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Arbroath And Forfar Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Looking south at the former Colliston station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/187.jpg "Colliston")
![Looking east at the former Friockheim station where the railway crossed the roadway on an overbridge.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/188.jpg "Friockheim")
![Looking south at Friockheim Junction. The Aberdeen Railway came in from the left and the former route to Forfar is to the right.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/189.jpg "Friockheim Junction")
![Looking east at Guthrie Junction. The route to Arbroath was to the left and the Aberdeen Railway was to the right.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/190.jpg "Guthrie Junction")
![Looking south east at Leysmill station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/191.jpg "Leysmill")
![A postcard view of Friockheim viewed from the south. The rather curious appearance of the top left corner is due to an overly keen philatelist who tore the corner off for the stamp. The image is patched from another copy, but I thought I would leave the damage obvious. The station building is long gone, but the station house and east abutment of the bridge remain in place. The west abutment was swept away in road widening works.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford Collection //]](/images/62000/62605.jpg "Friockheim")
![Arbroath-Forfar local. C.R. 15195 at Guthrie Junction.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 02/05/1949]](/images/7000/7414.jpg "Guthrie")
![Loco variety at Forfar North Junction. C.R. 0.4.4T 55193 on the goods from Brechin.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/04/1953]](/images/7000/7380.jpg "Forfar North Junction")
![Guthrie Junction. N.B.R. 4.4.2T 67491 on Arbroath-Forfar Local.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/04/1953]](/images/7000/7381.jpg "Guthrie Junction")
![C.R. 0.4.4T 55198 entering Friokheim. Forfar-Arbroath train.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/04/1953]](/images/7000/7382.jpg "Friockheim")
![44934 piloting 73008 past Guthrie Junction on up <i>Granite City</i>.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 18/07/1953]](/images/9000/9178.jpg "Guthrie Junction")
![Forfar - Arbroath train passing Guthrie Junction. NBR 4.4.2T 67493.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/08/1953]](/images/9000/9227.jpg "Guthrie Junction")
![Up Special passing Guthrie Junction on a windy day. 5P 4.6.0 45497.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/08/1953]](/images/9000/9228.jpg "Guthrie Junction")
![Up Special passing Guthrie Junction on a windy day. 5P 4.6.0 44797.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/08/1953]](/images/9000/9229.jpg "Guthrie Junction")
![Detail on Guthrie Gate showing the Guthrie family coat of arms.<br><br>[Craig Seath //1982]](/images/15000/15044.jpg "Guthrie")
![Guthrie Gate. The castellated bridge and gatehouse to the west of Guthrie station where the railway crossed the access road to the Guthrie estate. <br><br>[Craig Seath //1982]](/images/15000/15045.jpg "Guthrie")
![The former station at Auldbar Road, near Guthrie, Angus, looking east towards Guthrie Junction in 1996. The platforms were situated behind the camera and the signalbox and goods yard are seen here.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1996]](/images/52000/52129.jpg "Auldbar Road")
![A southbound HST passes through the man made canyon to the north of Arbroath station in 1996. The Westburn Works (jute, hemp, flax) spanned both sides of the line at Wellgate. The building to the left has since been demolished and the site is now a supermarket.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1996]](/images/52000/52709.jpg "Arbroath")
![The Guthrie Gate is a railway bridge dating from 1839. The Arbroath and Forfar Railway passed over the main entry to Guthrie Castle here and the bridge design was to suit Mr Guthrie. The bridge was to carry the double track mainline to Aberdeen until closure of the Strathmore route.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1996]](/images/62000/62962.jpg "Guthrie Gate")
![Arbroath North SB in October 1997.<br><br>[David Panton /10/1997]](/images/16000/16657.jpg "Arbroath")
![A 125 sits in Arbroath station viewed from Wellbank Junction. The original station here was further on and to the left - the line did not curve as it does today.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //2005]](/images/5000/5887.jpg "Arbroath")
![A HST 125 enters Arbroath from the north and passes the signalbox.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //2005]](/images/5000/5889.jpg "Arbroath")
![HST power-car 43114 <I>East Riding of Yorkshire</I> heads a GNER Aberdeen - Kings Cross service passing through Arbroath on 5 May 2006. <br><br>[Sandy Steele 05/05/2006]](/images/21000/21605.jpg "Arbroath")
![170403 in the old ScotRail livery with an Aberdeen-Glasgow Queen Street train nearing Arbroath station on 4 September 2007.<br><br>[Sandy Steele 04/09/2007]](/images/21000/21193.jpg "Arbroath")
![Arbroath North SB on 2 April 2008.<br><br>[David Panton 02/04/2008]](/images/18000/18595.jpg "Arbroath")
![Freightliner 66609 on a northbound Oxwellmains-Aberdeen cement train passing Arbroath on 2 October.<br><br>[Sandy Steele 02/10/2008]](/images/20000/20911.jpg "Arbroath ^The Dens^ Siding")
![DRS 66 428 heads a Grangemouth-Aberdeen container train past St Vigeans just north of Arbroath in May 2009.<br><br>[Sandy Steele /05/2009]](/images/23000/23885.jpg "St Vigeans Junction")
![170 411 about to run into Arbroath station on 15 June with an Aberdeen - Glasgow service, after passing Arbroath North box.<br><br>[David Panton 15/06/2009]](/images/24000/24139.jpg "Arbroath")
![EWS 67 004 with the daily railhead treatment train (RHTT) nearing Arbroath station on 7 October 2009.<br><br>[Sandy Steele 07/10/2009]](/images/25000/25694.jpg "Arbroath ^The Dens^ Siding")
![DBS class 67 no 67018 passing north through Arbroath on 5 April with a pipe train bound for Aberdeen.<br><br>[Sandy Steele 05/04/2011]](/images/33000/33628.jpg "Arbroath ^The Dens^ Siding")
![158871 + 170434 leaving Arbroath on 25 May 2011 with an Edinburgh-Aberdeen train.<br><br>[Sandy Steele 25/05/2011]](/images/34000/34235.jpg "Arbroath")
![The signal box at Arbroath is rather imposing, but the lack of refurbishment, to the exterior anyway, suggests that it will soon be redundant. Mind you, I have been thinking that for years ...<br><br>[David Panton 19/10/2016]](/images/56000/56989.jpg "Arbroath Harbour Junction")
