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Bilston Glen Colliery
All photographs of this location in date order.
![Scene at Bilston Glen colliery in January 1971 with an unidentified diesel shunter supervising the loading of MGR coal hoppers. The coal would almost certainly be destined for Cockenzie power station.<br><br>[John Furnevel 22/01/1971]](/images/4000/4366.jpg "Bilston Glen Colliery")
![The west side of Bilston Glen colliery in September 1971, with coal for Cockenzie power station being loaded in the background. The duty shunting locomotive is Barclay Class 06 0-4-0 DM D2416 of Leith Central depot. [See image 5709]<br><br>[John Furnevel 22/09/1971]](/images/3000/3299.jpg "Bilston Glen Colliery")
![D2416 of 64H, Leith Central, positioning a coal train destined for Cockenzie power station in the loading area at Bilston Glen Colliery, Loanhead, in September 1971.<br><br>[John Furnevel 22/09/1971]](/images/5000/5709.jpg "Bilston Glen Colliery")
![Andrew Barclay 1996 of 1934 dumped in the headshunt at Bilston Glen Colliery, Loanhead, in 1977. The pug was subsequently moved to Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline as a static display [see image 9387].<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1977]](/images/36000/36789.jpg "Bilston Glen Colliery")
![View north from the headshunt of Bilston Glen Colliery, Loanhead, in November 1986.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 21/11/1986]](/images/45000/45928.jpg "Bilston Glen Colliery")
![Part of the remains of the once extensive yards of Bilston Glen Colliery, closed in 1988. At its peak the pit employed 2,300 men and topped Scottish coal production figures, with the majority of the annual tonnage supplied by rail to Cockenzie power station. The Roslin branch entered centre picture (near the new housing) and continued via the gap in the trees on the right onto Bilston Glen viaduct and on towards Roslin. No trace of the colliery itself remains today with the site now occupied by industrial and commercial premises including the Lothian and Borders Police Communications Centre.<br><br>[John Furnevel 03/10/2007]](/images/16000/16808.jpg "Bilston Glen Colliery")
![After passing south through Loanhead the EL&R route veered left, before crossing the valley of the Bilston Burn on Bilston Glen Viaduct, part of which can be seen in the left background. The last train crossed the viaduct (from Roslin Colliery) in the 1960s with the route south closed in 1966. The flat area to the right housed some of the extensive sidings serving Bilston Glen Colliery, which ceased production in 1988. The last train from here ran in 1991, some two years after the line had been 'officially' closed. Much of the area is now an industrial estate. [See image 3299]<br><br>[John Furnevel 14/03/2016]](/images/54000/54620.jpg "Bilston Glen Colliery")
