2405 - Photo: John Turner.

D9007 "PINZA" prepares for a light engine run to Leeds, at Doncaster, on the morning of 5th January 1969...


0749 - Photo: Bruce McCartney.

...During the first weekend of 1969 the North British 'Waverley route'  via Hawick and Riccarton Junction closed to traffic and to mark the occasion the 'Railway Correspondence and Travel Society' ran a railtour from Leeds to Edinburgh via the route. Above D9007 "PINZA" is seen at Riccarton Junction during a photo stop...


0748 - Photo: Bruce McCartney.

...D9007 is seen later as the tour continues north to Edinburgh as it passes Hawick. The entrance to Hawick shed is seen to the left and a class 17 waits its next turn in service.

__________  Picture Reference  __________

05/01/69 - 1Z28 Leeds - Edinburgh (via the Waverley route - last day of route operation) Deltics at Work: Page 116.
05/01/69 - 1Z28 Leeds - Edinburgh (via the Waverley route - last day of route operation) Heyday of the Deltics: Page 70.
05/01/69 - 1Z28 Leeds - Edinburgh (via the Waverley route - last day of route operation) Power of the Deltics: Plate 129, 130 & 136.
05/01/69 - 1Z28 Leeds - Edinburgh (via the Waverley route - last day of route operation) Rail Portfolio No.3: Page 34.

BACK