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On this day in 1842, 184 years ago, the Edinburgh Leith and Newhaven Railway inaugurated its 1-mile horse-drawn service between Canonmills and Newhaven.

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S&T territory

S&T territory

A tie bracket for the telegraph wire clings to the mortar of Weedley Tunnel's eastern portal.

The southern approach cutting to Catesby Tunnel still hosts this relic of the Great Central's former signalling system.

This unusual double telegraph pole hides alongside the Monsal Trail which takes in the trackbed of the old Derby-Manchester main line.

Although disconnected from the network in 1991, the post for Crigglestone curve's Down section signal is still standing.

Although the Great Central has long gone, Woodford Halse continues to play host to this substantial signal post.

Borders' weather has taken its toll on this staywire, on the northern approach embankment to Shankend Viaduct.

A telegraph pole near Shepshed, still with its metal cap.

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A tie bracket for the telegraph wire clings to the mortar of Weedley Tunnel's eastern portal.

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October 2012

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Forgotten Relics records and celebrates the UK's disused railway structures, still standing as monuments to the period of ambition, courage and endeavour during which they were built.

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