Date: 07/02/2011

Site investigation works are starting on the £235m rail link project between Edinburgh and the Borders.

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Rail route site works under way

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Site investigation works get under way on the £235m rail link project between Edinburgh and the Borders.

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J37 0-6-0 no 64547 running round at Inverbervie (Bervie until 1926) with a special on 22 May 1966 marking the complete closure of the branch. Sister locomotive 64620 had attempted to reach the terminus the previous month with Scottish Rambler no 5 but was forced to abandon the attempt 2 miles short of the town due to severe slippage.
Location: Inverbervie
Company: Montrose and Bervie Railway
22/05/1966 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

Remains of sidings at Birky Side, between Fushiebridge and Tynehead on the Waverley Route, photographed on 5 May 2008. The sidings were used over many years by St Margarets shed as a dumping ground for the ash produced by the depot's large steam allocation. In the 1950s that allocation was over 200 locomotives - a lot of ash! [See image 32374] Much of the land has now returned to nature and is given over to cattle grazing, but sections of track, sleepers and other reminders of the areas former use can still be found.
Location: Borthwick Bank Signal Box
Company: Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
05/05/2008 Mark Poustie

Looking north to where the Waverley route passes near to Borthwick Castle in March 2007 as the line continues toward the summit at Falahill.
Location: Borthwick Bank Signal Box
Company: Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
14/03/2007 James Young