Straiton Oil Works
Alongside the B702 on the northern perimeter of Straiton Retail Park, Loanhead, is a short but very old stretch of wall. The rear of that wall is seen here and below it the sealed portal of a tunnel, lit by the evening sun. This is where a mineral line once left the Straiton Oil Works site to link with the shale and limestone operations further north towards Burdiehouse. The line ran parallel to the Straiton Sidings mineral line for a short distance, although the latter left the works via a level crossing over the B702 rather than a tunnel under it see image 33023. Photographed on 26 February 2011, more than a century after the line closed.
Location: Straiton Oil Works
Original line: Pentland and Straiton Oilworks Railway
Photographer: John Furnevel
Contact photographer: John Furnevel
Date: 26/02/2011
Image number: 33111
