Please explore the following links to find the wealth of literary, artistic and other influences that we have drawn upon; to meet our stakeholders and partners; and to see other projects that we think you will find interesting:
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.
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
A spur from the Balerno Branch Line railway that delivered stone to build Redford Barracks and which first brought trams to Colinton: http://www.edinburghtrams.info/colinton_tramway_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
John Speller's pages: http://spellerweb.net/rhindex/UKRH/Caledonian/Balerno.html
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
Project Summary
http://btckstorage.blob.core.windows.net/site918/News/Colinton%20Railway%20Tunnel.pdf
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/
Community Councils
Colinton: http://www.colinton-parish.com/
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
See also: http://www.junipergreencc.org.uk/jg300-1/lucas.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/
Local history
Walks around Colinton and the Mills in Colinton: http://colintonhistory.org.uk/publications.html
The Mills in Juniper Green: http://www.junipergreencc.org.uk/jg300-1/mills2.html
Currie & District Local History Society: http://rob739.wixsite.com/cdlh
Extended benefits
Murals as anti-graffiti measures:
http://rethinkurban.com/2012/creative-change/murals-pride-and-history-help-prevent-graffiti/
https://www.informedesign.org/Rs_detail/rsId/2474
https://www.graffitieaters.com.au/graffiti-prevention-strategies-actually-work/
http://www.britsoccrim.org/volume9/4.Taylor09.pdf
Economic and social benefits - exemplars in North America:
https://www.art-bc.com/places/chemainus/walking-tours/murals-of-chemainus/
http://www.explorevancouverisland.com/Chemainus_Vancouver_Island_BC_Canada.htm
http://www.visitphilly.com/music-art/philadelphia/mural-arts-philadelphia/
https://www.muralarts.org/about/
http://www.ccmurals.org/mural-benefits/
http://opticosdesign.com/the-power-of-public-art-murals/