PR-S01 · local museum history

Dalbeattie Museum — The Paddy Line

Checked state: Read as a historical overview; claims drawn from it are identified as secondary evidence

Rights: Link only; no photographs copied

Checked 2026-09-05

PR-S03 · archive catalogue

National Records of Scotland — Wigtownshire catalogue

Checked state: Catalogue checked; original drawings not inspected

Rights: Link only; reproduction rights unresolved

Checked 2026-09-05

PR-S04 · digital working-timetable listing

Timetable World — BR Scottish Region Passenger Section A, September 1964

Checked state: Bibliographic listing checked; digital document not purchased or inspected

Rights: Personal-use download terms shown; reproduction and publication rights not assessed

Checked 2026-09-05

PR-S05 · archive finding aid

Brunel University London — Transport History Collection, CR7 finding aid

Checked state: Finding aid searched locally; listed documents not inspected

Rights: Archive access and copying conditions apply; publication permission may be required

Checked 2026-09-05

PR-S06 · bibliographic sales record

British Railway Books — BR31007/1 Passenger Working Timetable

Checked state: Listing checked as independent identification of the 1964–65 passenger WTT; copy shown as sold

Rights: Link only; no pages copied

Checked 2026-09-05

PR-S07 · creator-licensed media collection

Wikimedia Commons — Port Road station and structure photographs

Checked state: Individual file pages checked for depicted place, date, creator and licence

Rights: Selected photographs use their stated Creative Commons licences with attribution and source links

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S08 · archive film catalogue and full-length personal-viewing stream

National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive — The Port Line

Checked state: Catalogue record and shot list inspected; film not transcribed as timetable evidence

Rights: In copyright and supplied for personal private viewing only; link retained without copying or embedding

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S09 · modern signalling film and chronology

Scottish Railway Signalling — Dunragit

Checked state: Source page, production credits and remote Vimeo player checked

Rights: Friends of the National Railway Museum copyright; source page permits reuse except sale or advertising

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S10 · user-supplied timetable-page images

British Railways public timetable — Table 8, summer 1964

Checked state: Five supplied images inspected; 18 printed places, 29 footnotes and 119 retained calls: 106 checked, 13 under column-alignment review

Rights: Unpublished copy; the scan is omitted because reproduction rights have not been established

Checked 2026-09-07

Reference held in the project archive

PR-S11 · current operator service information

ScotRail – Stranraer to Ayr train services

Checked state: Live service page checked; confirms passenger trains operate between Stranraer and Ayr

Rights: Link only; no operator text or imagery copied

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S12

Ernie's Railway Archive — Galloway, The Port Road & Girvan lines to Stranraer

Checked state: Album index checked; 291 photographs are described across the core route, branches and surviving line

Rights: Rights vary by individual photograph; collection is discovery-only until each original record and licence are checked

PR-S13

Lightmoor Press — The Port Road by Andrew F. Swan

Checked state: Publisher description and sample image checked; the book is an acquisition and permissions lead

Rights: Publisher and underlying collection permissions required; sample material is not imported

PR-S14

Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society — Alan McLellan Port Road project

Checked state: Meeting record checked; it documents a route walk and locally gathered stories, photographs and films

Rights: Enquiry lead only; contributors and rights holders must be identified before publication

PR-S15 · digitised published local history

History of the Burgh of Dumfries — rail transport and Galloway cattle

Checked state: Relevant passage checked; records cattle being dispatched directly by rail after the Castle Douglas railway opened

Rights: Link and paraphrase only; no image copied

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S16 · local history context

Castle Douglas Development Forum — history of the livestock mart

Checked state: Page checked for the development of Castle Douglas as a cattle and sheep market

Rights: Link and paraphrase only; no image copied

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S17 · specialist operational reference

Signalling Record Society RailRef — goods and works signal boxes

Checked state: Index checked; records Castle Douglas Goods Yard and Maxwelltown Goods Junction signal boxes

Rights: Link and paraphrase only; diagrams not copied

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S18 · local-authority historical and planning report

Dumfries and Galloway Council — Stranraer Waterfront report

Checked state: Report checked for the 1863 East Pier, railway and mail-packet context

Rights: Link and paraphrase only; report imagery not copied

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S19 · regional museum interpretation

Future Museum — Quarrying in south-west Scotland

Checked state: Checked for Dalbeattie and Creetown granite industries, named quarry operators and products

Rights: Link and paraphrase only; collection images not copied

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S20 · oral-history transcript

University of Edinburgh digital preservation — Robert Hamill oral-history transcript

Checked state: Checked for Castle Douglas mart, abattoir, local butchers and railway dispatch recollections

Rights: Link and short paraphrase only; transcript not reproduced

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S21 · archive catalogue record

National Records of Scotland RHP99059/5 — Stranraer cattle loading bank and sidings

Checked state: Catalogue description checked; identifies an 1862 tracing plan for a proposed cattle loading bank and sidings on the Stranraer Harbour branch

Rights: Catalogue linked; original plan not inspected or reproduced

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S22 · digitised historical gazetteer

A Vision of Britain — Ordnance Gazetteer description of Stranraer

Checked state: Checked for Stranraer markets, fishing, country produce, imported goods and railway-harbour context

Rights: Link and paraphrase only

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S23 · online film

Roger Griffith — Stranraer Town Railway Station, Depot and Freight Sidings

Checked state: Public YouTube record and oEmbed metadata checked; privacy-enhanced player selected

Rights: Embedded through YouTube; creator and platform remain responsible for the hosted film

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S24 · licensed modern photograph

Richard Webb — Former ICI works, Cargenbridge

Checked state: File page checked for creator, location and reuse licence

Rights: Richard Webb; CC BY-SA 2.0

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S25 · licensed modern photograph

Delta-NC — Craignair Quarry, Dalbeattie

Checked state: File page checked for creator, subject and reuse licence

Rights: Delta-NC; CC BY-SA 3.0

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S26 · licensed modern photograph

derek menzies — Cattle pens at Castle Douglas market

Checked state: File page checked for creator, place and reuse licence

Rights: derek menzies; CC BY-SA 2.0

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S27 · licensed modern photograph

Eirian Evans — Kirkmabreck Quarry

Checked state: File page checked for creator, location and reuse licence

Rights: Eirian Evans; CC BY-SA 2.0

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S28 · licensed modern photograph

Nigel Thompson — Newton Stewart station and junction site

Checked state: File page checked for creator, orientation and reuse licence

Rights: Nigel Thompson; CC BY-SA 2.0

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S29 · licensed modern photograph

Rosser1954 — Stranraer Town old depot shed

Checked state: File page checked for creator, subject and reuse licence

Rights: Rosser1954; CC BY-SA 4.0

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S30 · local historical synthesis

Portpatrick and Rhins History — The Stranraer to Portpatrick Railway

Checked state: Checked for opening, construction, staff and rural-access details; claims remain secondary pending primary confirmation

Rights: Link and paraphrase only

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S31 · historical portrait

Portrait of John Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair

Checked state: File page checked for identity and reuse status

Rights: Unknown photographer; public domain

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S32 · licensed modern photograph

Ben Brooksbank — Gatehouse of Fleet station remains

Checked state: File page checked for creator, date, location and reuse licence

Rights: Ben Brooksbank; CC BY-SA 2.0

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S33 · licensed modern photograph

derek menzies — Castle Douglas cattle market

Checked state: File page checked for creator, date, location and reuse licence

Rights: derek menzies; CC BY-SA 2.0

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S34 · biographical reference

Dictionary of Scottish Architects — Benjamin Hall Blyth I

Checked state: Checked for Blyth's training and establishment of his engineering practice

Rights: Link and paraphrase only

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S35 · historical comparison photograph

Navvies working on the Grand Crimean Central Railway, 1854

Checked state: Checked for subject, date and reuse status; explicitly labelled as a non-Port Road comparison

Rights: Unknown photographer; public domain

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S36 · historical comparison photograph

Railway porter demonstrating lantern signals, 1928

Checked state: Checked for subject, date and reuse status; explicitly labelled as South Australian occupational context

Rights: State Government Photographer / History Trust of South Australia; CC0

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S37 · historical comparison image

Emily Merwood at Whippingham station, 1903

Checked state: Checked for subject, date and reuse status; explicitly labelled as a non-Port Road comparison

Rights: The Sketch, 9 December 1903; public domain

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S38 · historical comparison photograph

St Combs station and waiting train, 1905

Checked state: Checked for subject, date and reuse status; explicitly labelled as another rural Scottish railway

Rights: Great North of Scotland Railway publicity photograph; public domain

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S39 · archive film

BFI Replay — The Boat Train

Checked state: Official player checked: 1963, sound, eight minutes; third-party embedding is domain-restricted. The official BFI YouTube channel was searched by title, Stranraer, Larne and Caledonian Princess on 8 September 2026; no matching upload was found

Rights: Link to official BFI Replay player; film not copied or re-hosted

Checked 2026-09-08

PR-S40 · licensed historical photograph

Stranraer Pier with Ailsa Princess, 1978

Checked state: File page checked for place, date, creator and reuse licence

Rights: Dr Neil Clifton; CC BY-SA 2.0

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S41 · licensed historical photograph

Larne Harbour from Antrim Princess, 1982

Checked state: File page checked for viewpoint, rail connection, date, creator and reuse licence

Rights: Albert Bridge; CC BY-SA 2.0

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S42 · licensed historical photograph

Sealink-liveried train at Magheramorne, 1985

Checked state: File page checked for working, date, creator and reuse licence

Rights: The Carlisle Kid; CC BY-SA 2.0

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S43 · contemporary parliamentary record

Hansard — MV Princess Victoria (Loss), 2 February 1953

Checked state: Checked for departure, persons aboard, rescue and immediate official statement

Rights: Link and paraphrase only

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S44 · official archive account

PRONI — MV Princess Victoria archive exhibition

Checked state: Checked for archive holdings, Stranraer photograph and final loss description

Rights: Link and paraphrase only; archive images not reproduced

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S45 · museum collection catalogue

National Railway Museum — Early and Modern Publicity Material list

Checked state: Checked for 1961, 1962 and 1965 Stranraer–Larne publicity entries

Rights: Catalogue linked; listed leaflets not reproduced

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S46 · specialist historical synthesis

Clyde River Steamer Club — Stranraer: 150 Years

Checked state: Checked for daily service start, early vessel and 2011 move from Stranraer; secondary pending primary corroboration

Rights: Link and paraphrase only

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S47 · licensed historical photograph

Antrim Princess arriving at Larne, 1984

Checked state: File page checked for route, date, creator and reuse licence

Rights: Albert Bridge; CC BY-SA 2.0

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S48 · licensed modern schematic diagram

Portpatrick Railway system map, 1861–62

Checked state: File page checked for subject, creator, dimensions and reuse licence; labelled as a modern diagram

Rights: Afterbrunel; CC BY-SA 4.0

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S49 · licensed memorial photograph

Princess Victoria memorial at Larne, 2006

Checked state: File page checked for subject, date, creator and reuse licence; not treated as an image of the disaster

Rights: Aubrey Dale; CC BY-SA 2.0

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S50 · licensed historical photograph

Former Caledonian Princess at Newcastle, 1984

Checked state: File page checked for vessel identity, later context, date, creator and reuse licence

Rights: Vin Mullen; CC BY-SA 2.0

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S51 · licensed modern evidence photograph

Stranraer Harbour railway station and former car-loading ramp, 2017

Checked state: File page checked for exact place, subject, date, creator and reuse licence

Rights: Rosser1954; CC BY-SA 4.0

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S52 · licensed modern evidence photograph and site description

Portpatrick Harbour railway station site

Checked state: Checked for the steep harbour branch, reversal, separate harbour station and 1868 closure; secondary site description

Rights: Nigel Thompson; CC BY-SA 2.0

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S53 · licensed historical photograph

Larne Harbour railway station, 1973

Checked state: Checked for date, creator, licence and direct train-to-steamer station arrangement; later than the 1963 film

Rights: The Carlisle Kid; CC BY-SA 2.0

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S54 · licensed historical photograph

Larne Harbour station and Belfast train, 1980

Checked state: Checked for train, place, date, creator and reuse licence; later context for the advertised connection

Rights: Albert Bridge; CC BY-SA 2.0

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S55 · official museum collection catalogue

National Museums NI — Irish Sea Crossings collection

Checked state: Checked for Stranraer–Larne livestock, vessel-capacity, timetable and publicity holdings

Rights: Catalogue linked and paraphrased; collection objects not reproduced

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S56 · specialist vessel history quoting the formal inquiry finding

Clyde River Steamer Club — Princess Victoria 60th anniversary

Checked state: Checked for vessel history and its quoted inquiry finding; the underlying inquiry has not been inspected

Rights: Link and paraphrase only

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S57 · specialist transport chronology

Railway and Canal Historical Society modern chronology

Checked state: Checked for Caledonian Princess launch, builder, Stranraer arrival and vessel significance

Rights: Link and paraphrase only

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S58 · official transport statistics

Transport Scotland — Scottish Transport Statistics

Checked state: Checked for 2010 Stranraer–Belfast passenger and car totals, port closure date and transfer to Loch Ryan Port

Rights: Official page linked and figures paraphrased

Checked 2026-09-07

PR-S59 · official museum collection record

Stranraer-Larne LMS poster, about 1934

Checked state: Checked for title, date, artist, railway company, wording and image licence

Rights: Catalogue data and poster image reused for this non-commercial heritage presentation under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, with museum attribution and licence link

Checked 2026-09-08

PR-S60 · official museum collection record

Loch Lomond — See Scotland by train and steamer, 1959

Checked state: Checked for date, artist, publisher, subject and image licence

Rights: Catalogue data and poster image reused for this non-commercial heritage presentation under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, with museum attribution and licence link

Checked 2026-09-08

PR-S61 · official museum collection record

Loch Awe rail-and-steamer poster, about 1930

Checked state: Checked for date, artist, publishers, subject and image licence

Rights: Catalogue data and poster image reused for this non-commercial heritage presentation under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, with museum attribution and licence link

Checked 2026-09-08

PR-S62 · reusable historical poster

Harwich–Antwerp LNER poster, 1925

Checked state: Existing shared-collection item checked for creator, date and reuse status

Rights: Reginald Higgins / LNER; public domain

Checked 2026-09-08

PR-S63 · licensed historical photograph of transport advertising

Sealink promotional train at Greenisland, 1985

Checked state: Checked for place, date, promotional purpose, creator and reuse licence

Rights: Albert Bridge / Geograph; CC BY-SA 2.0

Checked 2026-09-08

PR-S64 · auction record and modern photograph of historical timetable poster

GW Railwayana Auctions — LMS timetable poster, 20 September 1926

Checked state: Auction record checked; identifies January 2024 lot 510, a 19 by 14 inch LMS timetable poster covering the Port Road and connected branches; eight user-supplied views preserved for private research

Rights: Original 1926 timetable content and published layout are out of copyright; GWRA digital photograph is not reproduced publicly without permission; facts may be transcribed and the lot page linked

Checked 2026-09-08

PR-S65 · national heritage place record

Historic Environment Scotland – Tarff Station (NRHE 214558)

Checked state: Inspected 9 September 2026: NX 68557 56440 identifies the station site, not a 1964 track plan

Rights: Factual location and source link only; archive photographs not copied

Checked 2026-09-09

PR-S66 · creator-licensed station photograph

Geograph — Parton station photograph (6162082)

Checked state: Photograph description, creator, date and CC BY-SA 2.0 licence inspected; modern station/site comparison only.

Rights: CC BY-SA 2.0; attribution and ShareAlike terms apply.

Checked 2026-09-09

PR-S67 · creator-licensed station photograph

Geograph — Tarff station photograph (6162053)

Checked state: Photograph description, creator, date and CC BY-SA 2.0 licence inspected; modern station/site comparison only.

Rights: CC BY-SA 2.0; attribution and ShareAlike terms apply.

Checked 2026-09-09

PR-S68 · creator-licensed station photograph

Geograph — Kirkcowan station photograph (6162916)

Checked state: Photograph description, creator, date and CC BY-SA 2.0 licence inspected; modern station/site comparison only.

Rights: CC BY-SA 2.0; attribution and ShareAlike terms apply.

Checked 2026-09-09

PR-S69 · creator-licensed station photograph

Geograph — Killywhan station photograph (6161076)

Checked state: Photograph description, creator, date and CC BY-SA 2.0 licence inspected; modern station/site comparison only.

Rights: CC BY-SA 2.0; attribution and ShareAlike terms apply.

Checked 2026-09-09

PR-S70 · creator-licensed station photograph

Geograph — Loch Skerrow station photograph (6549513)

Checked state: Photograph description, creator, date and CC BY-SA 2.0 licence inspected; modern station/site comparison only.

Rights: CC BY-SA 2.0; attribution and ShareAlike terms apply.

Checked 2026-09-09

PR-S71 · creator-licensed station photograph

Maxwelltown station photograph

Checked state: Creator, date, subject and CC BY-SA 4.0 licence inspected; exact station/site modern comparison.

Rights: CC BY-SA 4.0; attribution and ShareAlike terms apply.

Checked 2026-09-09

PR-S72 · creator-licensed station photograph

Lochanhead station photograph

Checked state: Creator, date, subject and CC BY-SA 2.0 licence inspected; exact station/site modern comparison.

Rights: CC BY-SA 2.0; attribution and ShareAlike terms apply.

Checked 2026-09-09

PR-S73 · creator-licensed station photograph

Kirkgunzeon station photograph

Checked state: Creator, date, subject and CC BY-SA 2.0 licence inspected; exact station/site modern comparison.

Rights: CC BY-SA 2.0; attribution and ShareAlike terms apply.

Checked 2026-09-09

PR-S74 · creator-licensed station photograph

Southwick station photograph

Checked state: Creator, date, subject and CC BY-SA 2.0 licence inspected; exact station/site modern comparison.

Rights: CC BY-SA 2.0; attribution and ShareAlike terms apply.

Checked 2026-09-09

PR-S75 · creator-licensed station photograph

Buittle station photograph

Checked state: Creator, date, subject and CC BY-SA 2.0 licence inspected; exact station/site modern comparison.

Rights: CC BY-SA 2.0; attribution and ShareAlike terms apply.

Checked 2026-09-09

PR-S76 · creator-licensed station photograph

New Galloway station photograph

Checked state: Creator, date, subject and CC BY-SA 2.0 licence inspected; exact station/site modern comparison.

Rights: CC BY-SA 2.0; attribution and ShareAlike terms apply.

Checked 2026-09-09

PR-S77 · creator-licensed station photograph

Dunragit station photograph

Checked state: Creator, date, subject and CC BY-SA 2.0 licence inspected; exact station/site modern comparison.

Rights: CC BY-SA 2.0; attribution and ShareAlike terms apply.

Checked 2026-09-09

PR-S78 · creator-licensed station photograph

Kirkcudbright station photograph

Checked state: Creator, date, subject and CC BY-SA 2.0 licence inspected; exact station/site modern comparison.

Rights: CC BY-SA 2.0; attribution and ShareAlike terms apply.

Checked 2026-09-09