 For thirty years until his death in 1942, Portincaple was the home of Scottish artist James Kay.Whistlefield, later "Whistlefield Halt", was a station 10.30 miles (15.76 Kilometres) from Craigendoran Junction railway station served the hamlet of Portincaple and the surrounding area.Opened in 1896 by the West Highland Railway, it was built on a single track section without a passing loop in between Garelochhead and Glen Douglas and closed by the British Railways Board in 1964.