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References
- ↑ Brown, Kenneth (1938). "The first railway in Scotland – the Tranent–Cockenzie wagon-way". Railway Magazine. 82: 1–4.
- ↑ Lewis, M. J. T. (1970). Early Wooden Railways. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 107, 195, 239. ISBN 0-7100-6674-0.