Winter Tay Railway Bridge Over Firth Of Tay On History Visit To Dundee Tayside Scotland

Tour Scotland short Winter 4K dreich travel video clip, with Scottish bagpipes music, of a diesel passenger train crossing the Tay Railway Bridge over the Firth of Tay on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Dundee, Tayside, Britain, United Kingdom. Dreich is a Scots word for dull and cloudy weather. The present bridge is the second one this site. From about 1854, there had been plans for a Tay crossing, to replace an early train ferry. The first bridge, opened in 1878, was a single track lattice design, notable for lightness and low cost. Its sudden collapse in a high wind on 28 December 1879 was one of the great engineering disasters of history. Seventy five passengers and crew died. The second bridge is a double track construction of iron and steel, opened in 1887 and still in service. The Tay Bridge carries the railway across the Firth of Tay in Scotland between Dundee and the suburb of Wormit in Fife. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Officially, the Scottish winter runs from the 21st of December through to the 20th March. @tourscotland #winter #music #bagpipes #shorts #scotland All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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