Date: 25/08/2022

Housing developers in Edinburgh have unearthed the remains of the St Margarets Locomotive Engine turntable, which members of the public can view this Saturday.

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The top part of Restalrig Road South ran immediately east of St Margarets shed. It is always known locally as Smokey Brae, said to be because of the reek (in Edinburgh terms) from the North British shed. There's no reason to doubt this, though in a famously reekie city things must have been especially bad here for the name to have come about. Although Smokey Brae is not its official name the council recognises through this sign that it is the de facto one. Incidentally the usual spelling is smoky, and my dictionaries don't recognise smokey even as a variant spelling, but I see from the web that it is used in other proper names. See image [[26920]]
Location: St Margarets Shed
Company: North British Railway
30/10/2010 David Panton

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