THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT YOUTUBE VID. I'm a railway buff too, walked over Big Water of Fleet viaduct in September, must get my pics uploaded to Flickr. Closure of the Port Line was madness, even evil. The timing of the week long survey of passenger/traffic numbers upon which the decisions to close lines nationally was based beggars belief. With the reopening of the Borders Railway (with frequent steam trips, yay!), I still hope that one day this line reopens too...they're still keeping quiet about the massive oilfields found in the Irish Sea off Galloway in the '80's, Loch Ryan and Stranraer will one day be as bustling a place as Aberdeen, imo, and that line's reopening would be a viable option. I do wonder if the upgrading of the A(N)75 is a discrete prelude...(bye the bye, my late Dad was one of the Mulberry boffins.. I went to Garlieston for a look)
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