🚂📜 THE OLD RAILWAY LINE AND WEIGHBRIDGE AT SILVERTON MILL 🚂📜 This is part of the old railway line that served Silverton Mill for 73 years, from July 1894 to August 1967. The siding – rather than branch line – ran for around 800 yards between the mill next to the Killerton estate and the Bristol to Exeter mainline at Silverton Overbridge. You can walk along 300 to 400 yards of the line between an electricity station next to Ellerhayes Bridge and Yarde Farm, a tenanted National Trust enterpris

Our unique railway exhibition at Currie Library started today! celebrating the history of the former branch line known as the Balerno Loop which was part of the Caledonian Railway. It will focus on the former stations Balerno, Currie, Juniper Green and Colinton as well as the mills which formed part of this historic railway branch. We will also be hosting a special talk by the Colinton Tunnel organisation – Scotland’s largest historical mural. You will learn about the people who helped build the