WAVERLEY ROUTE HERITAGE ASSOCIATION

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RAILWAYS OF SCOTLAND
VOLUME 2 - THE WAVERLEY ROUTE  - PRICE £19.95

Until its closure in 1969, the Waverley Route served the border towns and villages between Carlisle and Edinburgh. The industrial towns of Hawick and Galashiels contrasted sharply with the lonely beauty of Falahill, Shankend and Whitrope Summit, names that evoke memories of hard working steam locomotives as they pounded up steep gradients. From D49s in 1959, A1s, A3s, A4s, B1s and V2s in the early 1960s, to Claytons and Peaks after the end of steam, we trace the changes in motive power, including scenes on the last day of passenger workings. Leisurely trips on the branch lines to Kelso, Langholm and Selkirk, with studies of Galashiels, Hawick, St. Boswells, Shankend and Stow complement a superb final rail travelogue from Carlisle to Edinburgh featuring almost every station on the route. Duration: 59 min

 

RAILWAYS OF SCOTLAND
 VOLUME 3 - EDINBURGH - PRICE £19.95

Edinburgh - or 'Auld Reekie' - boasted an intricate network of suburban and freight lines until the sweeping closures of the nineteen sixties. In this programme, many of those long closed lines and stations are featured, from the impressive Princes Street Station to outlying stations such as Slateford and Portobello. Recorded at a wide variety of locations, many classes of steam locomotive are shown at work. The transition to diesel traction is also well documented with 'Deltic', Type '4', Sulzer 'Type 2' and 'Clayton' locomotives prominent. To the north West of Edinburgh lies the famous Forth Railway Bridge, opened in 1890. Included is footage of a ferry crossing from the South end of the bridge of North Queensferry. No look at Scotland's capital city would be complete without views of Waverley Station and scenes here feature LNER and NBR loco types. Duration: 59 min

 

ARCHIVE SERIES
VOLUME 4 - NORTH FROM NEWCASTLE - PRICE £19.95

Covering primarily the 1930s, 60s and 70s, the programme starts at Newcastle Central Station in 1931, with a wide variety of ex-NER locos. Tyneside's industrial lines are represented at Backworth Colliery. A brakevan trip from Morpeth and Widdrington complement film taken in 1965 of the branches to Hepscott and Alnwick. After Berwick and Tweedmouth, the Scottish Border is crossed and unique, mainly colour sequences shot between 1938 and 1956 feature fully streamlined A4s, N ER Atlantics, V2s, a steam railcar and others. Post-war footage of D49s, plus an A3 in experimental blue livery is complemented by film of diesel Class 26s and 40s shortly after their introduction. A comprehensive view of St. Margarets depot is followed by scenes in Edinburgh Waverley, between 1929 and the 1990s. Duration: 60 min

ARCHIVE SERIES
VOLUME 6 - NORTH FROM CARLISLE  - PRICE £19.95

The programme follows the WCML from Carlisle to Glasgow starting with 1960s scenes at Carlisle's Citadel station and three MPDs with-amongst others-Duchesses, Princesses, Scots, Patriots, Jubilees, A4s, A3s, B1s -a Glen-plus early diesels! After film of the Waverley Route at Newcastleton, the WCML is traced northwards and the infamous Beattock incline is shown with bankers at work. Followed by views of Carstairs, Lanark, the 'Clayton-operated' Morningside branch, Motherwell, Polmadie and Glasgow Central, this is a superb visual record of the route that includes a special feature recalling the UK's worst rail disaster at Quintinshill in 1915.
Duration: 61 min

 

ARCHIVE SERIES
VOLUME 9 - SCOTTISH BYWAYS  - PRICE £19.95

Carlisle to Hawick, Galashiels and the Peebles branch plus scenes at Jedburgh, followed by Dumfries and Kirkcudbright. Leaving the border area, the Gourock to Glasgow line is followed before heading eastwards into Clackmannan and Fife, with views at Alloa, Dunfermline, Charlestown, Lumphinnans, Thornton and the Fife Coast Line to Lundin Links. Further north, the Forfar area is viewed before travelling on the Ballater Branch, finishing with a journey to Banff and Macduff. Duration: 70 min

 

 

MARSDEN RAIL 3
CARLISLE - PRICE £19.95

A major rail centre on the West Coast Main Line, the city was a fascinating place in the early sixties and this video shows the scene before the diesels arrived in force. The programme features extensive coverage of the station and MPDs together and, in addition, there are journeys on the Silloth and Langholm branches. During this 60-minute programme over 160 engines are featured - over half of them named! As the film progresses the numerous ex-LMS and LNER locomotive classes give way to BR ‘Standard’ classes in the final run-down of steam traction. Duration: 55 min

 

BOOKS

RICCARTON JUNCTION "Just a few lines" by Christopher "Kit" Milligan PRICE £7.50

Riccarton Junction was one of few places in the British Isles to be completely dependent on the railway system. Although strategically important in railway terms, Riccarton was isolated from any roads, in the middle of the Roxburghshire fells. The inhabitants of Riccarton faced a harsh existence and this story is an account of one extraordinary life, told first hand.

This is the first publication from the Waverley Route Heritage Association and is in limited supply.

 

 

THE BORDER'S LAST DAYS OF STEAM

by W.A.C.Smith              PRICE £7.50

By the latter part of the nineteenth century most towns in the Scottish Borders had a rail service. Falling passenger numbers led to line closures from the 1930s onwards, and this collection of photographs illustrates many of the area's lost stations, along with historic rolling stock.

THE LOST RAILWAYS OF THE SCOTTISH BORDERS

by Gordon Stansfield                       PRICE £7.99

Now that the Waverley line may finally be reopened, the Borders could soon enjoy the convenience of a railway once again. But in the meantime, this book recalls the line and the many branches as they once were, back in the fifties and sixties before the closures were made. Covering the whole of the Borders region, including England, this collection of fifty-five images includes the stations at Langholm, Reston, Burnmouth, Eyemouth, Coldstream, Jedburgh, Galashiels, Hawick, Carlisle, and many others, as well loads of evocative photographs of locomotives puffing across the rolling Borders countryside.

BORDERS RAILWAY RAMBLES by Alasdair Wham                                     PRICE £9.95

Between 1846 and 1901 the Borders acquired no less than eighteen individual railway routes, chief among them the Waverley line, and yet by 1969 only the East Coast main line remained. However, plenty of clues to the region's railway past still exist and railway historian Alasdair Wham has walked all of the old routes to provide a detailed account of what can still be found. Combining history book and walking guide, Borders Railway Rambles tells how the Borders' railway network developed and searches for the heritage that is left. Accompanied by detailed maps and around forty period photographs, the book is packed with facts, figures and insights and is ideal for both serious ramblers and armchair enthusiasts.

THE DISTRICT CONTROLLER'S VIEW, No.8, THE WAVERLEY ROUTE        by J.Hodge                                              PRICE £12.95

Very little of an operational nature has been written in the past about the Waverley Route and this book fills the vacuum by describing in the finest detail the workings of the line in the 1950s. The full 1953 working timetable (passenger and goods) is shown together with engine workings, line diagrams and locomotive allocations throughout the decade. This detail is extended to describing in full the activities of the associated cross country branches including the Border Counties line from Riccarton Junction to Hexham and Newcastle.

WAVERLEY - PORTRAIT OF A FAMOUS ROUTE

by Roger Siviter        PRICE £14.99

This is surely the authoritative book on the Waverley Route, jam packed full of information, maps and black & white photographs of stations, sheds and locomotives, together with many varied scenes of the countryside surrounding the Waverley Route. There are countless photos taken by the Master Neverers, the infamously intrepid group who captured the Waverley Route so well on film, with the majority of photos being of steam locomotives working hard. If anyone is really keen on the Waverley Route this is THE book to have in a collection.

 

PAST & PRESENT No.9, SOUTH EAST SCOTLAND

by Keith Sanders & Douglas Hodgins     PRICE £15.99

This book presents a detailed examination of the changing face of railways, featuring over seventy locations including Edinburgh, Peebles, Galashiels, Kelso, St.Boswells, Maxton, Hawick, Hassendean, Stobs, Whitrope, Riccarton Jct, Newcastleton, Langholm, Jedfoot & Roxburgh to name but a few. The pictures have been chosen to provide a balanced view, including railways which are still in use or being developed, together with scenes where the lines have been closed and either abandoned or redeveloped since the "past" pictures were taken.

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TRACK PANELS - SPONSOR ONE TODAY

Not actually for sale as such, track panels can be sponsored for use by the W.R.H.A. At £200 for a 60 feet long panel weighing 4.5 tonnes, this is the ideal way to help out the organisation. Please contact us at the usual address for further information.