Date: 04/03/2022

The Campaign for Borders Rail is considering commissioning its own research to support the case for extending the Edinburgh - Tweedbank railway to Hawick and Carlisle.

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A Class 26 enters St Boswells with a northbound service in September 1962. The photographer's notes on the back of the print record the time of day as 11.20 am and the weather as overcast, but do not record the loco number or the departing and incoming trains. But one may fairly conclude that they will have been the up Waverley and the 9.20 am Carlisle- Edinburgh.
Location: St Boswells
Company: Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
03/09/1962 Brian Haslehust

The RCTS Farewell to the Waverley Route railtour prepares to leave Hawick on 5 January 1969 behind Deltic D9007 Pinza. Hawick station pilot D8606 is standing over on the left while a dmu service from Edinburgh is on the right.
Location: Hawick [2nd]
Company: Border Union Railway (North British Railway)
05/01/1969 D Walker Collection [Courtesy Bruce McCartney]

On 13th June 1964, A3 Pacific 60077 'The White Knight' came to the rescue of Peak D27, which caught fire north of Newcastleton whilst heading the up 'Waverley'. The diesel can be seen here deposited at Newcastleton station, with the A3 returning to the train to take it onwards tender first to Carlisle. What happened to the northbound freight, from which the Pacific had presumably been commandeered, is not recorded in the photographer's notes on the back of the print.
Location: Newcastleton
Company: Border Union Railway (North British Railway)
13/06/1964 Brian Haslehust

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