The Great North of Scotland Railway was one of the two smallest of the five major Scottish railway companies prior to the 1923 Grouping, operating in the north-east of the country. Formed in 1845, it
No. 49 Gordon Highlander, seen here in 1964 after preservation.
The reception at Huntly for the official opening train
Banff station in 1964
Blacksboat station in 1961
Deeside Railway
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The Deeside Railway was a passenger and goods railway between Aberdeen and Ballater in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Opening in 1853 to Banchory, an extension reached Aboyne in 1859. A separate company, th
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…railway instead took a cheaper but 2-mile (3.2 km) longer route through Lumphanan, and services were extended over the new line on 2 December 1859. The Aboyne and Braemar Railway was formed by the Aboyne and Braemar Railway Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. cclxxix) to build a line from Aboyne the 28 miles (45 km) to Braemar. The line…
The disused line, east of Ballater, in 2008
Deeside line timetable - summer 1963
A wire fence strainer on the Deeside line near Peterculter made by Harper and Co, Ironfounders, Aberdeen.
Reproduction of a royal carriage used by Queen Victoria at Ballater railway station