Aberdeen Railway

Introduction

This railway is part of the West Coast Main Line and the East Coast Main Line. The open portion runs north from near Montrose to Aberdeen.

This line ran from Aberdeen to near Forfar [2nd] with branches to Brechin and Montrose. The line is intact from near Montrose to Aberdeen (forming a major part of both the West Coast Main Line and East Coast Main Line routes). It carries both passengers and freight. A branch from Bridge of Dun to Brechin remains as a preserved railway. A station at Laurencekirk has been re-opened.

The company merged with the Scottish Midland Junction Railway to form the Scottish North Eastern Railway.

Why built

This completed the West Coast Main Line route north to Aberdeen, the fourth largest town in Scotland at the time (now third) and an important port, the line also serving a number of towns either directly (eg Stonehaven) or with branches (Brechin and Montrose [CR]).



The North British Railway had running powers from Kinnaber Junction to Aberdeen. (Back in 1847 when the line was independent the NBR had invested in the line when it was short of funds and works north of Montrose had stalled.)

Service

From Montrose to Aberdeen the line carries both local trains and long distance services of the East Coast and West Coast mainlines.



Dates

  /  /1845Aberdeen Railway
Act receives Royal assent. The line with run from Guthrie and Friockheim north largely by the coast to Aberdeen with branches to Brechin and Montrose.
  /  /1846Arbroath and Forfar Railway Aberdeen Railway
Act passed to allow the Arbroath and Forfar Railway to be leased by the Aberdeen Railway.
  /  /1847Aberdeen Railway Great North of Scotland Railway
Fusion Act made available to merge the Aberdeen Railway with the Great North of Scotland Railway. This Act was not used.
  /  /1847Aberdeen Railway
Friockheim Viaduct built, 189m in length. (Date often given as 1840, which is very unlikely.)
  /  /1847Aberdeen Railway
Aberdeen Railway authorised to buy land at 'The Inches' for the Aberdeen [Guild Street] station approach and station. Considerable infill on the west bank of the River Dee was required for both the approach and station site (and the docks developed to the east).
  /  /1848Arbroath and Forfar Railway Aberdeen Railway
Arbroath and Forfar Railway leased by the Aberdeen Railway.
01/02/1848Aberdeen Railway
Guthrie Junction and Friockheim Junction (merging at Glasterlaw Junction) to termini at Brechin and Montrose [CR] (dividing at Bridge of Dun) opened. Stations opened at Guthrie, Glasterlaw, Farnell Road, Bridge of Dun, Brechin, Montrose [CR]. Coaches connected with trains at Montrose [CR] allowing passengers to continue north.
07/06/1849Aberdeen Railway
Deviation authorised for the Montrose [CR] branch. Tramway to harbour to be built (not built at this time).
01/11/1849Aberdeen Railway
Line extended from Dubton Junction to Limpet Mill (a temporary terminus north of Stonehaven). Stations at Marykirk, Laurencekirk, Drumlithie, Stonehaven and Limpet Mill.
  /  /1850Aberdeen Railway
Dubton station opened at Dubton Junction.
  /  /1850Aberdeen Railway Great North of Scotland Railway
Amalgamation Act repealed.
  /  /1850Aberdeen Railway
Aberdeen (Guild Street) authorised to be built on the south side of Guild Street.
  /  /1850Aberdeen Railway
Friockheim Junction (excluded) to Glasterlaw Junction (excluded) closed. Friockheim Viaduct out of use. Guthrie used as exchange.
01/02/1850Aberdeen Railway
Line extended north from Limpet Mill to Portlethen. Limpet Mill, a short lived terminus, closed. Muchalls and Portlethen opened.
01/04/1850Aberdeen Railway
Aberdeen Ferryhill opened, with the extension of the line north from Portlethen. New stations at Cove and Aberdeen Ferryhill.
  /  /1851Aberdeen Railway
Craigo and Newtonhill opened.
  /  /1853Aberdeen Railway
The Aberdeen Railway is granted an extension of time to the Act to complete the line for the difficult section of line between Aberdeen [Ferryhill] and Aberdeen [Guild Street].
22/09/1853Aberdeen Railway
A portion of The Inches purchased by the Aberdeen Railway (originally approved 1847).
02/08/1854Aberdeen Railway
Extension of the line to the new Aberdeen Guild Street terminus from the temporary terminus Aberdeen Ferryhill, which closed.
03/08/1854Aberdeen Railway Deeside Railway
The Deeside Railway is granted running powers over the Aberdeen Railway between the Aberdeen (Guild Street) terminus and Ferryhill Junction. The payment required was established in 1855.
  /  /1856Aberdeen RailwayScottish Midland Junction RailwayScottish North Eastern Railway
The Aberdeen Railway merged with Scottish Midland Junction Railway to become Scottish North Eastern Railway.
  /  /1856Aberdeen Railway
Fordoun and New Mill Offset opened.
01/04/1856Great North of Scotland Railway
Kittybrewster [1st] to Aberdeen Waterloo opened completely (with horse tramway to the Aberdeen Railway's terminus at Aberdeen Guild Street). Kittybrewster [1st] and Aberdeen Waterloo stations opened. Original Aberdeen Kittybrewster terminus closed.
  /  /1862Aberdeen Railway
Approval to lift road up onto bridge over line at Bridge of Dun.
  /  /1862Aberdeen Railway
Additional works and improvements at Stonehvaen authorised.
01/04/1863Aberdeen Railway
Friockheim Junction to Glasterlaw Junction re-opened. Friockheim Viaduct brought back into use.
  /  /1864Aberdeen Railway
Authorisation to close Aberdeen Guild Street to passengers when replaced by Aberdeen Joint, except for Deeside Railway traffic.
  /10/1866Aberdeen Railway
New Mill Offset renamed Newmill Siding.
01/11/1867Aberdeen Railway
Friockheim Junction (excluded) to Glasterlaw Junction (excluded) closed again. Friockheim Viaduct out of use.
04/11/1867Aberdeen Railway
Aberdeen Guild Street closed replaced by Aberdeen Joint.
  /11/1869Aberdeen Railway Montrose and Bervie Railway
Broomfield closed. Remained in timetables until 1877.
23/03/1872Aberdeen Railway
Boiler explosion at Dubton.
23/03/1872Aberdeen Railway
A boiler explosion at Bridge of Dun severely injures the train crew.
  /  /1878Aberdeen Railway
Authorisation to buy land to enlarge Bridge of Dun station.
16/07/1878Aberdeen Railway
Friockheim Junction to Glasterlaw Junction re-opened. Friockheim Viaduct brought back into use.
17/07/1883Aberdeen Railway
Company no longer obliged to built a tramway to Montrose Wet Dock.
  /  /1885North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway Aberdeen Railway
The North British Railway and Caledonian Railway are granted running powers over the independent Montrose Harbour lines.
  /  /1886Aberdeen Railway
Agreement allows the North British Railway to use Broomfield Siding and Broomfield Junction on the Montrose [CR] branch, crossed by Montrose to Bervie trains following the NBR's take over.
  /  /1886North British, Arbroath and Montrose Railway Aberdeen Railway
Formal agreement between the North British Railway and Caledonian Railway about use of the Montrose Harbour sidings.
02/11/1898Aberdeen Railway
A cattle train breaks away and runs downhill into Brechin's passenger platforms resulting in damage to the terminus building and the death of many animals.
  /  /1899Aberdeen Joint (Caledonian Railway) Aberdeen Railway
Authorisation to rebuild and enlarge Aberdeen Joint station and considerably widen the lines, (from two tracks to five to six), south from Denburn Junction to Ferryhill Junction.
  /  /1905Aberdeen Railway
Widening at Polmuir Road authorised. This was the extension of a bridge over Polmuir Road to allow Ferryhill Shed [2nd] to be considerably expanded to the west of the original shed building.
  /  /1907Aberdeen Railway
Permission to buy land to extend Laurencekirk station.
  /  /1907Aberdeen Railway
Caledonian Railway authorised to purchase land for a new marshalling yard, Craiginches Yard.
01/02/1908Aberdeen Railway
Friockheim Junction (excluded) to Glasterlaw Junction (excluded) closed again.
26/04/1910Aberdeen Railway
Authorisation to rebuild station.
26/04/1910Aberdeen Railway
Reconstruction of Laurencekirk authorised.
13/12/1910Aberdeen Railway
Alterations to Aberdeen Guild Street goods authorised.
13/12/1910Aberdeen Railway
Authorisation for further sidings at Craiginches Yard and remodelling of Aberdeen Guild Street Goods.
01/10/1912Aberdeen Railway
Cove renamed Cove Bay.
  /  /1914Aberdeen Railway
Friockheim Viaduct out of use. Line lifted in 1917 for war effort and Friockheim Junction box closed.
  /  /1915Aberdeen Railway
Agreement with Montrose Town Council to stop up and divert Rosehill Road (just south of Broomhill Junction). A level crossing was closed and road diverted to run along the west side of the line to Broomhill Junction.
  /  /1921Aberdeen Railway Aberdeen Harbour Trustees Tramway
Caledonian Railway authorised to build line from Aberdeen Guild Street goods to Aberdeen Corporation Electricity Works.
30/04/1943Aberdeen Railway
Montrose [CR] to Broomfield Junction closed to passengers.
04/12/1950Aberdeen Railway
Muchalls closed.
04/08/1952Aberdeen Railway
Brechin to Bridge of Dun (excluded) closed to passengers.
04/08/1952Aberdeen Railway
Montrose [CR] to Broomfield Junction to Dubton Junction closed to passengers. Dubton station closed.
11/06/1956Aberdeen Railway
Carmont, Cove Bay, Newtonhill and Portlethen closed.
21/04/1958Aberdeen Railway
Deeside Railway
Deeside Extension Railway
Aboyne and Braemar Railway
BMU Battery Railcar introduced between Aberdeen and Ballater.
  /  /1962Aberdeen Joint (Caledonian Railway) Aberdeen Railway Arbroath and Forfar Railway Scottish Midland Junction Railway Scottish Central Railway Caledonian Railway Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway Buchanan Street Extension (Caledonian Railway)
A4 Pacifics introduced on the Aberdeen to Glasgow Buchanan Street 3 hour Grampian run.
20/06/1963Aberdeen Railway
Broomfield Junction (excluded) to Dubton Junction (excluded) closed to freight
03/09/1966Aberdeen Joint (Caledonian Railway) Aberdeen Railway Arbroath and Forfar Railway Scottish Midland Junction Railway Scottish Central Railway Caledonian Railway Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway Buchanan Street Extension (Caledonian Railway)
A4 Pacifics from Aberdeen to Glasgow Buchanan Street withdrawn.
19/06/1967Aberdeen Railway
Montrose [CR] (also known as Montrose East) to Broomfield Junction closed to freight.
04/09/1967Scottish Midland Junction Railway Aberdeen Railway
Perth (Stanley Junction) to Laurencekirk (Kinnaber Junction) closed to passengers.
04/09/1967Aberdeen RailwayArbroath and Forfar Railway
Forfar North Junction (excluded) to Bridge of Dun (excluded) closed to all traffic.
04/09/1967Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway
Newtyle and Glammis Railway
Arbroath and Forfar Railway
Aberdeen Railway
Stanley Junction to Kinnaber Junction closed to passengers. Coupar Angus, Alyth Junction, Forfar and Bridge of Dun stations closed.
  /  /1979Aberdeen Railway
Brechin Preservation Society formed.
04/05/1981Aberdeen Railway
Brechin to Kinnaber Junction (excluded) closed.
21/06/1981Aberdeen Railway
New Aberdeen Signalling Centre opened
17/05/1985Aberdeen Railway
Portlethen re-opened
  /  /1992Aberdeen Railway
Freight traffic at Laurencekirk ceases.
06/04/1997Aberdeen Railway
Hole opens up between the tracks at the north end of Marykirk Viaduct. This was only a few weeks after a similar hole opened up at Cowie Den Viaduct.
  /06/1997Aberdeen Railway
Freight traffic returns to Laurencekirk.
  /10/1997Aberdeen Railway
Stonehaven car park to be expanded.
  /02/1998Aberdeen Railway
Proposed re-development of Aberdeen Guild Street Goods and the bus station.
26/02/1998Aberdeen Railway
Tiphook container derailed off a bridge during shunting at Stonehaven.
19/01/2000Aberdeen Railway
Transport Minister Sarah Boyach opposes electrification of the Aberdeen line.
  /11/2001Aberdeen Railway
Carmont signal box modernised.
  /12/2001Aberdeen Railway
English, Welsh and Scottish Railway spends £110,000 building an express parcels depot - a building and canopy covered loading platform for forklifts - at Aberdeen Guild Street Goods. A service to Walsall is already in operation and it is hoped to introduce a further service to London after the Tay Bridge has been upgraded.
  /11/2002Aberdeen Railway
Aberdeen Guild Street Goods shed demolished.
  /  /2005Aberdeen Railway
In excess of 96% of those surveyed in Newtonhill support re-opening of the station.
  /08/2006Leven Railway Aberdeen Railway
A footbridge from Cameron Bridge, on the former Leven Railway, is offered to the Caledonian Railway [Preserved], which operates the Brechin branch of the former Aberdeen Railway.
17/05/2009Aberdeen Railway
Laurencekirk station re-opened. This was the 65th Modern Era re-opening in Scotland.
  /04/2010Aberdeen Railway
Following the success of re-opening Laurencekirk, Muchalls and Cammachmore Community Council appeals for re-opening of Newtonhill station.
  /07/2011Aberdeen Railway
A petition to Transport Secretary Keith Brown signed by nearly half the residents of Newtonhill ask for the station's re-opening.
12/08/2020Aberdeen Railway
HST derails after hitting landslide at Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont], three are killed. The train was halted en route south from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street High Level due to flooding to the south of Carmont. After reversing and returning through Carmont to Stonehaven a landslip is hit derailing the train some of which is destroyed by fire. The line is closed for investigation, clearance and repairs.

Route described

The line ran from a triangular junction midway between Forfar [2nd] and Arbroath north to Aberdeen by a largely coastal route with branches to Brechin and Montrose. From near Montrose to Aberdeen the line remains open as part of the East Coast Main Line and a portion from Bridge of Dun to Brechin is in preservation as the Caledonian Railway (Preserved).



This line runs through agricultural hinterland. The line had branches to the market town of Brechin, port of Montrose and terminated at the port and former garrison of Aberdeen.


Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Guthrie to Aberdeen

This was the double track mainline of the Aberdeen Railway. Opened partly in 1848 and in stages until completely opened in 1854. The southern portion, now closed, was part of the Strathmore Route. North of the former Kinnaber Junction it remains open. A short portion at Bridge of Dun is in preservation.

Although the site of Guthrie station, just to the west of the junction, has been largely landscaped (except for some buildings and a loading bank), the junction remains recognisable.
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Arbroath and Forfar Railway
Guthrie Junction looking west towards Guthrie station. The route of the Arbroath and Forfar Railway (1838) ran from bottom centre into the distance. ...
Ewan Crawford 11/04/2023
The Forfar - Arbroath goods photographed passing through Guthrie Junction behind a CR 0-4-4T on 6 April 1958. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/04/1958
Looking east at Guthrie Junction. The original Arbroath and Forfar route to Arbroath was to the right and the Aberdeen Railway was to the left. The ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
44934 piloting 73008 past Guthrie Junction on up Granite City. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 18/07/1953
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This was where the routes from Forfar [2nd] and Arbroath merged to run north to Aberdeen. The line from Forfar was the principal route, the Strathmore line.
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Glasterlaw Junction from the east. The main line starts from bottom right and curves off to Guthrie Junction top right (a fair amount has been ...
Ewan Crawford 20/04/2023
View west on the Guthrie-Glasterlaw curve near Glasterlaw Junction in 1996. The Guthrie Junction distant signal still stood at this time. ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
Black 5 4-6-0 45155 passing the site of Glasterlaw Junction with an Aberdeen - Buchanan Street express in the spring of 1953. View north along the ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/04/1953
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This station was immediately north of Glasterlaw Junction on the main line north from Perth via Forfar [2nd] to Aberdeen, the Strathmore line.
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The former level crossing at Glasterlaw seen in a view looking north east away from the site of the station on a very hot and sunny day. A signal has ...
Ewan Crawford 20/04/2023
Glasterlaw signal box on the second last day of passenger services on the Strathmore line, 2nd September 1967. Note the flat roof. If I am remembering ...
Douglas Blades 02/09/1967
The level crossing gates still stand north east of Glasterlaw station. This is how they looked in 1996 in a view looking to the station. The signal ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
This was the level crossing north east of Glasterlaw Junction where the Strathmore main line was met by the Friockheim Fork. A signal box stood to the ...
John Yellowlees 05/06/2021
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This may look like a platform, but it is the remains of the bridge which carried the Strathmore main line over the A934. The road has been realigned, ...
Ewan Crawford 20/04/2023
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View south west of Muirmills level crossing. The crossing keeper's cottage remains standing. ...
Ewan Crawford 20/04/2023
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The north side of the bridge over the Pow Burn, which has lost its girders unfortunately. The bridge was located between Egypt and Little Fithie ...
Ewan Crawford 20/04/2023
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This station is closed and the main building is now a private house. The stone road underline bridge to the east of the site has been removed (it was Tudor styled and survived until about 1975 - a near identical bridge survives just east of the former Dubton station).
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View south west at Farnell. Farnell Road was a wayside station with a small goods yard, closing along with other local stations in 1956. The main ...
Ewan Crawford 20/04/2023
The former Farnell Road station, looking south. On the left the Strathmore main line crossed over the road by a bridge, removed by 1996. ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
The remains of Farnell Road station (closed 11th June 1956) on the 2nd September 1967, which was second last day of passenger services on the ...
Douglas Blades 02/09/1967
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A wicket gate survives at Powmouth Level Crossing, south west of Bridge of Dun. There was a gatekeeper's cottage which has not survived. ...
Ewan Crawford 20/04/2023
View of the Strathmore main line amongst farmland about half way between Farnell Road and Powmouth, looking north east. Montrose Basin is top right. ...
Ewan Crawford 20/04/2023
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This double track multi-girder viaduct carried the Aberdeen Railway Strathmore Main Line over the South Esk.
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Looking north along the now out of use footbridge which was built on the piers of the former railway bridge. (Note fencing blocking off access at far ...
Ewan Crawford 20/04/2023
The Strathmore main line crossed over the River South Esk about half a mile south west of Bridge of Dun station. The bridge was unusual having four ...
Ewan Crawford 20/04/2023
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This is a station on the Caledonian Railway [Preserved] which runs from Bridge of Dun to Brechin. The station was formerly on the Strathmore main line between Perth and Aberdeen via Forfar [2nd].
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D3059 'Brechin City' at Bridge of Dun in 1993. This 1954 built loco was withdrawn in 1980 as 08046. ...
Bill Roberton //1993
Looking east towards Montrose and Kinnaber Junction. over a dismantled Yorkshire Engine Co. diesel, at Bridge of Dun in 1993.
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Bill Roberton //1993
Barclay 0-4-0ST No.1863, built by the firm of Andrew Barclay at the Caledonia Works in Kilmarnock in 1926, arriving at Bridge of Dun with a Caledonian ...
David Bosher 15/08/2021
D3059 0-6-0 DE shunter, named 'Brechin City', stabled at Bridge of Dun on the Caledonian Railway in August 1992. ...
John McIntyre 09/08/1992
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This siding was about three quarters of a mile south west of Dubton and made a trailing connection to the southbound line. The siding served the Puggieston Brick and Tile Works (also known as Montrose). There were signals on the southbound line and siding and no crossover.
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This is the interesting underside of the road bridge crossing the closed Strathmore main line at Puggieston, where there was a siding for a brick and ...
Ewan Crawford 24/04/2023
This bridge, with battlements, carries the A935 over the closed Strathmore main line west of Dubton, about half way to Bridge of Dun. An extension of ...
Ewan Crawford 24/04/2023
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This station was the junction between the main line of the Aberdeen Railway and its branch to Montrose [CR].
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This is the north elevation of the large overbridge east of Dubton station. The bridge carried both the main line and, at a slightly lower level, the ...
Ewan Crawford 24/04/2023
The site of Dubton Junction with the route of the main line obvious and the curve of the Montrose branch showing up as cropmarks curving from bottom ...
Ewan Crawford 24/04/2023
The island platform building still stands at Dubton station, this is the view from the Montrose branch side. Beyond, on the former northbound ...
Ewan Crawford 24/04/2023
Black 5 4-6-0 no 44996 passing through Dubton Junction with a down excursion train on Sunday 19 July 1953. Running off to the left is the line to ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 19/07/1953
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This is the famous location where the East Coast Main Line and West Coast Main Line routes met until the late 1960s.
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Kinnaber Junction looking north. The Caledonian route is now just a line of trees and the kinks have been taken out of the remaining railway. The ...
Ewan Crawford 24/04/2023
A2 Pacific no 60507 'Highland Chieftain' brings an Edinburgh - Aberdeen train north through Kinnaber Junction on 19 July 1953. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 19/07/1953
Kinnaber Junction signal box, as seen from the Buchan Belle railtour on 1st June 1974.
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Bill Roberton 01/06/1974
The 'Last Train to Brechin' railtour held at the outer home signal for Kinnaber Junction. It had to reverse and cross over to the Up Main to continue ...
Charlie Niven 02/05/1981
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This was a two platform station. Nothing remains of the station except the signal box, a disused loading bank and a siding (at the north end east side of the line accessed from the south). The siding formerly served a goods shed.
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Craigo box, with the line to Aberdeen running off to the right. ...
Ewan Crawford //1989
Northbound ECML service passing the up starter at Craigo on 27 February ...
Bill Roberton 27/02/2008
The signal box at Craigo in October 1998 looking north. ...
David Panton /10/1998
60009 (running as Osprey) passes Craigo signal box with the 'North Briton' to Aberdeen on a murky 9 March 1991. The signalbox was re-activated in 2019 ...
Bill Roberton 09/03/1991
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This is a 13 span double track viaduct 315 yds long overall crossing the River North Esk, 58 ft over the river.
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A LNER Leeds to Aberdeen service comes out of the haar and passes north over Marykirk Viaduct. The viaduct crosses the River North Esk between the ...
Ewan Crawford 10/05/2023
A southbound ScotRail HST crosses Maryhill Viaduct over an intense sea of yellow. ...
Ewan Crawford 10/05/2023
A1 No.60163 Tornado is ten minutes late as it races north across Marykirk Viaduct with The Aberdonian. ...
John Gray 16/09/2019
Rebuilt Scot no 46115 Scots Guardsman races across Marykirk Viaduct on 17 April with The Great Britain IV on its way to Inverness ...
John Gray 17/04/2011
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This was a two platform station. It was not convenient for the village of Marykirk, being some distance to the north.
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This is a two platform station. The original station building remains on the down (northbound) platform. There was a larger building on the southbound platform, also with canopy, but this has not survived.
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The 1530hrs Edinburgh to Aberdeen service in the down platform at Laurencekirk on 25th August 2018.
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David Prescott 25/08/2018
Scotrail HST about to run over the Laurencekirk foot crossing on 5th August 2020. ...
Duncan Ross 05/08/2020
The details of the Heritage Mosaic at Laurencekirk. ...
John Yellowlees 18/08/2017
Official opening of Laurencekirk station on 18th May 2009. ...
Duncan Ross 18/05/2009
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This was a two platform station. The main station building was on the southbound platform. This, and the goods shed, were built in stone. Neither has survived. A building by the former northbound platform still exists, in use as a house, another station building.
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The station building on the northbound platform at Fordoun seen in 1999. ...
Ewan Crawford //1999
The 12.07 First Scotrail Class 170 Aberdeen - Edinburgh approaches Fordoun on 20 October 2012. Photographed from the road bridge alongside the station ...
John McIntyre 20/10/2012
The morning HST service from Leeds to Aberdeen passes the former station at Fordoun (closed 1956) between Laurencekirk and Stonehaven on 20 October ...
John McIntyre 20/10/2012
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This is a double track viaduct south of Drumlithie (and north of Fordoun which is further south).
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This was a two platform station with the main building on the southbound platform.
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The second of the two photographs taken at Drumlithie station in the mid 19th century and supplied by Gordon Will. His relative Robert Morrison was a ...
Gordon Will Collection //1854
An old and much faded photograph taken during the early years at Drumlithie station, Aberdeenshire, located on the main line 7 miles south of ...
Gordon Will Collection //1854
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This was a two platform station with minimal passenger facilities. It was largely a small goods station. This is an area of low population west of Stonehaven.
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The southern elevation of Carmont signalbox seen in 1987 with the level crossing beyond. ...
Bill Roberton //1987
Carmont signal box, from the south in 1999, with the line going north into the defile of the Carron Water. The former New Mill corn mill is to the ...
Ewan Crawford //1999
The bright lights of Carmont. ...
Ewan Crawford //2005
A northbound HST passes Carmont signal box. ...
Duncan Ross 08/08/2019
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This was a short lived halt, with a short timber platform on each side of the line, at Den Cottage, just over a mile north of Carmont. The halt was provided for Louisa Emslie, whose father Tom was a ganger residing at Den Cottage (located on the south side of the line and now derelict).
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This is a double track masonry bridge over the Carron Water between Carmont and Stonehaven. It is one of three bridges over the Carron Water, this being closest to Carmont and located in a water course's defile.
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An LNER Azuma from Leeds running through the reopened Carmont derailment site on 3rd November 2020. ...
Duncan Ross 03/11/2020
April 2021 close up view of the new access stairs, and new drainage works, at the site of the 2020 Carmont derailment. ...
Duncan Ross 25/04/2021
The 12:07 Aberdeen to Edinburgh Waverley service passes through the derailment site on the newly reopened railway at Carmont on 3rd November 2020.
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Duncan Ross 03/11/2020
Excavators and dump trucks in use at the Carmont crash site on 5th September 2020. ...
Duncan Ross 05/09/2020
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This is a double masonry track bridge over the Carron Water between Carmont and Stonehaven, north of Carron Wood.
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This is a double track bridge over the Carron Water between Carmont and Stonehaven.
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On 17th January 2021, even the Network Rail chopper (G-NTWK) was in on the act at the scene of the Carron Water bridge parapet collapse, but it did ...
Duncan Ross 17/01/2021
Freezing weather for the repair teams at the Carron Water bridge on 1st February 2021. ...
Duncan Ross 01/02/2021
A hefty (but permitted) hike allowed this elevated view of the Down side of Carron Water bridge, with repairs in hand on 23rd January 2021. The entire ...
Duncan Ross 23/01/2021
Significant changes to the Carron Water Bridge worksite on my return visit on 1st February, and not just the weather. See image 75584 taken the ...
Duncan Ross 01/02/2021
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This signal box was between Stonehaven and Carmont. The box was on the north side of the line. The box was quite some way west of Dunnottar at Auquhirie, about three miles west of Dunnottar House by road.
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6M86 travelling light with only five tanks in tow, heading to Irvine then onto Workington tomorrow after a midnight stop in Crewe yard. I was ...
Duncan Ross 07/04/2021
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This is a ten section double track girder viaduct. It was built to cross the Carron Water and now additionally carries the line over the A92. It is west of Stonehaven station.
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60163 'Tornado' leaving Stonehaven behind and passing Kirktown of Fetteresso on its way back south on 22nd July 2021. ...
Duncan Ross 22/07/2021
Colas 56302, running as 0Z56 (0281) light engine, crossing Fetteresso Viaduct heading to Craiginches on 12th March 2021.
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Duncan Ross 12/03/2021
5MT on northbound train crossing viaduct near Stonehaven in the summer of 1963. ...
David Murray-Smith //1963
Foul weather for a photograph. COLAS 70814 (0M84), running light engine to Worthington, crossing the Fetteresso Viaduct over the Stonehaven A90 ...
Duncan Ross 10/03/2021
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This is a two platform station. When built, this station was quite far outside Stonehaven - built nearly a mile west at Arduthie - but the town has expanded to include it. The station is on high ground above the harbour.
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Scotrail 158710, about to pull into Stonehaven with the bridge over the A957 Slug Road behind, on 29th September 2023. ...
Duncan Ross 29/09/2023
Caledonian Sleeper service, double headed with 73970 leading and 73971 behind, at Stonehaven on 1st June 2021.
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Duncan Ross 01/06/2021
73971 on 1A25 approaching Stonehaven on 23rd March 2023. ...
Duncan Ross 23/03/2023
Colas 70813 running light engine (as 0M86) through Stonehaven on 9th June 2021.
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Duncan Ross 09/06/2021
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This was a 14 span double track viaduct and is now a 10 span girder viaduct. It crosses Glen Ury and the Cowrie Water.
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Modern Railfreight After just crossing the bridge over the old A90, Colas 70810 rolls down the bank towards Glenury Viaduct and Stonehaven with ...
Malcolm Chattwood 27/09/2021
A drone can be very useful! Leeds-Aberdeen HST nears the end of its journey as it crosses the Glenury Viaduct just north of Stonehaven Station.The ...
John Gray 11/09/2018
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This four span double track viaduct is north of Glenury Viaduct and Stonehaven and south of Limpet Mill and Muchalls.
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Ferryhill stalwart, Black 5 44703, crosses Den of Cowie viaduct with what I think was the summer Saturday 11.00am from Glasgow Buchanan St to Aberdeen ...
Robin McGregor 01/08/1964
DRS 66428 sounded to be taking the 1 in 108 gradient in its stride as it crossed Den of Cowie Viaduct with its train of containers from Grangemouth to ...
Malcolm Chattwood 27/09/
Turbostar 170414 in Borders Railway Livery. An unexpected sighting, at Stonehaven, of 170414 on an Aberdeen service and, for once, I had my camera ...
John Gray 05/04/2016
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This was a short lived station, a temporary terminus from November 1849 to February 1850. It was a short lived station while the culvert at Limpet Cornmill and the rest of the line north to Portlethen was built. ...

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A4 Pacific no 60009 Union of South Africa reprises a role it would have been familiar with fifty years ago, hauling an express between Aberdeen ...
John Gray 24/04/2013
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This is a four span double track viaduct south of the former Muchalls station. ...

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After waiting at Muchall's Mill for about 3/4 hour I was getting worried as 'Tornado' was well past its 13:23 Stonehaven passing. I was busy checking ...
Duncan Ross 31/08/2019
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This was a two platform station. The main station building was on the northbound platform.
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The last 0952hrs Aberdeen to Kings Cross HST of 2018 is only 14 minutes into its journey as it crosses Muchalls Viaduct on a sunny New Year's Eve. It ...
G W Robin 31/12/2018
Black 5 No 45407 ascends the gradient past Muchalls with the Great Britain VI on the way to Aberdeen on 24 April. In the background is the ...
John Gray 24/04/2013
The peace memorial alongside the former station at Muchalls, north of Stonehaven, in April 2011. The memorial, on a mound behind the site of the up ...
Brian Taylor 17/04/2011
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This is a four span double track viaduct north of the former Muchalls station.
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So there I am, waiting patiently in a good location, which is at Pheppie Burn (Muchalls) viaduct, to get a photo of the COLAS China Clay train with a ...
Duncan Ross 02/10/2019
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This was a two platform station. A signal box on the west side of the line remained until April 2019. The site is now controlled from Aberdeen.
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The 'Great Britain XII' has the appearance of a ghost train as it runs through an east coast Haar at Newtonhill on its way to Aberdeen hauled by A4 ...
John Gray 01/05/2019
The End. Newtonhill box was in the last stages of demolition when I passed on 19th February 2021. ...
Duncan Ross 19/02/2021
The End. The demolition of Newtonhill box with 158731 passing. ...
Duncan Ross 19/02/2021
The End. Newtonhill box seen partly demolished on the 19th of February 2021. ...
Duncan Ross 19/02/2021
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This is a five span double track viaduct. It is not far north of the former Newtonhill station.
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This is a two platform station. The station is a modern re-opening on the site of the original station, slightly to its south.
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Colas 70817 passes Portlethen with the Oxwellmains to Aberdeen Craiginches cement train on 10th February 2020.
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Bill Roberton 10/02/2020
158 703 with a southbound service at Portlethen in May 1999. ...
David Panton /05/1999
47518 heading north through Portlethen station in 1989. ...
Ewan Crawford //1989
Taken from the 21:00 Edinburgh to Aberdeen at Portlethen on 18th November 2018. Lots of workers, but I presume they were not tending the flower beds ...
Alan Cormack 18/11/2018
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This works was south of Cove Bay station and was rail served. ...

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This was a two platform station. The main station building was on the southbound platform, the village side of the station. The buildings were replaced with new larger buildings on both platforms. These were of Caledonian Railway turn of the century design.
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V2 2-6-2 60844 is seen passing Nigg Bay, on its way away from Aberdeen, with a haul of mineral empties. The locomotive sounded overdue for attention ...
Robin McGregor 12/04/1965
Main line south of Cove Bay in 1961 showing abandoned cutting on right. The site is the disused Black Hill Quarries. [Ref query 29 September 2018] ...
David Murray-Smith //1961
View through Cove Bay station on 4 April 1961 with a breakdown train approaching on its way north. The locomotive in charge is Perth based Black 5 ...
David Murray-Smith 14/04/1961
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This is an important freight yard south of Aberdeen. Containers may be handled here and concrete traffic is handled here.
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5MT 44722 on northbound train approaching Aberdeen. Early 1960s. ...
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A Network Rail crane in Craiginches Yard on 2nd September 2020. This was one of two such machines waiting to go down to the Carmont crash site.
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Duncan Ross 02/09/2020
44703 climbing away (south of Craiginches) from Aberdeen on the 13.30 to Glasgow on 3rd September 1966. ...
Robin McGregor 03/09/1966
DRS 66422, at the head of a long line of flat beds and two cranes, in Craiginches Yard on 2nd September 2020. One crane was a Network Rail machine and ...
Duncan Ross 02/09/2020
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This is a double track arched and girder viaduct. The overall length is 283 yards and it is 50 ft high. The central portion consists of six girder sections over the River Dee and roadways, and with five arches at the north end. It is also known as the Ferryhill Viaduct.
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This is the bridge over the River Dee looking south, it has getting refurbished for the last few months. Taken from the Duthie Park, behind the ...
Alan Cormack 16/03/2017
Crossing the Dee Viaduct on the approach to Aberdeen in June 1974. ...
John McIntyre 08/06/1974
A class 40 heads south from Aberdeen over the Dee Viaduct on 25 May 1975 ...
John McIntyre 25/05/1975
The Dee viaduct seen on a February afternoon in 1973, with an unidentified diesel shunter crossing on its way from Craiginches yard back to Guild ...
John McIntyre /02/1973
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This was the junction between the Deeside Railway and the Aberdeen Railway. The junction was just north of Ferryhill Shed [1st] and the Dee Viaduct and south of Ferryhill (Aberdeen) (which survived until 1854 to be replaced by Aberdeen Guild Street), later replaced by Aberdeen Joint. The junction gave access to the branch from Aberdeen Joint.
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47517 comes off the shed and heads towards Aberdeen station (to the right) at Ferryhill Junction on 19th April 1977. ...
John McIntyre 19/04/1977
The Polmuir Road over bridge at Ferryhill, Aberdeen, on 11th October 2023. The various stages of construction can be seen.
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Crinan Dunbar 11/10/2023
Looking across the Wellington Suspension Bridge in Aberdeen as 47109 passes Ferryhill Jct in June 1975. A Mark 1 sleeping car is on an adjacent track. ...
John McIntyre 15/06/1975
The signal controlling the Down lines towards the former Joint Station coming off the two-track Dee Viaduct seen from within the Ferryhill Railway ...
Charlie Niven 26/03/2022
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The original Ferryhill Shed was in the 'V' of the junction between the Aberdeen Railway and the Deeside Railway with an approach from the north. It was a two road shed south of Polmuir Road and directly to the west of Polmuir House.
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This is the original steam shed, now part of Ferryhill Heritage Railway Trust taken through the fence from the Duthie Park. The locomotive is Ex-CEGB, ...
Alan Cormack 16/03/2017
The former Caledonian Railway engine shed at Aberdeen Ferryhill, seen here in 1973. This shed was later replaced by a larger (but now demolished) ...
John McIntyre /01/1973
Part of the remains of the former Ferryhill shed on 5 November 2008. ...
John Crouch 05/11/2008
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This was a short lived terminus in Aberdeen, south of the later Aberdeen Guild Street, which replaced it in 1854, and north of Ferryhill Junction. Nothing remains of this former terminus. Contemporary pictures show a station with a trainshed just north of the Dee Viaduct.
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In the rapidly fading light of a 1980 winter's day the signal gantries along the mainline between Ferryhill and the former Joint Station are framed by ...
Charlie Niven /02/1980
60103 'Flying Scotsman' is turned at Ferryhill while one or two people take a photograph of the proceedings.
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Crinan Dunbar 10/10/2023
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This junction was south of Aberdeen Guild Street. From this junction the Denburn Valley Line ran through Aberdeen Joint (today's Aberdeen station) leaving the original Aberdeen Guild Street terminus on a short branch.
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Gresley K2 2-6-0 no 61779 of Kittybrewster shed runs into Aberdeen on 19 April 1954 with a train from Ballater. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 19/04/1954
The interior of Aberdeen South Signal Box illuminated by the rapidly sinking winter sun. Taken during a visit by the AURS to the then 3 remaining ...
Charlie Niven /02/1980
The southern approach to Aberdeen in the spring of 1954. Black 5 4-6-0 no 44979 brings in a Sunday service from Glasgow Buchanan Street. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 11/04/1954
Perth based Black 5 4-6-0 no 45465 leaving Aberdeen on 19 April 1954 with a relief to the up 'Postal'. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 19/04/1954
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This goods yard was on the east side of Aberdeen Guild Street station, the northern terminus of the Aberdeen Railway.
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Ex-NB J37 0-6-0 64606, fresh from overhaul at Inverurie, shunting at Aberdeen's Guild Street yard in June 1962. ...
Brian Haslehust 16/06/1962
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This was the northern terminus of the Aberdeen Railway. A short lived terminus Aberdeen Ferryhill existed near Ferryhill Junction to the south before the last portion of the line opened.
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D200 40122 at Aberdeen Guild Street in 1985. Although Kingmoor based it was often to be seen on Edinburgh to Dundee passenger services during its ...
Crinan Dunbar //1985
Classes 37, 26 and 08, all unfortunately unidentified, stabled at Aberdeen Guild Street in the summer of 1985. ...
Crinan Dunbar /07/1985
EWS liveried 37682 powers a loaded log train out of Aberdeen Guild Street Yard on 16 March 1999. Transrail liveried sister 37409 appears to be ...
David Pesterfield 16/03/1999
Looking from Guild Street goods yard, across Market Street, into Aberdeen docks (Jamieson's Quay) in 2000, with track remaining in the roadways. ...
Bill Roberton //2000
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Friockheim Fork

This double track curve allowed running from Dundee East to Aberdeen. The fork had a chequered history, opening and re-opening a number of times. Opened 1848 and closed 1857. Re-opened 1863 and closed 1867. Re-opened for a final time between 1878 and 1908.

This junction had a very chequered history - opening and re-closing several times. This junction was between the 1848 Aberdeen Railway and the Forfar to Arbroath line (the 1839 Arbroath and Forfar Railway). The junction allowed trains to run from Dundee East and Arbroath to Aberdeen. Both lines meeting at the junction were double track. Catchpoints on the Forfar route protected ...

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A view of Friockheim Junction looking north west. The course of the Arbroath and Forfar Railway was from bottom centre to top left. The Aberdeen ...
Ewan Crawford 10/05/2023
Looking south at Friockheim Junction. The Aberdeen Railway came in from the left to meet the Arbroath and Forfar. Since this photographs was taken, in ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
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This fine eight arch double track masonry viaduct crossed the B965 'Station Road', Vinney Water and Lunan Water, and had castellated parapets. It was on the Friockheim Junction to Glasterlaw Junction ('Friockheim Fork') curve which opened and closed on a number of occasions.
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The Friockheim Viaduct has been demolished, but this 'wall' was the southern abutment of the part which crossed Station Road. An arch had crossed the ...
Ewan Crawford 10/05/2023
The former Friockheim Viaduct seen looking north from Station Road on 6 April 1958. Built by the Aberdeen Railway in 1848 the structure formed part of ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/04/1958
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This was where the routes from Forfar [2nd] and Arbroath merged to run north to Aberdeen. The line from Forfar was the principal route, the Strathmore line.
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Glasterlaw Junction from the east. The main line starts from bottom right and curves off to Guthrie Junction top right (a fair amount has been ...
Ewan Crawford 20/04/2023
View west on the Guthrie-Glasterlaw curve near Glasterlaw Junction in 1996. The Guthrie Junction distant signal still stood at this time. ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
Black 5 4-6-0 45155 passing the site of Glasterlaw Junction with an Aberdeen - Buchanan Street express in the spring of 1953. View north along the ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/04/1953
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Brechin Branch

This single track branch, opened 1848 and closed 1981, ran from Bridge of Dun to Brechin. It is now preserved as the 'Caledonian Railway' - the line unfortunately not connected the railway network.

This is a station on the Caledonian Railway [Preserved] which runs from Bridge of Dun to Brechin. The station was formerly on the Strathmore main line between Perth and Aberdeen via Forfar [2nd].
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D3059 'Brechin City' at Bridge of Dun in 1993. This 1954 built loco was withdrawn in 1980 as 08046. ...
Bill Roberton //1993
Looking east towards Montrose and Kinnaber Junction. over a dismantled Yorkshire Engine Co. diesel, at Bridge of Dun in 1993.
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Bill Roberton //1993
Barclay 0-4-0ST No.1863, built by the firm of Andrew Barclay at the Caledonia Works in Kilmarnock in 1926, arriving at Bridge of Dun with a Caledonian ...
David Bosher 15/08/2021
D3059 0-6-0 DE shunter, named 'Brechin City', stabled at Bridge of Dun on the Caledonian Railway in August 1992. ...
John McIntyre 09/08/1992
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This siding was on the south side of the Brechin branch, just east of Brechin East Junction and directly west of an occupational crossing. The siding was approached from the west. Kincraig Farm is just to the south.
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This junction was controlled by a ground frame. The east fork of the Forfar and Brechin Railway met the former Aberdeen Railway branch to Brechin at a junction which allowed running from the Forfar line to Bridge of Dun bypassing Brechin. Land was taken on this fork for two tracks, the same as the rest of the Forfar and Brechin Railway, although only one line was laid (the ...

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View south east showing the approach of the Brechin 'bypass' which allowed trains from Forfar or Edzell to miss the station and continue east to ...
Ewan Crawford 15/06/2023
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The shed at Brechin was replaced at the same time as the Forfar and Brechin Railway opened (1895) and in readiness for the opening of Brechin and Edzell District Railway (1896). This was a two road shed. The shed was served by a headshunt which was approached from the east. From the headshunt lines served the shed building, a siding and the turntable. The water tank was on the south ...

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A small goods yard was opened with the passenger station, just to its south. A new goods yard opened further east during the station expansion (east of Bog Road overbridge).
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The goods yard at Brechin was considerably expanded by the 1890s with the building of a second goods yard to the east of the original. It was located on the south side of the line and had a large timber goods yard.
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View east of the site of Brechin goods yard showing the former location of the large goods shed. (See image 75080.) ...
Ewan Crawford 20/04/2023
Class 24 5072 has worked the goods to Brechin on 27th April 1972. I had arranged to ride the freight that day to take some pictures. This view is in ...
Doug Nicholls 27/04/1972
Looking east from the Bog Road bridge in 1986 with the former goods yard on the right. See image 37198 taken from this spot twelve years earlier, ...
Bill Roberton //1986
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The original engine shed was located at the east end of the station, north of the line, close to a road overbridge. Approach was from the west. There was a water tank across the single track from the shed.
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This is a preserved station, a terminus. At its height services from Brechin ran to Montrose [CR] (via Dubton), Edzell and Dundee East (via Careston, Forfar [2nd], Kingennie and Broughty Ferry).
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D3059 shunts at Brechin in 1993. Photographed during a permiited access visit..
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Bill Roberton //1993
Interior of ticket office at Brechin station, Caledonian Steam Railway, on Sunday, 15th August 2021. ...
David Bosher 15/08/2021
The fourth and final train of the day on the Caledonian Steam Railway has arrived back at Brechin and Class 26 D5314 has been attached to take the ...
David Bosher 15/08/2021
The Caledonian Railway terminus at Brechin was opened in 1848 by the
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David Spaven 01/09/2018
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Montrose Branch

This single track branch, opened 1848 and closed 1963, ran from Dubton to Montrose [CR], passing under the North British Railway and being met by the Montrose and Bervie Railway close to Montrose [CR].

This station was the junction between the main line of the Aberdeen Railway and its branch to Montrose [CR].
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This is the north elevation of the large overbridge east of Dubton station. The bridge carried both the main line and, at a slightly lower level, the ...
Ewan Crawford 24/04/2023
The site of Dubton Junction with the route of the main line obvious and the curve of the Montrose branch showing up as cropmarks curving from bottom ...
Ewan Crawford 24/04/2023
The island platform building still stands at Dubton station, this is the view from the Montrose branch side. Beyond, on the former northbound ...
Ewan Crawford 24/04/2023
Black 5 4-6-0 no 44996 passing through Dubton Junction with a down excursion train on Sunday 19 July 1953. Running off to the left is the line to ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 19/07/1953
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View south over Broomfield Junction. The first line, the Montrose branch (1848) of the Aberdeen Railway, ran from bottom right and over a level ...
Ewan Crawford 24/04/2023
Looking North at the former site of Broomfield Junction. ...
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64615 at Broomfield Junction with the 1960 RCTS/SLS Joint Scottish Tour. To the left is the line to Dubton, the train is coming off the Bervie line ...
WA Camwell (Copyright Stephenson Locomotive Society) 16/06/1960
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This set of sidings was to the north of Montrose [CR] station. It was approached from the north east, Dubton direction. ...

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This shed was immediately south of Montrose [CR] passenger station, between the station and the goods yard. It was approached from the east. It was a two road timber building opened around 1849. There was a small turntable on the southern of the two sidings entering the building. A coal shed and cistern were to the west of the building on a continuation of the turntable line.
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This station was a terminus. Also known as Montrose East. It was the terminus of the 1848 Aberdeen Railway branch from Dubton and was approached from the north east, the line going from Montrose turning first north and then north west to reach Dubton. (The main line of the Aberdeen Railway was extended north to Portlethen in 1849.)
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Plaque commemorating an Ian Allan Railway Heritage Award attached to the wall of the former Caledonian station in Montrose. Photographed in September ...
Andy Furnevel 18/09/2014
Looking to the terminus at Montrose. The line crossed the playing fields on the left side and terminated at a generously laid out station. ...
Ewan Crawford 24/04/2023
Lovely bit of skew bridge building on the one time Caledonian line to the old Montrose station, still extant in 2020.
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Duncan Ross 04/11/2020
Looking down from the A92 skew bridge on the old Caley line at Montrose, I just happened to notice this telegraph pole, which I would assume to be ...
Duncan Ross 04/11/2020
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This is a disused grain store (granary) in Montrose on Caledonia Street and Ferry Street. There are several buildings, one a four storey building and another of three storeys to the south. It was rail served. A goods line ran from Montrose [CR] to Montrose Harbour. At the north end of Montrose Wet Dock there was a turnplate giving access to the north side of the dock, shipyards to ...

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Montrose Grain Store was served from Montrose [CR] station by a siding which came off the branch to the harbour and then, via a turnplate, passed ...
Ewan Crawford 24/04/2023
Montrose Grain Store, on Caledonia Street just north of the wet dock (infilled today) was served via a turnplate on a siding from the Caledonian ...
Ewan Crawford 24/04/2023
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Montrose Harbour was served by both the Caledonian Railway and the North British Railway, lines serving variously Montrose West Quay, Montrose Wet Dock, Montrose Grain Store, various timber yards and a shipyard. The harbour is the dredged north bank of the River South Esk where it flows out of Montrose Basin into the sea.
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This quay was the end of the sidings into Montrose Harbour from Montrose [CR] station. It was later to also be served by lines from the North British Railway Montrose station, the present station.
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Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North of Scotland v. 15 (Regional railway history series)

Aberdeen 1900: Aberdeenshire Sheet 75.11 (Old O.S. Maps of Aberdeenshire)

Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire: 40 Coast and Country Walks

Aberdeen City Centre History Tour

Aberdeen City Centre Through Time

Aberdeen in Old Picture Postcards

Aberdeen in the Fifties and Sixties

Aberdeen Remembered: By Aberdeen City Libraries and Museums

Aberdeen, Inverurie and Pitmedden (OS Landranger Map)

Aberdeen: An Illustrated Architectural Guide (RIAS illustrated architectural guides to Scotland)

Aberdeenshire: South and Aberdeen (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Scotland)

Aberdeenshire's Lost Railways

Angus and Kincardineshire's Lost Railways

BR Steam in Colour: London to Aberdeen from the Bill Reed Collection

Bradshaw's Guide Scotland's Railways East Coast Berwick to Aberdeen & Beyond: Volume 6

Brechin 1901: Forfarshire Sheet 28.13 (Old O.S. Maps of Forfarshire)

British Railways Steam - King's Cross to Aberdeen: From the Bill Reed Collection

Bygone Montrose: With Inverkeilor, Lunan Bay, Rossie, Usan, Ferryden, Bridge of Dun, Hillside, Dubton and Craigo

Caledonian Routes 1: Aberdeen, Strathmore Line & Branches

Cock o' the North: Aberdeen to Kyle of Lochalsh - Study in Diesel Power Through Its Various Stages

Great North Memories: Aberdeen No. 2: Scenes of the North East's Own Railway

Hidden Aberdeen: History on Your Doorstep and Under Your Feet

Joint Station: Aberdeen Station, 1867-1992

Landranger (54) Dundee & Montrose, Forfar & Arbroath (OS Landranger Map)

Memories of Steam from Glasgow to Aberdeen

Memories of Steam from Glasgow to Aberdeen

Memories of Steam from Glasgow to Aberdeen

Montrose The Postcard Collection

Montrose Through Time
National Series of Waterway, Tramway and Railway Atlases: Aberdeen v. 1m
On Either Side, 1939: The Train between London King's Cross & Edinburgh Waverley, Fort William, Inverness & Aberdeen (Old House)

OS Explorer Map (389) Forfar, Brechin and Edzell (OS Explorer Paper Map) (OS Explorer Active Map)

Railways Of Scotland 4: Aberdeen And The Grampians DVD - Cinerail

Railways Of Scotland 7: Perth To Kinnaber Junction DVD - Cinerail

The Montrose & Bervie Railway: A Study of Transport in South-East Kincardineshire 1770-1966

The Railways of Aberdeen: 150 Years of History: One Hundred and Fifty Years of History
The Railways of Strathmore (Perth, Forfar and Brechin)The 'Subbies': The story of Aberdeen's suburban trains 1887-1987