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...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... .
...Above (and top) D9007 "PINZA" is seen at Riccarton Junction during a photo stop...
...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.
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...Another photo stop is seen at Fountainhall Junction...
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...D9007 "PINZA" is seen having reached Edinburgh on the outward leg of the RCTS "Waverley Farewell Railtour" on the 5th January 1969.