A4 60009 'Union of South Africa' at Galashiels - (1Z22) - Borders Railway - 23rd Sept 2015
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- LNER A4 pacific No. 60009 'Union of South Africa' at Galashiels on the new Borders Railway hauling one of the Autumn steam specials from Edinburgh Waverley to Tweedbank on Wednesday 23rd September 2015.
The line was opened by Her Majesty the Queen on 9th September 2015.
Great shots, a line re-opening is always a massive event. Well captured.
That was quite something - opening up a lengthy stretch of the old Waverley Route. Good for you recording it for us.
+balmesh Thanks for your comments. Its great for the Borders area of Scotland with this part opening.
Cheers - Allan.
Wonderfully captured footage Allan! Gala is a pretty wee town and the hills of the Southern Uplands make a great backdrop. It's great to see Gala back on the railway map and even better to see John Cameron's A4 bashing the borders metals. When I watched your opening clip I reminisced of how many classic locos there walls must have seen. Quite apart from all the classic LNER types, such A1, 2, 3, 4, V2, B1 D49 etc, also the old NBR locos such as the 4-4-0s NB Atlantics, and freight 0-6-0s. Some NER and GNR locos also travelled regularly on it. What a heritage and it's back in action. Now its onward to Carlisle - hope I live long enough to see THAT day! Thanks for a wonderful video. Ken
Thanks for your comments Ken. What a lovely town this is. I have been thro only once and that was my previous pass the day before the Waverley closed in 69. Great to see the towns served by rail again and these steam excursions are a big success with sold out trains. Great for the Borders area and it's people. Cheers. Allan.
Great shot thanks for all your videos
Thanks for watching Vincent. Regards. Allan.
Great shots of the new Border Line Allan. Once travelled the whole of The Waverley Line many years ago. If only that could happen again! Cheers, Dave.
+D1002 Western Explorer Thanks very much Dave. I only travelled the line once before this and that was on an excursion the day before it closed. IOts great to see part of it open once more. Regards - Allan.
Great footage at Galashiels Allan....Nice to see U of SA...I imagined that there would have been a few near misses with the cars as their Drivers might be fascinated to see a Steam Loco on their left/right side !! Have a good Holiday...Best wishes...Steve.~
Nice video from Galashiels Allan with some nice bonus views of the town. That's one mighty busy road next to the station. Look forward to more of your videos after your break. Cheers, Jeff.
+bobnweaver Thanks very much for your comments Jeff. A lovely line and great to see part of it open once again.
Cheers - Allan.
Nice little video of the new borders line with number 9. Well done. Enjoy your well earned break.
+Anthony Cooper Many thanks Anthony. It was a nice journey, even on a diesel unit and the line was very busy indeed. I think it's going to be a very popular line. I'm going to enjoy the two week break then back with more rail videos. Best wishes - Allan.
Great!
Thanks very much. Allan.
great video Allan, the first picture looks realy beautiful !
thumbs up and greatings from germany
Alex
+Südbaden Filmer Thank you very much for watching and commenting Alex. I appreciate your words.
Best wishes from Newcastle, England.
great video Allan, the first picture looks realy beautiful !!!
thumbs up and greatings from germany
Alex
Many thanks for watching and commenting Alex.Much appreciated. Allan.
Klasse Allan! Very good shot and lovely steam-loco. Thumbs up :-)
Best Regards from Germany, Mike
+mickles Many thanks for your comments Mike. Pleased you like the video.
Regards - Allan. :-)
excellent video of the new borders railway and union of south africa
+UKTransportVideos82 Thanks very much Andrew. Cheers - Allan.
Excellent video Allan! Best regards! :-)
Many thanks for your comments. Cheers. Allan.
Graet video, Allen - nice train with beautiful loco :-)
Thumbs up, kind regards
Mike
Many thank's for watching and for you comment. Much appreciated. Cheers. Allan. I
Nice clip from Gala. My ride is on Sunday and looking forward to it. Enjoy your hols.
Regards Scott
+Scott Knight Many thanks Scott. Enjoy your trip on the line at the Weekend. Cheers - Allan.
Very good video! Great Railway! Very good work! Cheers! Bruno :-)
Many thanks for watching and commenting Bruno. Best wishes. Allan.
Hi Allan, well captured, Have a nice holiday...Dave
Thanks for your comments Dave. Much appreciated. Cheers. Allan.
Hi Allan your welcome, thanks for reply..Dave
Great Video Allan :-) Cheers Ulli
Thank you very much Ulli. Regards. Allan.
What a pity the budget couldn't have run to providing stations with anything other than bus shelters. But that's what happens when politicians control everything, I suppose. The North British Railway would've realised the importance of making a proper statement of their presence.
Thanks Andrei for your comments. The bus shelters and iron bridges are quite a feature of the line giving it a quite clinical drab look unfortunately. Nice scenery between stations thankfully. Cheers. Allan.