Exploring remnants of the old Waverley route - Part 2

I had been meaning to checkout the old viaduct just north of Scotch dyke old station, but just never got round to it until today. Although I think I should have waited around another 4 month as it’s all wildly overgrown . Still I managed to get to walk across the viaduct.
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[@denisconnolly5064]

Thank you for providing this content, I really enjoy it. During the 1970's my school, Austin Friars at Carlisle held weekly cross country runs and a part of the course passed across the recently closed Waverly route. A group including myself would pause in a stationary guards van which was parked on the previous Waverly mainline, light a fire in the stove and hang out. Somehow, our housemasters never detected our skiving!

[@Xpl0r]

Brilliant , just keeping warm then . They still do cross country runs as I live not far from the school and see the kids struggling up the scaur back to the school 😂👍

[@alistairshaw3206]

A lot of the structures on the Waverley route survived. I think it was because it was a later closure, in 1969. Earlier closures had everything demolished as quickly as possible.
A lot of the original bridges were refurbished and reused on the part of the Waverley route which was reopened.

[@Xpl0r]

Yes thankfully lots of the bridges are still in good nick today and with some maintenance lived on for another life .

[@debatablelands_ratcher6354]

The real big viaduct is further on 3 mile maybe. iam from Longtown 👍

[@Xpl0r]

that’s to explore on another day , the path on the north side of the bridge is so overgrown and I guess it’s private land ??