With the conversion of the last Edinburgh cable car route, Waterloo Place to Joppa, also came the link between the electric tramway...

In the late 1880’s, the mansion and estate of Barnton Park, then the property of Sir John Maitland, Bart., were very much in the...

With the conversion of the last Edinburgh cable car route, Waterloo Place to Joppa, also came the link between the electric tramway...

The Caledonian Railway’s Princes Street Stations and Caledonian Hotel The Caledonian Railway entered Edinburgh from Carstairs Junction on...

The first trams to run in the city of Edinburgh were horse-drawn and were operated by the Edinburgh Street Tramways Company. The...

I refer to my article re the above and enclose one or two items by way of a post-script. I have also found out a lot more about my...

On Sunday 12th May, 1907 my Great-Uncle, Walter (Wattie) Deas aged nine, was, together with his mother Mary Elizabeth Deas, visiting his...

The Caledonian Railway entered Edinburgh from Carstairs on 15 February, 1848, its terminus was a one-platform station named Lothian Road....

In the early part of the nineteenth century there was dissatisfaction with the inadequacy of Leith as a port. In 1834 the 5th Duke of...

Following negotiations with the 6th Duke of Buccleuch, a 106 ¼ acre site at Granton was purchased at a cost of £124,000.00 for the...

The Caledonian Railway entered Edinburgh from Carstairs on 15 February, 1848, its terminus was a one-platform station named Lothian Road....

For many years every June, I would sign up to drive the Hobbylok on the Zillertalbahn in Austria as a birthday present to myself....

My first trip abroad was in the 1970s when I travelled with my father by coach to Steinach im Tirol, Austria not far from the Italian...

I have a Flickr Professional account where you can view my collection of train and tram photos from around the world: ...