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All photographs of this location in date order.
![B1 4-6-0 no 61349 takes an up train away from Tynehead station in April 1964. Access to the platforms is via a steep stairway on each side of the road bridge in the background, with the station building standing on the east side of the bridge. Out of sight to the right of the station building is the goods yard, the apparent climb up to which looks a little challenging! However, there is something of an optical illusion about this location as the steep climb is actually being tackled by the B1 on the main line. [With thanks to David Kerr] <br>
<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) /04/1964]](/images/24000/24391.jpg "Tynehead")
![B1 no 61349 climbs away from Tynehead station and past the signal box with a southbound train in April 1964, complete with a horse box marshalled next to the locomotive.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) /04/1964]](/images/24000/24761.jpg "Tynehead")
![On 4 January 1969 the Border Railway Scociety arranged for a final day 'Farewell to the Waverley' headboard to be carried by a number of passenger services between Carlisle and Edinburgh. The headboard is seen here attached to D5311 approaching Cowbraehill bridge south of Tynehead on the climb to Falahill Summit with the 3pm Edinburgh - Carlisle train on that day.<br><br>[Bruce McCartney 04/01/1969]](/images/35000/35202.jpg "Tynehead")
![Looking north over Tynehead station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1997]](/images/0/377.jpg "Tynehead")
![View south from the bridge over the trackbed at Tynehead in August 2002 showing the steep climb away from the platforms immediately below the bridge. The former station building and goods yard are on the left with the trackbed of the spur running north off the main line to reach the yard visible in the background. <br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/08/2002]](/images/14000/14427.jpg "Tynehead")
![View south over Tynehead station in April 2007 from the road bridge. The former station building is off to the left and a goods yard (reached via a line from a junction in the distance) stood beyond.<br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/04/2007]](/images/6000/6124.jpg "Tynehead")
![Tynehead station looking west towards the road bridge over the line in April 2007. Steep stairways led down to the platforms from each side of the bridge.<br><br>[John Furnevel 06/04/2007]](/images/14000/14428.jpg "Tynehead")
![Minor landslips at Tynehead have obscured the platforms.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 09/06/2007]](/images/15000/15381.jpg "Tynehead")
![View south over the abandoned platforms of Tynehead station towards a misty Falahill on 12 April 2013. A considerable amount of vegetation has been cleared since my first visit here. [See image 14427] <br><br>[John Furnevel 12/04/2013]](/images/42000/42698.jpg "Tynehead")
![View south over the site of the former Tynehead station on 30th August 2013.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 30/08/2013]](/images/44000/44489.jpg "Tynehead")
![View north from the overbridge at the site of the former Tynehead station on the 30 August 2013.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 30/08/2013]](/images/44000/44503.jpg "Tynehead")
![Looking north from Tynehead on 14 September with much stabilization evident.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 14/09/2013]](/images/44000/44584.jpg "Tynehead")
![Activity at Tynehead station on Sunday 1 December 2013 with a tipper truck heading south along the former rail link between the goods yard and the main line. The optical illusion still seems to work [see image 24391].<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/12/2013]](/images/45000/45496.jpg "Tynehead")
![Crossing movement at Tynehead on 13 March 2014 looking south. Many of the old fence posts running alongside the steep access ramps between the road and the former platforms still survive here. Note the substantial stacks of concrete sleepers now stored in the old goods yard behind the trees top left. [See image 24761]<br><br>[John Furnevel 13/03/2014]](/images/46000/46638.jpg "Tynehead")
![Neat looking trackbed running north from Tynehead on 13 March 2014.<br><br>[John Furnevel 13/03/2014]](/images/46000/46689.jpg "Tynehead")
![Station House, Tynehead, looking south east from the road bridge on 13 March 2014. Entrance to the up platform was via a steep stairway just beyond the wall on the right. The goods yard was located behind the building [see image 24391].<br><br>[John Furnevel 13/03/2014]](/images/46000/46716.jpg "Tynehead")
![Looking north along the Waverley trackbed from the site of Tynehead station on 19 June 2014. A new farm access overbridge will appear in the background in due course.<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/06/2014]](/images/47000/47697.jpg "Tynehead")
![The climb south from the site of Tynehead station on 19 June 2014 heading for Falahill summit. The link to the former goods yard, now used as an access point for construction traffic, is on the left of the picture.<br><br>[John Furnevel 19/06/2014]](/images/47000/47727.jpg "Tynehead")
![The future double-track solum of the Fushiebridge-Tynehead dynamic loop, looking south at Tynehead station on 15th July. Note the route of the former siding to the east of the line, now used as an access road for contractors, and in the foreground the concrete uprights of the former path to the Down platform (with thanks to Colin Maclean).<br><br>[David Spaven 15/07/2014]](/images/48000/48018.jpg "Tynehead")
![Part of the spacious looking double track section at Tynehead on 13 August 2014, photographed looking north from the overbridge alongside the former Tynehead station. <br><br>[John Furnevel 13/08/2014]](/images/48000/48348.jpg "Tynehead")
![Something heavy going down... activity to the south of Tynehead on 13 August 2014. [See image 48370] <br><br>[John Furnevel 13/08/2014]](/images/48000/48371.jpg "Tynehead")
![Double track meets single track - the new junction section to the south of Tynehead, in position on 16 August 2014. <br><br>[John Furnevel 16/08/2014]](/images/48000/48370.jpg "Tynehead")
![Work continuing north of Tynehead on 14 September 2014 on the replacement farm access running west from the B6367.<br><br>[John Furnevel 14/09/2014]](/images/48000/48700.jpg "Tynehead")
![The new bridge providing farm access from the B6367 just north of the former Tynehead station. Seen here on 5 October 2014 with a construction machine crossing carrying a load of pipes.<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/10/2014]](/images/48000/48961.jpg "Tynehead")
![Freightliner 66610 on a ballast train just north of Tynehead station on 10 November 2014. Sister locomotive 66605 is on the other end of the train. <br><br>[Ewan Crawford 10/11/2014]](/images/49000/49394.jpg "Tynehead")
![<I>'More ballast.. give me more ballast...'</I> Easy to get carried away when you're enjoying yourself! Ballasting in progress on the Borders Railway near Tynehead on 10 November 2014.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 10/11/2014]](/images/49000/49405.jpg "Tynehead")
![<I>'Let's call it a day...'</I> After a long session of tracklaying on the Borders Railway on 10 November, GBRf 66736 (nearest) and 66752 rearrange themselves into T&T formation at Tynehead for the trip back to Millerhill yard.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 10/11/2014]](/images/49000/49437.jpg "Tynehead")
![A low autumn sun casts shadows over the cutting at Tynehead on 10 November 2014, as Freightliner 66610 idles on the south end of a Borders Railway ballast train.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 10/11/2014]](/images/49000/49456.jpg "Tynehead")
![A ScotRail 158 involved in driver training duty on 26 June 2015. The train is in the process of running north through the points at Tynehead and entering the double track section to Fushiebridge.<br><br>[John Furnevel 26/06/2015]](/images/51000/51778.jpg "Tynehead")
![A driver training trip on the double track section of the Borders Railway just north of the former Tynehead station on 26 June 2015. ScotRail unit 158782 is on its way back from Tweedbank to Newcraighall. <br><br>[John Furnevel 26/06/2015]](/images/51000/51786.jpg "Tynehead")
![Site of Tynehead station (1848-1969) looking south from the road bridge in June 2015 with a 158 on crew training duty passing through. Note the Network Rail access points created on both sides of the line - these follow the route to the former goods yard on the up side and the platform steps on the down side. [See image 42698]<br><br>[John Furnevel 26/06/2015]](/images/51000/51807.jpg "Tynehead")
![67009 EWS heads the Borders Steam Special south of Gorebridge on its way back to Edinburgh on Sunday 7th August 2016.<br>
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<br><br>[John Steven 07/08/2016]](/images/56000/56054.jpg "Tynehead")
![The 1259 Tweedbank - Edinburgh runs onto the double track section at Tynehead on 27 December 2016.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/12/2016]](/images/57000/57607.jpg "Tynehead")
![ScotRail 158724 about to run through the site of Tynehead station as it approaches the half way stage on its journey from Waverley to Tweedbank on 27 December 2016. The old station buildings, long converted for private residential use, stand at the top of the cutting on the east side of the line. [See image 24391]<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/12/2016]](/images/57000/57699.jpg "Tynehead")
![Less than half a mile north of Tynehead station, just prior to crossing the Tyne Water, the Borders Railway runs below a road bridge linking Halflawkiln Farm and the B6367. On the afternoon of 27 December 2016 ScotRail 158735 is seen here about to pass below the bridge with the 1259 Tweedbank – Edinburgh. <br><br>[John Furnevel 27/12/2016]](/images/57000/57728.jpg "Tynehead")
![Red for danger. A signal lights the snowy track at the former Tynehead station. The view looks south.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 27/12/2017]](/images/62000/62406.jpg "Tynehead")
![Approaching Tynehead from the north on Saturday 24 February 2018 is the ScotRail 1325 ex-Waverley bound for Tweedbank. The train has just crossed the Tyne Water and is approximately half a mile from the the junction with the next single line section.<br><br>[John Furnevel 24/02/2018]](/images/63000/63103.jpg "Tynehead")
![A 4-car 158 combination seen shortly after running north through the junction onto the double track section at Tynehead on 24 February 2018. The train is the ScotRail 1328 Tweedbank - Edinburgh. <br><br>[John Furnevel 24/02/2018]](/images/63000/63143.jpg "Tynehead")
