Tin Tunnel
Location type
PlaceName and dates
Tin TunnelOpened on the Penicuik Railway.
Description
The Tin Tunnel, a spark Arresting tube about 744 feet long over the line, was built over a section of the Penicuik Railway to protect the Rosslyn Gunpowder Works, below and to its west, from sparks from locomotives.
| Nearby stations Rosslyn Castle Rosslynlee Hospital Halt Rosslynlee Auchendinny Roslin Glencorse Eskbridge Rosewell and Hawthornden Pomathorn Halt Penicuik [2nd] Polton Loanhead Lasswade Bonnyrigg Broomieknowe | Rosslyn Gunpowder Works Firth Viaduct Old Woodhouselee Tunnel Rosslyn Carpet Factory Dalmore Mill Auchendinny Tunnel Auchendinny Viaduct Roslin Colliery Glencorse Viaduct Glencorse Tunnel Tourist/other Rosslynlee Hospital Roslin Castle Firth Crossing Rosslyn Chapel Glencorse Barracks |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Books
 An Illustrated History of Edinburgh's Railways |  Forgotten Railways: Scotland |  Old Penicuik |
