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

Tour Scotland short 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. The date for astronomical spring is Sunday 20th March, ending on Tuesday 21st June, while by the meteorological calendar, spring will start on Tuesday 1st March. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. @tourscotland #spring #bagpipes #music #shortsvideo All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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