 The Capital was to be £105,000 with borrowing powers of £35,000.Carter says that there were two branches to connect to the E&GR line, aggregating to 1¼ miles, but he was probably including the separate Slamannan Junction Railway, which built a south-to-east spur from the Slamannan Railway to Manuel on the E&GR.That railway got its Act of Parliament on 4 July 1844 and opened in August 1847.