Train crossing the Tay Bridge at dusk, Wormit, Fife, Scotland.

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Train crossing the Tay Bridge at dusk, Wormit, Fife, Scotland.

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Caption: The Tay Bridge carries rail traffic across the Firth of Tay in Scotland between Dundee and the suburb of Wormit in Fife. Its span is 2.75 miles (4.43 kilometres). It is the second bridge to occupy the site, the first bridge, opened in 1878, collapsed in high winds on 28 December 1879, while a train was crossing, killing everybody on board. A replacement bridge was constructed and opened in 1887.

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