Official train.
Jan 29, 2016 10:47:27 #
riada22 wrote:
The Queen opened a new rail line from Edinburgh to the Borders in September 2015 and this is the train that she travelled in.
:thumbup:
Jan 29, 2016 16:57:44 #
riada22 wrote:
The Queen opened a new rail line from Edinburgh to the Borders in September 2015 and this is the train that she travelled in.
What a joy for the owner to be selected to use his gorgeous engine to pull the Queen's train. Sad to read that it had to be helped on the way back. But, helper engines are quite usual and no embarrassment as far as I am concerned.
Jan 30, 2016 10:27:36 #
JCam wrote:
Nice picture, but should we infer from your reply that this is now a privately owned Rail Road? Is it run for profit?
No it is a new rail line built by the Scottish government to connect Edinburgh with the Borders area. The history is as follows:-
"Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching (21 April 1913 23 March 1985), commonly known as Dr Beeching, was chairman of British Railways and a physicist and engineer. He became a household name in Britain in the early 1960s for his report "The Reshaping of British Railways", commonly referred to as "The Beeching Report", which led to far-reaching changes in the railway network, popularly known as the Beeching Axe.
As a result of the report, just over 4,000 route miles were cut on cost and efficiency grounds, leaving Britain with 13,721 miles (22,082 km) of railway lines in 1966. A further 2,000 miles (3,200 km) were lost by the end of the 1960s.[3]
They virtually laid new tracks on the original line with some alterations.
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