Date: 29/08/2012

RESIDENTS fear their health is being put at risk because of “carcinogenic” fumes billowing from a train depot just yards from their homes. Trains at the East Coast Craigentinny Depot in Portobello idle overnight to provide enough electricity to work on the vehicles. But the resulting fumes have led to complaints from householders in nearby Stanley Street. One resident claims his family can taste diesel fumes when they leave their windows open on warm nights.

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Train fumes killing Portobello residents

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RESIDENTS fear their health is being put at risk because of “carcinogenic” fumes billowing from a train depot just yards from their homes.

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The empty stock of The Talisman being assisted out of Craigentinny sidings by V3 no 67670 on 30 September 1959. Classmate 67672 is standing on the adjacent line. Given BR's normal practice of marshalling a complete maroon set for The Talisman [see image 29600] the presence of Blood & Custard BR MkI BSO E9284 suggests it may have been substituted for a failure.
Location: Craigentinny Depot
Company: North British Railway
30/09/1959 A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

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Location: Craigentinny Depot
Company: North British Railway
22/06/2008 Bill Roberton

Motley crew stabled at the west end of Craigentinny yard on 28 September 2007. Locomotives 47787, 67027 and 33029 are seen here from a passing train.
Location: Craigentinny Depot
Company: North British Railway
28/9/2007 John Furnevel