Date: 26/06/2010

Calls are growing for the biggest rail project in Scotland to be urgently revised after a report said the economic benefits of the scheme had diminished significantly.

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B1 4-6-0 no 61349 takes an up train away from Tynehead station in April 1964. Access to the platforms is via a steep stairway on each side of the road bridge in the background, with the station building standing on the east side of the bridge. Out of sight to the right of the station building is the goods yard, the apparent climb up to which looks a little challenging! However, there is something of an optical illusion about this location as the steep climb is actually being tackled by the B1 on the main line. [With thanks to David Kerr]
Location: Tynehead
Company: Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
/04/1964 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

Scene on the Waverley route some 30 miles south of Edinburgh, thought to have been taken on 25 April 1964. Hawick shed's BR Standard class 4 2-6-0 no 76050 works hard with a northbound train at Bowland on the climb to Falahill summit. View is south east with the train passing the site of Bowland station (closed 1953) located on the south side of the bridge over the B710. [See image 56217]
Location: Bowland
Company: Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
25/04/1964 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)