The curve between London Road Junction on the Abbeyhill loop and Easter Road Junction (behind me) allowed trains from Waverley to reach Granton without being hauled up Scotland Street tunnel. I believe it fell out of use in the late 1980s and was lifted some time afterwards. The area is being developed over a period of years, and London Road Junction site (in distance) is currently inaccessible, as is the trackbed here. It was thoroughly overgrown until quite recently; it looks like a temporary road has been created for plant. 3rd December 2017. [Granton Shell sidings closed in 1980 and, following a period of being mothballed for possible gasworks traffic, Granton-Powderhall was lifted 1986. So why did this curve survive, for turning engines?]

Location: Easter Road Junction (former)

Original line: Easter Road Deviation (North British Railway)

Photographer: David Panton

Contact photographer: David Panton

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Date: 03/12/2017

Image number: 62103

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