Date: 10/07/2010

Two Borders MSPs clash over the benefits of a project to reopen a rail route between the region and Edinburgh.

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Two Borders MSPs clash over the benefits of a project to reopen a rail route between the region and Edinburgh.

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60532 Blue Peter with the Blue Peter Excursion passing through Gorebridge on 8 October 1966 on its way to Carlisle via the Waverley Route.
Location: Gorebridge
Company: Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
08/10/1966 G W Robin

Scene in the yard at Galashiels in March 1969. This particular trip over the Waverley route (by then freight-only) had attached a number of brake vans carrying members of Edinburgh University Railway Society, whose plate is displayed on the front of the locomotive.
Location: Galashiels Goods
Company: Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
/03/1969 Bruce McCartney

The signal box at Hardengreen Junction, looking north along the Waverley line towards Eskbank in December 1968. To the left is the trackbed of the Peebles loop. Minimal locomotive servicing facilities and a turntable were also located here with the location classified as a sub shed of 64A St Margarets. Eskbank station is on the other side of the bridge in the background. [See image 45679]
Location: Hardengreen Junction
Company: Edinburgh and Dalkeith Railway
22/12/1968 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)