The first loco to pass in front of the photographer's house (the white one above the wagon bogie) after a gap of almost exactly 43 years - on 24 November 2014, 66752 waits just north of Stow station while two lengths of rail are winched off the rail laying train. While I cannot pinpoint the exact date that track was lifted here, that operation had reached milepost 27, about half a mile south of the station, on 22 November 1971, so there's a good chance that tracklifting was taking place here two days later.

Location: Galabank Junction

Original line: Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)

Photographer: Bill Jamieson

Contact photographer: Bill Jamieson

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Date: 24/11/2014

Image number: 50193

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