2. Railways

The reopened Borders Railway - The Waverley Route

On Sunday 6th of September 2015 the Borders Railway opened to passenger traffic. Three days later on 9th September it was officially opened by HM The Queen travelling in a special train hauled by John Cameron's A4 60009 "Union of South Africa". This is a rebuilt railway on the route of the North British Railway's famous "Waverley Route". The line runs to a terminus at Tweedbank, a new station between Galashiels and Melrose. There is talk of extending the route to Hawick, the last town of any great size along the former Edinburgh to Carlisle railway closed on 6/1/1969.
This is a journey in a southerly Up direction from Edinburgh to Tweedbank so will jump about with dates and rolling stock.
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    The pit accessed the "Parrot" and "Splint" coal seams and linked up underground with the nearby Lingerwood pit to provide the required second shaft and Lady Victoria became the down draft shaft. On the 27th of March 1981 the last ton of coal was wound to bring to an end 87 years of production amounting to some 39 and a half million tons of coal.
    The going away shot with DBS silver liveried loco 67026 Silver Jubilee on the back. Due to there being no run round facilities at Tweedbank, the diesel is required to bring the train back to Edinburgh.
    Moving to a spot where the dogs could be let out the car and have a run and I have found a field near Arniston south of Newtongrange. 158740 passes by with 2T67 0930 off Tweedbank to Edinburgh. 14/4/2017