2842 - Photo: Alistair Holt (the late Keith Holt Collection).

...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... .



0749 - Photo: Bruce McCartney.

...Above (and top) 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.



2841 - Photo: Alistair Holt (the late Keith Holt Collection).

...Another photo stop is seen at Fountainhall Junction...



2840 - Photo: Alistair Holt (the late Keith Holt Collection).

...D9007 "PINZA" is seen having reached Edinburgh on the outward leg of the RCTS "Waverley Farewell Railtour" on the 5th January 1969.

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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.

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