THE PENICUIK RAILWAY
N.B.R. LNER BR
ABBEYHILL
PIERSHILL
-both replacing the earlier MEADOWBANK “The Queen’s Station”
PORTOBELLO
The main Waverley route
leaves the main East
Coast route at Portobello
East junction
MILLERHILL
ESKBANK
Peebles Railway -designer
Thomas Bouch-
leaves main
BONNYRIGG
ROSEWELL & HAWTHORNDEN
Penicuik Railway -designer
Thomas Bouch-
leaves Peebles Railway at Hawthornden junction
AUCHENDINNY
ESKBRIDGE
PENICUIK
Rosewell and Hawthornden station
staff around 1950
link to www.penicuikwhatson.co.uk/old_photographs/
Bouch’s skewed bowstring river bridge at Auchendinny
station 1967 & 2006
Bridge
under Harpers Brae, approaching Eskbridge
from the north Jim Neil
passing the back of Burnside Cottages at Eskbridge
–looking from the north
Brickwork Cottages and Eskbridge
station –seen from the north
Eskbridge
Station viewed from the south Jim Neil
Climbing up from Eskbridge
towards Penicuik beside the river gorge 2006
Esk Mills from the south, with
railway crossing the Esk and paper mill siding at
left
foreground. At far right a locomotive
toils up the bank from Eskbridge.
Three images of the railway at the Penicuik end 150, 100 and 50 years
ago
link to www.penicuikwhatson.co.uk/old_photographs/
Approaching Penicuik
station over Bouch’s final Esk
bridge at journey’s end
Cowans’ Tipper Spring & Milkhall water supply? crosses
overhead to
Engine
shed on approach to Penicuik
station awaiting demolition in 1973
Penicuik station awaits demolition 1973 – mill lade crosses station
approach
the Penicuik Railway’s designer Thomas Bouch
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