On the 'Waverley Route' arriving from the north, a 64A St Margarets engine. "J Gladstone London Shrinkers" is painted on the roof and this is the London Shrinking Works, Station Brae, Galashiels. This works was named for its function: shrinking tweed destined for the London market. Tweed cloth as woven contained 'size', and woollen cloth tends to shrink when washed. This works washed newly-woven tweeds in a controlled manner, and dried them to the required width. This works has now closed and the building converted to other uses. Tweed manufacture in the Borders is now almost extinct.

Does anybody know when Galashiels station and approaches changed from semaphore signals to color light? It was the only station on the Waverley Route that had them as far as I know.