Railway trip over the Tay Bridge (Silent, 1897)

Phantom ride shot from the engine front as a steam train pulls away from Wormit station in Fife, crossing the Tay rail bridge and passing south bound trains.

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[mlpok102]

@clydeferries yes it is the second bridge, the original Tay bridge was a single track railway

[clydeferries]

I take it this is the second bridge. If so , they recovered the engine after the disaster and it was known a Diver after that.

[craigowler]

see my own slide videos regarding the Diver

[craigowler]

Read John Prebble's "High Girders" it provides an excellent account as to why the Brig fell doon. Also see my own videos depicting both versions of the Brig

[roddy76to86]

My understanding is that after recent renovation, all trains except heavy freight trains can now pass on the bridge.

[kloratis]

lol

[BillDFC]

The engine was recovered,the river is quite shallow and sand banks are exposed at low tide. Re.The High Girders by John Prebble.

Dundee is my home town.

[AndyMcArren1356]

I read a book about this Disaster of Tay Bridge. And it said that a waterspout spinning across the River slammed into it and weakened it and fell into the river.

[gaz318]

The train was probably taken across the bridge at a deliberatly slow speed so the footage wasn't too bouncy, steam locomotives to bounce around quite a bit at speed, The Locomotive from the disaster was recovered and ran for some years after, the idea it's still down there is just a myth.

[nacho1560]

Fascinating to think this was taken only 18 years after the Tay Bridge Disaster.

Was surprised to see two trains passing on the bridge itself. I might be wrong but don't think this is allowed today.

The original engine was indeed recovered and put back in service and known as the Diver, (wouldn't catch me going on it), the guards door is on view in Dundee Museum.