Shale Railway

Information

The course of the railway line can be seen on this 1890 Ordnance Survey (OS) map, following the line west-east from Addiewell Oil Works to Mossend.

https://scottishshale.co.uk/stories/west-calders-hidden-viaduct/#&gid=2&pid=2 

Or on this 1922 OS Map, marked Addiewell and Polbeth Railway.

https://maps.nls.uk/view/75652139 

Recording

Video and images were recorded from the west of the village of West Calder, looking eastwards, on 7/3/23.

Maps reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland.

https://maps.nls.uk/index.html