Slamannan Railway
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Slamannan Railway
Image: © Richard Webb Taken: 7 Oct 2011
A wooded cutting which once carried a railway between Bo'ness and Airdrie. This would have been an important route off the plateau for the coal mined in the many collieries that were once here. Passenger services ceased in 1930.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.948566
Longitude
-3.692234