The Book: Shaw, Donald. The Balerno Branch and the Caley in Edinburgh. Published by Oakwood, 1989. ISBN 10: 0853613664 ISBN 13: 9780853613664. Available to borrow from local libraries and to purchase via booksellers. This is the definitive history of the line, with some illustrations by our local Archie Clark.

Railway History

Wikipedia data: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balerno_line

A history of the railway's links with Juniper Green: http://www.junipergreencc.org.uk/jg300-1/railway.html

Scottish Railway Preservation Society's working Balerno Pug: http://www.srpsmuseum.org.uk/10006.htm

Edinburgh trams: https://threadinburgh.scot/2022/12/18. Colinton was served by electric trams, running from Craiglockhart on a small system established by the Colinton Tramways Company.

Railscot: https://www.railscot.co.uk/Balerno_Loop/index.php

Edinphoto: http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_edin_t/0_edinburgh_transport_-_railways_south-west_ed.htm

Rolling stock: www.caleycoaches.co.uk/assets/pdfs/balernoPn.pdf

Caledonian Railway Association Forum: http://www.crassoc.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=109

Model of Colinton Station: http://www.waterofleith.org.uk/blog/2015/3/23/balerno-branch-railway-weekend-was-a-huge-hit-with-visitors.html

Colinton Tunnel: http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/tunnels/gallery/colinton.html

Caledonian Railway history: https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Caledonian_Railway_lines_to_Edinburgh.html

Paper-making and the railway: https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/features/feb08.shtml

Local Organisations

The Water of Leith Conservation Trust: http://www.waterofleith.org.uk/

Colinton Community Conservation Trust: http://www.colinton-conservation.org.uk/

Colinton Amenity Association: http://www.colinton-amenity.org.uk/

Colinton Parish Church: http://www.colinton-parish.com/

Colinton Local History Society: http://www.colintonhistory.org.uk/

Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust: http://www.elgt.org.uk/

SUSTRANS: https://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/walking-and-cycling-routes/urban-adventures/edinburgh-loops-and-links

ASD Lighting Case study of tunnel lighting improvements (commissioned by City of Edinburgh Council): https://asdlighting.com/case-studies/colinton-tunnel-edinburgh/

Community Councils

Colinton: https://www.colintoncc.org.uk

Juniper Green: http://www.junipergreencc.org.uk/

Craiglockhart: http://www.craiglockhart.btik.com/

Artistic and literary links

Great pictures of the railway, its destinations along the Water of Leith and the Pentland Hills: http://edwinglucas.com/water-of-leith-and-pentland-hills.html

Robert Louis Stevenson: http://robert-louis-stevenson.org/

A walk with Robert Louis Stevenson: http://www.colinton-conservation.org.uk/rlswalk-1.htm

RLS Poem "From a Railway Carriage": http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poems/railway-carriage

Wilfred Owen and the War poets: http://www.wilfredowen.org.uk/home/

Wilfred Owen Centenary: http://www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/our-location/our-campuses/special-collections/outreach-and-events/wilfred-owens-edinburgh

Wilfred Owen Centenary events: http://napier.ac.uk/wilfred-owen-100

War Poets' meeting at Baberton Golf Club: http://www.forces.net/radio/great-war-poets-edinburgh-meeting-remembered

Phoebe Anna Traquair: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_Anna_Traquair

Other tunnel Murals: http://www.sandsfootcastle.org.uk/wyke-road-tunnel-mural-2/

www.allowaytunnel.org.uk

Local history

Walks around Colinton and the Mills in Colinton: http://colintonhistory.org.uk/publications.html