The Route
Note: As the railway was operated by hauliers and used horse traction, modern concepts of signalling and running lines and sidings did not yet apply. Throughout these routes there were numerous very small coal pits and ironstone pits, and where they were immediately adjacent to the line, it is likely that empty wagons were manhandled off the running line to stand next to the pit on hard standing without rails; and when loaded they were lifted back to the track for onward conveyance. It was only with the introduction of passenger operation that the notion of "stations" became important.
Although the Monkland and Kirkintilloch Railway's main line ran from Palacecraig, south-east of Airdrie, to the Forth and Clyde Canal at Kirkintilloch, it had a short branch to Kipps, west of Airdrie, where they had a mechanical workshop, Mosside Works, as well as serving pits there. Immediately east of the siding complex there, a branch diverged to Kippsbyre Colliery; it is not clear whether this was a M&KR branch or a Ballochney Railway branch. It originally faced eastbound trains, but its direction was reversed between 1860 and 1879.
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