Lothian Coal Co Ltd Railway

Introduction

In 1890 additions and adaptations were made to the Marquis of Lothian's Waggonway, extending the line south to Lingerwood Mine (and the under development site of the Lady Victoria Colliery) and northwards to Easthouses Pit and on to the Shaw's Coal Depot. Coal was taken south from the various mines to Lingerwood Mine (and later the Lady Victoria Colliery) for preparation.

Entry into the system of private lines was from Newbattle Signal Box and onto the West Bryans Siding - the system being reached from this reversing spur. This layout of connection protected the main line from possible runways which would run north up the main line over the Newbattle Viaduct.

That connection was to be replaced by a new one alongside the Lady Victoria Colliery when it opened in 1895. See Lady Victoria Colliery (Lothian Coal Co Ltd).

Also known as the Newbattle Collieries Railway.



Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Shaws Coal Depot to Lingerwood







This pit was located to the north of the older Easthouses Pit. Confusingly, it is often referred to as Easthouses Pit. The pit was developed by the Lothian Coal Company and was part of the Newbattle collieries unit.
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Lothian Coal Co Ltd
Easthouses Tramway (Lothian Coal Co Ltd)
The B6482 Easthouses Road crossing the route once used by the Easthouses Tramway, seen here in September 2020, looking north towards the site of the ...
John Furnevel 10/09/2020
The B6482 underpass near the site of Easthouses pit on 10 September 2020, exactly one year on from my first visit, at which time the route had been ...
John Furnevel 10/09/2020
The underpass below the B6482 at Easthouses (currently closed off) seen from the north in September 2019. This is the route of the Easthouses Tramway, ...
John Furnevel 11/09/2019
View north at Easthouses in 2019. The car is heading towards Dalkeith on the B6482 over a bridge that once spanned the Easthouses tramway. The ...
John Furnevel 11/09/2019
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This pit was on the eastern side of the Shaw's Coal Depot to Lingerwood Mine alignment of the Lothian Coal Co Ltd Railway. It was served from the south.
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This coal mine was opened by the Marquis of Lothian in 1798. Also known as Dicksons Pit or the Engine Pit. It may have been served by a branch or siding of the Arniston Branch (Marquis of Lothian's Waggonway), which ran south to the Newbyres Pit.
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Lothian Coal Co Ltd
Easthouses Tramway (Lothian Coal Co Ltd)
Arniston Branch (Marquis of Lothian^s Waggonway)
One of the few surviving relics of the Easthouses Tramway, looking south at the point where it passed below Lingerwood Road, just 50 yards beyond the ...
John Furnevel 03/02/2020
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View west along Lingerwood Road towards the junction with Main Street, Newtongrange on 20 August 2020, showing some of the houses built by the Lothian ...
John Furnevel 20/08/2020
Looking north over Lingerwood Road, Newtongrange, in September 2019, with the houses of Lothian Terrace on the right. A level crossing existed here ...
John Furnevel 05/09/2019
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After the creation of the Lothian Coal Co Ltd this colliery was developed to be the main site in the Newbattle Collieries. Also known as Lady Victoria Pit, The Lady or the Lady Vic. The name was for Lady Victoria Alexandrina, wife of the 9th Marquess of Lothian, Schomberg Henry Kerr.
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Lothian Coal Co Ltd
Lady Victoria Colliery (Lothian Coal Co Ltd)
Easthouses Tramway (Lothian Coal Co Ltd)
Looking west towards Lady Victoria in September 2019, with the houses of Colliery View immediately behind the camera. The roundabout provided a ...
John Furnevel 01/09/2019
The main entrance to the National Mining Museum on 5 September 2019. When the Lady Victoria was under construction before 1895, there was a temporary ...
John Furnevel 05/09/2019
No 7 photographed looking south from the road bridge at Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrange, in 1971. ...
John Furnevel 22/04/1971
The temporary way level crossing at Lady Victoria see image 70784 was replaced in 1895 by a bridge spanning the A7 to the north of the site. This ...
John Furnevel 20/10/2019
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Connection to Waverley Route

This signal box was at the south end of the Newbattle Viaduct it controlled entry to West Bryans Siding and the mineral lines to Bryans Pit etc. (See the West Bryans Siding entry.)
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Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
With a puff of ^cushion^ steam, 44871 brings up the rear of the first of the August ^The Forth Bridge & Scottish Borders^ trips operated by the SRPS. ...
Bill Roberton 04/08/2019
ScotRail 170407, sporting British Transport Police livery, forming the 0911 (Sunday) Edinburgh Waverley - Tweedbank approaching the Newtongrange stop ...
John Furnevel 10/11/2019
A mid-morning train on the Borders Railway about to run south through the site of the first Newtongrange station in February 2016. The pedestrian ...
John Furnevel 29/02/2016
An Edinburgh bound DMU on the Borders Railway heads north from Newtongrange on 11 January 2015. The train is about to pass below the second of the two ...
John Furnevel 11/01/2015
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This siding was at the south east end of the Newbattle Viaduct. It connected the new Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway) to the former Marquis of Lothian's Waggonway at the south east end of the original Newbattle Viaduct [1st]. The bridge was removed but its approach was now used as a reversal to access the line east to Bryans Pit and other mines.
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Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
The ScotRail 1024 Edinburgh - Tweedbank photographed shortly after leaving Newbattle Viaduct as it approaches the Newtongrange stop on 17 September ...
John Furnevel 17/09/2020
The 0911 (Sunday) Edinburgh - Tweedbank has just cleared Newbattle Viaduct on a cold, grey November morning. The train is formed by ScotRail 170407 in ...
John Furnevel 10/11/2019
The site of the former exchange sidings at the east end of Newbattle Viaduct seen from the gated entrance off the B6482 Dalhousie Road in 2019. The ...
John Furnevel 08/09/2019
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The site of the level crossing at the top of main Street, Newtongrange, once used by the line into the Lothian Brick & Tile Works. The works seems to ...
John Furnevel 05/09/2019
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