in question as it was in the mid 70s. Unfortunately what they illustrate is that the dock has been taken out of use and has been bulldozed, probably for extra parking. Regards Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60021 Pen-y-Ghent Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 Have you seen this page? There might be something to help answer your query. https://www.railscot.co.uk/locations/M/Mallaig/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBird Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 On 11/05/2020 at 17:16, Jim49 said: ... what they illustrate is that the dock has been taken out of use and has been bulldozed, probably for extra parking. Most remiss of me, not taking my own advice and not keeping up with this thread. The end-dock is definitely still there, even with traces of the loading-gauge post. However there has been material of some sort filled in where the short length of track serving the dock was, and ash from the steam locos is still dumped there. It is certaintly not used for extra parking, well not for public use anyway, although it is used as storage for PW materials. Under where the large heap of ballast is, and the weeds, are the remains of the stanchions for the cattle pens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBird Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Ok, here's a couple more photos of the cattle dock area. The 1st is a general view, whilst the 2nd is a close-up of the end, which shows the base of the loading gauge still in place. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBird Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 (edited) On 10/05/2020 at 17:53, McRuss said: Hello David, thank you for the picture. But in the plans there seems to be a platform at the stationbuilding end. Markus On 11/05/2020 at 17:16, Jim49 said: Markus, if you look back to page 1 of this post, on 14th Feb Jamie attached 3 photos which all show the area in question as it was in the mid 70s. Unfortunately what they illustrate is that the dock has been taken out of use and has been bulldozed, probably for extra parking. Regards Jim Many apologies, I've been misreading your posts. I believe there was indeed a short platform at the far end of the loading dock siding, with a row of huts (small warehouses) where the approach to the Heritage Centre is now. There must be a reasonable photo out there somewhere, as it was gone way before my time, but I do remember seeing a photo of these huts. This photo shows the row of huts, but no sign of any platform, it would be behind the red Simpson's tanker. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5395139 And this one is just inconclusive. There is something between the yellow van and the brakevan, but it is indistict. https://thetransportlibrary.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=97407&search=Mallaig&category_id=64&page=1 Edited September 1, 2020 by DavidBird Add link 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mallaig1983 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 On 01/09/2020 at 16:15, DavidBird said: Ok, here's a couple more photos of the cattle dock area. The 1st is a general view, whilst the 2nd is a close-up of the end, which shows the base of the loading gauge still in place. Haven't checked in with this thread for a while. So glad I did as these photos are really useful for myself so thanks for posting David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBird Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 I've still not located that photo I mentioned before. There is this one on display in the Mallaig Heritage Centre, which shows indistinctly the end of the building in question. It also shows a good view of the building at the Up end of the cattle dock. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidBird Posted February 5, 2021 Share Posted February 5, 2021 This photo has just popped up on FB Scottish Railways group... doesn't show much more, but does show the end of the building in question... https://scontent.flba1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/146376315_3777771468950433_7730312627294211562_o.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=2&_nc_sid=dbeb18&_nc_ohc=KZKcAgjanP0AX-5kaC_&_nc_ht=scontent.flba1-1.fna&oh=b1827a0f3153ea560f3d41dfba6d9f95&oe=6041881C 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium dmsmith Posted February 5, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 5, 2021 Might these two photos help? They were taken by my father in the early 1970s. Best wishes David 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevebr Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 There is a trackplan and building elevations on Freedom of Information Request https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/drawings_of_mallaig_station#incoming-1745734 Apologies if this has appeared elsewhere. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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