A pair of V2 2-6-2 locomotives double-head a heavy freight bound for Carlisle, photographed two miles south of Hawick in the winter of 1965/66. Locomotives are 60976 (leading) and 60868, both off St Margarets shed. The photograph was taken from a position only a matter of yards from BMcC image 22905 captured here the following year.
Location: Slitrig Viaduct (former)
Original line: Border Union Railway (North British Railway)
Photographer: Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)
Contact photographer: Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)
Date: 1966
Image number: 22970