With additional notes by PROFESSOR ANDREW McNAUGHTON formerly Chief Engineer, Network Rail and Technical Director, High Speed 2 Ltd.
By August 12 1948, parts of the Eyewater in rural Berwickshire had seen fully one-third of their annual rainfall in just six days.
This resulted in the washing away of seven ECML bridges between the former North British Railway wayside stations at Reston and Grantshouse (both closed on May 4 1964). Huge amounts of additional damage was also done to the track and infrastructure, including the sudden appearance of a mile-long lake on the high side of a 60ft embankment after a culvert collapse at nearby Ayton.
In total, 20 bridges in the surrounding area
