Straiton Sidings
View south along the Glencorse branch on 21 February with the bridge carrying the Edinburgh City Bypass behind the camera see image 32891. On the left the 'main line' continued south past what is now Edgefield industrial estate towards Loanhead station and the site of the former Ramsay and later Bilston Glen Collieries. A mineral line on the right ran past Straiton Sidings (now a nature reserve) and on to provide links to the once thriving shale and limestone operations in the area, including oil works at Pentland and Straiton (the latter now a large retail park) and lime works at Burdiehouse.
Location: Straiton Sidings
Original line: Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway
Photographer: John Furnevel
Contact photographer: John Furnevel
Date: 21/02/2011
Image number: 32922
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