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Rail workers digging out Waverley Line
Unknown, 1947, Photograph
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Rail workers digging out Waverley Line
Rail workers digging out Waverley Line
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37693
Title
Rail workers digging out Waverley Line from heavy snowfall
Description
Rail workers stand on steep hillside roped together in the snow. A steam train is visible in the valley below. John Robertson (Jock) is standing in the foreground with the rope clearly seen tied around his waist.
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Unknown
Date
1947
Size
9.0 x 12.7 cm
Type
Photograph
This photograph was taken in the severe winter of 1947, when the snow covering the tracks of the Waverley Line had to be dug out manually. The men were roped together for safety but in spite of the cold they were in everyday working clothes and some were bare-headed and without gloves!
The Waverley Line was run by the North British Railway from Edinburgh to Carlisle until it was closed in 1969 after the Beeching Report. A long campaign resulted in the re-opening of part of the route.
The Borders Railway
links Edinburgh to the Borders town of Tweedbank and was opened on 9th September by Her Majesty the Queen. At over 30 miles it is the longest track to be laid in over a hundred years.
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Borders Railway - Winter 1947
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