ADIRU777

I hadn't appreciated how important Ian's contribution has been. Well done and thanks to him. BW, Adrian

I am that photographer. It was taken in August 1966 when I was visiting my Dad's family (Bouglas) in Waverley Terrace and I was nearly 14 at the time. I can't remember taking many more 'snaps' apart from a couple of me standing in the cab of two different 'Peaks' on the southbound Waverley at Hawick Station (D18 and D35). I also have a couple of views from the cab of, I believe, D5060 looking south from the station. My cousin Ian and I managed to persuade the driver to give us a cab ride whilst they uncoupled and repositioned to recouple at the north end of the train that had come from Waverley. The pictures are pretty poor looking now as they were processed in the school darkroom...

Post 105 on this thread - I've just found this post and am flattered that you find my schoolboy photo of D1971 at Hawick so interesting. It was taken in the second half of August 1966 when I was 14 and visiting my fathers relatives who lived in Waverley Terrace in Hawick. We always enjoyed staying with them as it commanded excellent views of the line south of Hawick Station. To the best of my knowledge, there was no activity at 64G which had been closed a few months previously. I do, however, vividly remember the (by then) rare appearance of a couple of steam hauled trains. One northbound freight was headed by 44911 which stopped for water at Hawick. The other was 70013 southbound to Carlisle which didn't stop at Hawick. ATB