Dundee and Newtyle Railway
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Dundee and Newtyle Railway
Image: © Richard Webb Taken: 30 Aug 2014
A later addition to the railway. Originally trains were hauled up to a tunnel under Dundee Law by stationary steam engines. Later a long gentler climb was provided by a western deviation. The gradient still is fierce for a railway and the trackbed here is now a path.
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Image Location
Latitude
56.470969
Longitude
-3.02144