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With the nights drawing in and the Halloween month of ghouls, goblins and guising nearly upon us, why not indulge your creepy side with a walk through some of Scotlands tunnels, hewn out of the rock to carry trains or canal boats? Alternatively, simply enjoy a series of routes of varying degrees of difficulty which have been re-purposed as walk- or cycleways.
(Permalink) Colinton Tunnel Glenfarg Tunnel [North] Glenfarg Tunnel [South] Neidpath Tunnel St Leonards Tunnel  Colinton Tunnel: The Edinburgh end of Colinton Tunnel on the Balerno branch in July 2017. Colinton station lay just beyond the other end of the tunnel see image [[20499]]. The line finally closed in 1967 and is now part of the Water of Leith Walkway. [Ref query 1659]  Neidpath Tunnel: Peebles or Neidpath tunnel, looking west on the 11 March 2009. The western exit, seen as a chink of light is still some 400 yards away.  St Leonards Tunnel: A look southeast into the tunnel at St Leonards. Originally horses were used for haulage and would have clopped along here even when steam was becoming commonplace. This supposedly led to the nickname 'The Innocent Railway' but, like all such names, you have to wonder just who, if anybody, called it that. See image [[17619]] |
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