A variety of major earthworks were required to take the Waverley Route down the valley of the Gala Water, some not undertaken until well after its 1849 opening. This major brick-built reinforcement of a cutting one and a half miles north of Stow is seen looking north on 15th November 2012.
Location: Watherston Bridge
Original line: Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
Photographer: David Spaven
Contact photographer: David Spaven
Date: 15/11/2012
Image number: 41160
Tags: Borders Railway re-opening