RAILSCOT | Duke of Buccleuch

/10/1837	Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, the Duke of Buccleuch, begins work on Granton Harbour.
/ /1839	Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway Dalkeith branch opened. It connected to the Duke of Buccleuch's Tramway, owned by Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott the Duke of Buccleuch's, which served collieries at Smeaton (Smeaton Colliery) and Cowden (Cowdenfoot Colliery).
/ /1857	Granton Branch (Caledonian Railway) Line authorised from Edinburgh to Granton with a line to south side of the harbour and to the western breajwater. The line was initially owned jointly by Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, the Duke of Buccleuch, and the Caledonian Railway.
/ /1863	Granton Branch (Caledonian Railway) The Caledonian Railway buys the portion of the line owned by Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, the Duke of Buccleuch.