Lady Victoria Colliery (Newbattle Collieries)



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Lady Victoria Colliery was served by a large yard and sidings warranting their own signal box. A major expansion of the Newbattle Colliery led to a new connection and exchange sidings being laid out on the east side of the Waverley Route. The whole scheme was built on a grand scale and included the new village of Newtongrange, to the north. The pit was named for Lady Victoria Alexandrina, ...

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Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
Lothian Lines (North British Railway)
The 0947 (Sunday) Tweedbank - Edinburgh approaching Newtongrange on 16 August 2019. The train is about to run below the B704 road bridge and past the ...
John Furnevel 16/08/2020
ScotRail 158720 heads south on the Borders Railway shortly after restarting from Newtongrange on 1 November 2018. The train is the 0955 Edinburgh ...
John Furnevel 01/11/2018
A 4-car DMU on a Tweedbank – Edinburgh service about to pass below the bridge carrying the B704 road as it approaches the Newtongrange stop on 9 ...
John Furnevel 09/07/2017
The 1045 (Sunday) Tweedbank - Edinburgh approaching the Newtongrange stop on 16 February 2020. The train is passing a point where industrial sites now ...
John Furnevel 16/02/2020
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After the creation of the Lothian Coal Co Ltd this colliery was developed to be the main site in the Newbattle Collieries. Also known as Lady Victoria Pit, The Lady or the Lady Vic.
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Lothian Coal Co Ltd
Newbattle Collieries Railway
Easthouses Tramway (Lothian Coal Co Ltd)
No 7 photographed looking south from the road bridge at Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrange, in 1971. ...
John Furnevel 22/04/1971
Scene in the yard at Lady Victoria colliery in 1971. The elevated building is a weigh bridge. ...
John Furnevel 22/04/1971
Shunting in the yard at Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrange, in April 1971. ...
John Furnevel 22/04/1971
A rake of NCB wagons passing below the overhead weigh house at Lady Victoria Colliery on 6 April 1971. ...
John Furnevel 06/04/1971
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