A world's first in 1850s Edinburgh.
Feòrag Forsyth Feòrag Forsyth
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 Published On Aug 27, 2020

The Edinburgh, Newhaven, and Leith Railway was short lived, but their line from the centre of Edinburgh to Granton was very much real steampunk. The cable-hauled gradient wasn't a new idea, but at the other end, was something very new indeed. The first roll-on roll-off train ferry in the world. In this video, I look at the history of the line, and hunt down remains of tunnels, stations and, yes, the train ferry.

I also get distracted by a wonderful thing that was built next to the railway line.

This video suffers from being made during lockdown, with limited access to the outside world or the library. I also acquired a gimbal not long after I started editing the footage for this! You'll see why :-(

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