removed during the construction period. The connection with the main line was at Cairn Valley Junction, a little over a mile north of Dumfries. The line fell all the way from Moniaive to the main line; the ruling gradient for ascending trains was 1 in 80. The vertical interval was 270 feet (82 m). There was a seven-span viaduct over the Cluden Water. Connections to other lines Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle Railway at Cairn Valley Junction The route today The line is closed and lifted. There was little left of the railway in 2011. The wood and brick station building at Moniaive survives in use as a farm shed but is slowly disintegrating. The Moniaive station goods shed, used as a farm store, was badly damaged by fire in 2012. Most of the other stations are intact as private houses. The graceful brick built three-arch Dunscore Viaduct survives but is partly hidden by trees. Part of the old trackbed is used as a farm track in places though much has been ploughed up. Near Dunscore a deep cutting has been filled in with stone waste. References Sources Railway lines opened in 1905 Railway lines in Scotland 1905 establishments in Scotland Transport in Dumfries and Galloway History of Dumfries and Galloway 1947 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Light railways