Date: 19/02/2021

A pioneering railway when it was first built, the Innocent Railway quickly fell victim of steam power^s progress, but its route and legacy lives on.

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A pioneering railway when it was first built, the Innocent Railway fell victim of steam power's progress, but its route and legacy lives on.

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J35 0-6-0 no 64510 with the SLS Edinburgh and Dalkeith Rail Tour at St Leonard's goods yard on 25th August 1962 - 115 years after the end of regular passenger services! 64510 had propelled the train up from the branch junction at Duddingston on the 'Sub'.
Location: St Leonards
Company: Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
25/08/1962 Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven)

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]]
Location: St Leonards Tunnel
Company: Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
30/10/2010 David Panton

The sweeping single arch of the Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway Company's Glenesk Viaduct (1830), seen from the east side illuminated by March sunshine in 2007. Photograph taken from the steep sided valley of the North Esk, on the edge of Dalkeith's Ironmills Park. See image [[14929]]
Location: Glenesk Viaduct
Company: Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
12/03/2007 John Furnevel

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