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Deeside Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Track stored just west of Crathes for re-instatement of part of the Deeside Railway.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/302.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![The filled in platforms at Park - now a caravan park. There was a level crossing over the road in the foreground.<br><br>[Ken Strachan //]](/images/13000/13699.jpg "Park")
![The rarely photographed Holburn Street station, from the East of the bridge over Holburn Street itself. All of this has now been demolished.<br><br>[Ken Strachan //]](/images/13000/13701.jpg "Holburn Street")
![Ferryhill Junction, with a 26. I believe my friend Michael Hooper took this one.<br><br>[Ken Strachan //]](/images/13000/13702.jpg "Ferryhill Junction")
![An extract from the summer timetable for 1960. Note the footnote 'A' indicating the services which were scheduled for the BMU.<br><br>[David Murray-Smith //1960]](/images/63000/63381.jpg "Plates, signs, notices etc")
![The BMU passing Cults station on 13.55 Aberdeen to Ballater service on 18th April 1960.<br><br>[David Murray-Smith 18/04/1960]](/images/63000/63416.jpg "Cults")
![A DMU boarding at Banchory Dee Street on the Royal Deeside line in the summer of 1965.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1965]](/images/41000/41812.jpg "Dee Street Halt")
![The long closed Pitfodels station in 1976 - the year I walked the whole Deeside line. [see image 36969]<br><br>[Ken Strachan /06/1976]](/images/37000/37597.jpg "Pitfodels")
![On the East side of Banchory, Cordiner's woodyard had a siding and loading dock. Their name is just about visible on their advertising hoarding, ten years after closure.<br><br>[Ken Strachan /07/1976]](/images/25000/25681.jpg "Silverstripe Saw Mill")
![View east of Banchory Works on the Deeside Railway. The original engine shed (demolished) was alongside to the right and the line was further to the right. Access to this building was (I think) by turnplates. The engine shed was replaced by another further east on station reconstruction.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1997]](/images/55000/55616.jpg "Banchory Works")
![Before any sort of re-opening work began, Crathes in 1997 looking west.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 04/02/1997]](/images/55000/55620.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![View east over the site of Drum station showing the two platforms.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 04/02/1997]](/images/55000/55624.jpg "Drum")
![View east from the eastbound (Aberdeen bound) platform at Culter station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 04/02/1997]](/images/55000/55628.jpg "Culter [2nd]")
![View east at Millitimber station in 1997. At the time the conversion of the old station building didn't seem to be going too well.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 04/02/1997]](/images/55000/55633.jpg "Millitimber")
![View to Ballater at Murtle in 1997.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 04/02/1997]](/images/55000/55637.jpg "Murtle")
![View east over Bieldside station in 1997. No buildings, but at least the platforms remain.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 04/02/1997]](/images/55000/55641.jpg "Bieldside")
![View west from the westbound platform of West Cults. Hm, quite a few 'wests' in that description.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 04/02/1997]](/images/55000/55645.jpg "West Cults")
![View east at Cults in February 1997, when the two platforms were overgrown but still visible.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 04/02/1997]](/images/55000/55650.jpg "Cults")
![View to Aberdeen from the west end of Pitfodels station in 1997.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 04/02/1997]](/images/55000/55655.jpg "Pitfodels")
![Looking east towards Aberdeen from the remains of Ruthrieston station in February 1997. [Ref query 5109]<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 04/02/1997]](/images/55000/55723.jpg "Ruthrieston")
![The view west into a fading sunset at Holburn Street not far from Ferryhill Junction.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 04/02/1997]](/images/55000/55773.jpg "Holburn Street")
![D2134 at Milton of Crathes on the Royal Deeside Railway in November 2006 looking west towards Banchory.<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/11/2006]](/images/12000/12175.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![D9551 stands on the Royal Deeside Railway site at Milton of Crathes in November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/11/2006]](/images/12000/12176.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![Ongoing construction work at Milton of Crathes on the Royal Deeside Railway in November 2006. View looking west towards Banchory with the preserved battery EMU alongside the platform.<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/11/2006]](/images/12000/12177.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![D2134 stands in the sidings at Milton of Crathes in November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 05/11/2006]](/images/12000/12354.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![The surviving station building at Park on the Deeside line, photographed looking north in November 2006. The site is now occupied by a caravan sales company.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/11/2006]](/images/12000/12436.jpg "Park")
![Looking west along the trackbed at Culter station towards Banchory in November 2006.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/11/2006]](/images/12000/12625.jpg "Culter [2nd]")
![Overgrown platform remains at Drum in November 2006. View east towards Aberdeen.<br><br>[John Furnevel 09/11/2006]](/images/12000/12643.jpg "Drum")
![What surely(?) has to be a former Railway building in Station Yard, Banchory, seen here in November 2006. Now in use as a garden machinery and equipment centre. [See image 55616]<br><br>[John Furnevel 10/11/2006]](/images/12000/12298.jpg "Banchory Works")
![The old building in Station Yard, Banchory in 2006, seen from the former yard. [See image 12298]<br><br>[John Furnevel 10/11/2006]](/images/12000/12353.jpg "Banchory Works")
![A battery powered Multiple Unit. Units of this type operated on the Deeside Line in the early sixties.<br><br>[John Gray 26/03/2008]](/images/18000/18473.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![Crest of the Deeside Railway on one of their coaches.<br><br>[John Gray 26/03/2008]](/images/18000/18475.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![Some of the Deeside Railways rolling stock stands at Milton of Crathes on 26 March.<br><br>[John Gray 26/03/2008]](/images/18000/18476.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![Work under way on the new station for the Deeside Railway at Milton of Crathes. A notice on the fence gives Sunday April 27th as the opening date.<br><br>[John Gray 26/03/2008]](/images/18000/18478.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![A locomotive owned by the Deeside Railway stands at Milton of Crathes on 26 March. (Former BR 0-6-0 diesel D9551)<br><br>[John Gray 26/03/2008]](/images/18000/18578.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![A view along the line towards Banchory from the Deeside Railways new station at Milton of Crathes on 26 March 2008.<br><br>[John Gray 26/03/2008]](/images/18000/18580.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![View from down platform looking west at the original Crathes station on the Deeside line. The station area, including a well preserved signal box is now a private residence.<br><br>[John Williamson 28/07/2008]](/images/20000/20027.jpg "Crathes")
![Replica of original signal box at the original Crathes station on the Deeside line in July 2008. (Not to be confused with Milton of Crathes on the Royal Deeside preserved railway.)<br><br>[John Williamson 28/07/2008]](/images/20000/20031.jpg "Crathes")
![View from road overbridge of Drum station on the Deeside line. The edge of the down platform can be seen on the right behind the nearest tree.<br><br>[John Williamson 28/07/2008]](/images/20000/20033.jpg "Drum")
![View from road overbridge at Drum station on the Deeside line looking west towards Park. The line here was double track all the way from Ferryhill Junction in Aberdeen to Park until the early 1950s when it was singled.<br><br>[John Williamson 28/07/2008]](/images/20000/20034.jpg "Drum")
![Scene at Milton of Crathes station on the Deeside Railway in glorious winter sunshine on 20 December 2008. The Derby battery electric mutiple unit is about to head off west towards Banchory, albeit under tow from a diesel locomotive!<br>
<br><br>[Brian Taylor 20/12/2008]](/images/21000/21952.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![Snow, Milton of Crathes, January 2010.<br><br>[Brian Taylor 03/01/2010]](/images/36000/36415.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![Battery Electric Unit being given a shove towards Banchory, by industrial diesel, after leaving Milton of Crathes on 3 January 2010.<br><br>[Brian Taylor 03/01/2010]](/images/36000/36423.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![Andrew Barclay saddle tank No. 807, 'Bon Accord' being shunted to her new purpose built shed on the Royal Deeside Railway at Milton of Crathes on 27 March 2010. The inclement weather earlier in the year had delayed her arrival on two occasions, but this time it was 'third time lucky' and a good crowd was present to welcome her to her new home. [See image 18043]<br><br>[John Williamson 27/03/2010]](/images/28000/28257.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 Saddle Tank no 807 <I>Bon Accord</I> on her first day on public duty at the Royal Deeside Railway, en route to Milton of Crathes. [See image 18043]<br><br>[John Williamson 24/07/2010]](/images/29000/29941.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![The Station building (up platform) and Station Masters house at Pitfodels at the Aberdeen end of the former Royal Deeside branch in December 2011. Both are currently undergoing renovation/conservation/development as residential properties. Given that the station closed to passengers in May 1937 the wooden building appears in surprisingly good condition. [See image 36975]<br><br>[Brian Taylor 27/12/2011]](/images/36000/36969.jpg "Pitfodels")
![Close up of the ongoing work on the former station building at Pitfodels on 27 December 2011 [see image 36969]. Below is the <I>'architects impression'</I> of the finished project looking over what is now the Deeside Way.<br><br>[Brian Taylor 27/12/2011]](/images/36000/36975.jpg "Pitfodels")
![A bridge with a very short useful life! This sizeable structure was completed in 1961 to carry Auchinyell Rd over the Deeside line west of Ruthrieston station as the Aberdeen suburbs continued to spread. The line closed to passengers in 1965 with full closure in 1968.<br><br>[Brian Taylor 27/12/2011]](/images/36000/36997.jpg "Ruthrieston")
![Looking east across Holburn Street, Aberdeen, in December 2011 towards the site of Holburn Street station. Links to the past are the platforms and, suprisingly, the advertising hoardings to the left, which were there when the station was open - I'm told. The original bridge was demolished in the 1980's. Holburn street station was closed to passengers in April 1937 with the ending of the 'Subbie' services and the line itself closed in 1968. <br><br>[Brian Taylor 27/12/2011]](/images/37000/37006.jpg "Holburn Street")
![The heavily overgrown up platform of Ruthrieston Station, looking West along the old trackbed in December 2011. Ruthrieston closed to passengers in April 1937, along with several other stations in the Aberdeen suburbs including Holburn Street to the east and Pitfodels to the west [see separate images].<br><br>[Brian Taylor 27/12/2011]](/images/37000/37021.jpg "Ruthrieston")
![A Springer Spaniel paces the up-platform of Holburn Street station, Aberdeen, on 27 December 2011 - all in vain since the last train departed some 74 years earlier. (Long platforms for a 'Subbie' station.) [See image 37006]<br><br>[Brian Taylor 27/12/2011]](/images/37000/37027.jpg "Holburn Street")
![Transformation at Pitfodels station on the Deeside line in October 2012. [See image 36975]<br><br>[Brian Taylor 04/10/2012]](/images/40000/40545.jpg "Pitfodels")
![View of the renovated Pitfodels station on 4 October 2012 - trackbed to the left [see image 36969].<br><br>[Brian Taylor 04/10/2012]](/images/40000/40559.jpg "Pitfodels")
![Another view of the refurbished Pitfodels station on the Deeside line in October 2012 [see image 37597].<br><br>[Brian Taylor 04/10/2012]](/images/40000/40601.jpg "Pitfodels")
![Station building under re-construction at Milton of Crathes on 10th October 2012. In a previous life this was the GNSR Station building at Oldmeldrum. Taken down and transported to Deeside - true re-cycling [see image 12433].<br><br>[Brian Taylor 10/10/2012]](/images/40000/40765.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![Former British Railways track maintenance and inspection vehicle no A34W on display at Milton of Crathes on 10 October 2012.<br><br>[Brian Taylor 10/10/2012]](/images/40000/40791.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![On a very dull and extremely wet 17 October 2012, looking west across the tracks at Milton of Crathes from beside the A93 road. The station building from Oldmeldrum is being re-assembled here to serve the Royal Deeside Railway.<br><br>[John McIntyre 17/10/2012]](/images/41000/41089.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![A short walk east along the Deeside Way from the Royal Deeside Railway at Milton of Crathes and you will find slightly hidden by trees the station of Crathes complete with a recreated signalbox. The photo has been taken from the Ballater platform looking east with the station building slightly hidden by vegetation. Much of the trackbed from Milton of Crathes was on an embankment but has been dug out resulting in a slight diversion for the Deeside Way path.<br><br>[John McIntyre 18/10/2012]](/images/40000/40866.jpg "Crathes")
![A view east along the former railway embankment in Banchory, with the car through the trees on Dee Street. This was the site of Dee Street Halt, a short wooden structure opened in February 1961 and closed along with the line just five years later. [Ref query 12 October 2017]<br><br>[John McIntyre 18/10/2012]](/images/61000/61165.jpg "Dee Street Halt")
![Two platforms, a lot of trees on the former trackbed in this view east at Crathes on 18 October 2012, some 46 years after closure.<br><br>[John McIntyre 18/10/2012]](/images/61000/61383.jpg "Crathes")
![View east along the Deeside Way towards Aberdeen at Murtle on a beautiful autumn day in November 2012. Opened in 1853, Murtle station was reduced to a Halt in 1930, before closing in April 1937. The old timber station building has had limited alteration. The granite Station Master's ('Agent' in GNoSR terms) house is in good repair and is sited just north of the station.<br><br>[Brian Taylor 11/11/2012]](/images/40000/40992.jpg "Murtle")
![Not quite Gil Sans LNER lettering on the Culter Station platform sign. Original concrete posts poking through the autumn vegetation in November 2012.<br><br>[Brian Taylor 11/11/2012]](/images/41000/41107.jpg "Culter [2nd]")
![Scene at Milton of Crathes on the Deeside Railway on 11 May 2013, featuring 0-4-0ST <I>Sir Thomas Royden</I> (AB2088/1940), currently on loan from 'Rocks by Rail', Oakham, Rutland.<br><br>[Bruce McCartney 11/05/2013]](/images/43000/43085.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![Platform scene at Milton of Crathes on 11 May 2013. Ex BR class 03 no D2094 stands in the siding on the right <br><br>[Bruce McCartney 11/05/2013]](/images/43000/43107.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![Class 03 no D2094 in the siding at Milton of Crathes on 11 May 2013.<br><br>[Bruce McCartney 11/05/2013]](/images/43000/43120.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![The old station building previously at Oldmeldrum is enjoying a new lease of life at Milton of Crathes on the Royal Deeside railway. Here it is during celebrations to mark the 160th anniversary of the opening of the first section from Aberdeen to Banchory on 8th September 1853. [See image 12433]<br><br>[John Williamson 07/09/2013]](/images/44000/44512.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![Andrew Barclay 0-6-0 saddle tank <I>Salmon</I> returns to shed on 3 May 2014 after hauling its first revenue earning trains on The Royal Deeside Railway at Milton of Crathes. [See image 46748]<br><br>[John Gray 03/05/2014]](/images/47000/47203.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![On a truly dreich Deeside day, Barclay 0-6-0 Salmon propels it's short train away from Milton of Crathes station towards Banchory, showing a clear disdain for the Clean Air Act.<br><br>[Brian Taylor 02/01/2016]](/images/54000/54094.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![View west from Milton of Crathes station.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 30/04/2016]](/images/54000/54948.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![Scene at Milton of Crathes looking to Aberdeen.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 30/04/2016]](/images/55000/55006.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![Cults Station building dating from 1894 replaced the original structure from 1853. It has the typical piended (hipped) roof of Deeside Railway stations. The Up platform is heavily overgrown but intact whereas currently there is no obvious sign of the Down platform; in fact it is hidden behind a row of trees. The building is extended for light industrial use and lies close to the North Deeside Road and is easily accessible on foot off Station Road (private parking only). The walk/cycle/bridleway is part of the Deeside Way route from Duthie Park, Aberdeen to Ballater. In the early 20th Century not only did Cults have two stations but also on-street trams. A photo of these latter is displayed in the toilets of the nearby Cults Hotel.<br><br>[Charlie Niven 20/06/2016]](/images/55000/55651.jpg "Cults")
![Remains of the old station at Crathes on the Deeside Railway in November 2016, more than fifty years after closure. View is east towards Aberdeen. [Ref query 2743]<br><br>[Andy Furnevel 29/11/2016]](/images/57000/57287.jpg "Crathes")
![Platform scene looking east at Milton of Crathes, headquarters of the Royal Deeside Railway Preservation Society, on 29 November 2016. The station has been created on a site a quarter of a mile west of the original Crathes station, with the help of the former (beautifully restored) station building from Oldmeldrum [see image 12433]. The long term objective of the Society is to reinstate the railway west to Banchory.<br><br>[Andy Furnevel 29/11/2016]](/images/57000/57316.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![Platform view west towards Banchory from the closed Crathes station in November 2016, showing the replica signal box. The RDRPS Milton of Crathes site is located a quarter of a mile away in the distance.<br><br>[Andy Furnevel 29/11/2016]](/images/57000/57323.jpg "Crathes")
![<I>All ready for Christmas...</I> Ex-BR class 03 DM D2094 at Milton of Crathes on 29 November 2016 complete with a 'Santa Special' headboard, with the RDRPS battery EMU standing beyond.<br><br>[Andy Furnevel 29/11/2016]](/images/57000/57359.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![Andrew Barclay 0-6-0ST <I>'Salmon'</I> stabled in front of the small shed at Milton of Crathes on 29 November 2016 [see image 31987].<br><br>[Andy Furnevel 29/11/2016]](/images/57000/57378.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![Crathes signal box, 9th of March 2017, The box is in good condition, but the wooden access steps have collapsed but I managed to peer in to see a large telescope.<br><br>[Alan Cormack 09/03/2017]](/images/58000/58899.jpg "Crathes")
![Four bridges here at Milton of Crathes, the Deeside is the second bridge, the Royal Deeside station is about 300ft to the left, the original privately own station is approximately 500ft to the east.<br>
Behind the cyclist is the bridge for the A93 North Deeside Road.<br><br>[Alan Cormack 10/03/2017]](/images/58000/58409.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![The former station in Peterculter today, on an utterly miserable wet day. This is approx 9 miles from Aberdeen city centre. The line continues past the white poles towards the west. The planter has the correct shorter name of Culter.<br><br>[Alan Cormack 26/07/2017]](/images/60000/60202.jpg "Culter [2nd]")
![The Battery car resting at Milton of Crathes.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 12/09/2017]](/images/61000/61484.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![A Royal Deeside Class 03 shunter, D2094, at Milton of Crathes on 12th September 2017.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 12/09/2017]](/images/61000/61616.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![The superb building at Milton of Crathes.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 12/09/2017]](/images/61000/61817.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![Right next to the North Deeside Road! View looking north-east from the platform at Milton of Crathes.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 12/09/2017]](/images/61000/61880.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![The view west at Milton of Crathes with a diesel hauled service left and the battery train right.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 12/09/2017]](/images/62000/62051.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![Milton of Crathes viewed from the station yard.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 12/09/2017]](/images/62000/62165.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![Window view of the running-in board at Milton of Crathes.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 12/09/2017]](/images/62000/62417.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
![A lunchtime Santa special at the Royal Deeside Railway on 10th December 2017. The view is looking north from the south Deeside road with the River Dee below the field just in front of the train, which was being propelled very slowly westwards towards Banchory.<br>
<br><br>[Alan Cormack 10/12/2017]](/images/62000/62170.jpg "Milton of Crathes")
