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Has this photo been on here previously?

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/96859208@N07/10577434915/

 

Deltic D9012 has been diverted from the ECML and is seen leaving Carlisle Citadel on a Kings Cross to Edinburgh service on the 16th of July 1967.

 

[Edit] Records have this as the 1400 Kings Cross - Edinburgh

 

Oh, that is delightful - I can taste the anticipation of turning left towards Canal, then the delicious prospect of seeing all those alien running-in boards flashing by on the Class 1 bellow up to Edinburgh.

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Same photostream, and on same day:

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/96859208@N07/10577437755/in/dateposted/

 

D9018 is on the 1A16 diverted Kings Cross to Edinburgh service.

 

Has this photo been on here previously?

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/96859208@N07/10577434915/

 

Deltic D9012 has been diverted from the ECML and is seen leaving Carlisle Citadel on a Kings Cross to Edinburgh service on the 16th of July 1967.

 

[Edit] Records have this as the 1400 Kings Cross - Edinburgh

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Torwoodlee, long-view.  I'm adding it here, as it's a perspective not previously seen (at least by me) of the former line in use.

 

https://www.railscot.co.uk/imageenlarge/imagecomplete.php?id=58518

 

Check the New Images thread for another great local capture!

 

 

The Torwoodlee three-arch is about as perfect as Waverley Route perfection gets. Lovely photo.

 

Being a Lancashire lad I love Crabs as well (the loco type, that is) and did once look at the Binbrook one as a restoration project - a bit too far gone plus ridiculous politics, sadly.

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I hope Chard, does not object to me sort of Hijacking his thread?

 

As this is a thread for seeking the rare and unusual photos etc of the Waverly route, l have a subject to add to the list.

 

I am trying to find information on the loops at Falahill Summit. I have a few photos l have found in Roger Siviter "Waverley  : Portrait of a famous route" which show the south west end of the loops and associated sidings. However information/photos/plans for the north east end of the layout has eluded my searching for the last 10 years.

 

The "Old Plans" web site has copies of the 1907 1:2500 OS maps but they are too early, showing the weighing station and track work before the loops were added, so l m not sure what became loop and what remained after the loops were finished.

 

Can anyone help please?

 

Bob C

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Not quite covered by NLS on-line mapping for 1944-67 1:1,250/1:2,500: https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=13&lat=55.8033&lon=-2.9642&layers=170&b=1 Almost as though the railway deliberately avoided in places!

 

Seriously, the addition of this mapping might help with other locations though.

 

I hope Chard, does not object to me sort of Hijacking his thread?

 

As this is a thread for seeking the rare and unusual photos etc of the Waverly route, l have a subject to add to the list.

 

I am trying to find information on the loops at Falahill Summit. I have a few photos l have found in Roger Siviter "Waverley  : Portrait of a famous route" which show the south west end of the loops and associated sidings. However information/photos/plans for the north east end of the layout has eluded my searching for the last 10 years.

 

The "Old Plans" web site has copies of the 1907 1:2500 OS maps but they are too early, showing the weighing station and track work before the loops were added, so l m not sure what became loop and what remained after the loops were finished.

 

Can anyone help please?

 

Bob C

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No problem using this thread for research purposes, after all that's the principal aim of the group.   :angel:

 

I've been on Old Maps for a look https://www.old-maps.co.uk/#/Map/340500/653500/12/100954 but again, the railway was seemingly very shy between 1908 and 1968....

Thanks for the Link Chard, its the very map, l had mentioned earlier, as you say its a bit light on the old detail, I ll just have to keep searching, l know its out there some where!!

 

Cheers

 

Bob C

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Recently the Railway Magazine ran an article on 'Circus Trains' visiting parts of the UK.

 

Although I can remember Big Tops in Hawick, I don't know how the circus came to the Borders. I have a very vague memory of watching a parade of the animals, but have no recollection of them being led down from the station.

 

What I do recall is being taken by grandparents by car during the 1951 Foot and Mouth outbreak to just beyond Teviothead on the A7 to see the circus animals in a field: quarantine restrictions prevented the circus moving on.  That would perhaps indicate that the circus came by road to Hawick.  

 

I have asked around about a Waverley Route Circus Train, but not had a conclusive answer.

 

Bruce.

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May I add another most wanted?

 

A photo of NCB loco 10269 passing light engine through Hawick (en route for Fife) at 3.53pm on 21 August 1967.

 

And there I was thinking that the ex-GWR tank locos sent to Dornoch were real rarities! 

 

Bruce

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12 hours ago, 62440 said:

May I add another most wanted?

 

A photo of NCB loco 10269 passing light engine through Hawick (en route for Fife) at 3.53pm on 21 August 1967.

 

And there I was thinking that the ex-GWR tank locos sent to Dornoch were real rarities! 

 

Bruce

 

It's incredible!  I'd like to open this request up to identifying what 10269 actually was/ is?  I'm presuming this was a diesel shunter, but so far I've drawn a blank - there must be a website somewhere that specialises in the NCB fleet....  

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It's incredible!  I'd like to open this request up to identifying what 10269 actually was/ is?  I'm presuming this was a diesel shunter, but so far I've drawn a blank - there must be a website somewhere that specialises in the NCB fleet....  

 

A photo of Sentinels 10268 & 10269

 

4wDH's (RR 10268/1967) & (RR 10269/1967) Westfield Disposal Point. Kinglassie, Scotland.

 

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On 16/09/2018 at 22:40, 62440 said:

Recently the Railway Magazine ran an article on 'Circus Trains' visiting parts of the UK.

 

Although I can remember Big Tops in Hawick, I don't know how the circus came to the Borders. I have a very vague memory of watching a parade of the animals, but have no recollection of them being led down from the station.

 

What I do recall is being taken by grandparents by car during the 1951 Foot and Mouth outbreak to just beyond Teviothead on the A7 to see the circus animals in a field: quarantine restrictions prevented the circus moving on.  That would perhaps indicate that the circus came by road to Hawick.  

 

I have asked around about a Waverley Route Circus Train, but not had a conclusive answer.

 

Bruce.

I understand that Chipperfields Circus parade in September 1958 started at Hawick station.

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