TIME TRAVELLER
Dec 18, 2018
3 minutes
50 YEARS AGO...
JANUARY 1969
■ Amidst controversy and protests, the line between Edinburgh and Carlisle via Hawick was officially closed on Monday January 6 – although the final trains, including a farewell railtour hauled by ‘Deltic’ No. D9007 (55007) , had run the day before. The final passenger train was the 9.56pm sleeper from Edinburgh Waverley to St Pancras hauled by ‘Peak’ No. D60 (45022), which arrived two hours late into Carlisle due to protesters blocking the line at Hawick and
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