Paterson's No 1 Siding
There are a number of safe recesses along the massive retaining wall between the former Galashiels station and Ladhope Tunnel. At 1600 on the 14th of December 1916 there was an enormous landslip here when 70 yards of cutting collapsed blocking the mainline for many days. Before the fall the original retaining wall was buttressed, then reinforced with rails, before the gaps between buttresses were bricked up. But cracks kept reappearing and repairs were in hand when the landslip took place, the workmen barely having time to escape. The impressive rebuilt walls remain intact today.
Location: Paterson's No 1 Siding (former)
Original line: Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
Photographer: Ewan Crawford
Contact photographer: Ewan Crawford
Date: 17/01/2009
Image number: 22385
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