Scottish Midland Junction Railway

Introduction

This railway is partly open from Perth to Stanley Junction. The company provided a service between Perth and Forfar [2nd].






Dates

  /  /1845Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Act receives Royal assent. Line to connect with the Scottish Central Railway in Perth and the Arbroath and Forfar Railway in Forfar.
  /  /1845Newtyle and Glammis Railway
Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway
Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Authorisation to purchase the Newtyle and Glammis Railway and Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway by the Scottish Midland Junction Railway.
  /  /1846Newtyle and Coupar Angus RailwayScottish Midland Junction Railway
Line sold to the Scottish Midland Junction Railway. It was then closed and upgraded to standard gauge and two tracks between Coupar Angus and Ardler Junction. (Alternative date: 1845).
  /  /1846Newtyle and Glammis Railway Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Line sold to the Scottish Midland Junction Railway. It was then closed and upgraded to standard gauge and two tracks between Meigle Upper Junction and Glammis [2nd]. (Alternative date: 1845).
  /  /1846Scottish Midland Junction Railway
An Act for a branch to Birnam / Dunkeld is passed. The line is not proceeded with.
  /  /1846Scottish Central Railway
Perth General station and Perth Harbour branch approved. Junction with Scottish Midland Junction Railway approved.
  /  /1846Scottish Central Railway Scottish Midland Junction Railway Dundee and Perth Railway Edinburgh and Northern Railway
Agreement and authorisation that Perth General station be owned by Scottish Central Railway, Scottish Midland Junction Railway, Dundee and Perth Railway and Edinburgh and Northern Railway jointly.
  /  /1848Scottish Midland Junction Railway
An Act for a branch to Birnam / Dunkeld is re authorised. The line is not proceeded with.
02/08/1848Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Arbroath and Forfar Railway
Scottish Midland Junction Railway line opened from Perth to Forfar [2nd]. Forfar (Playfield) closed to passengers. The line incorporates most of the former Newtyle and Glammis Railway and Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway.
02/08/1848Arbroath and Forfar Railway
Forfar [1st] (Playfield) closed to passengers with the opening of Forfar [2nd] on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway.
11/09/1848Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Opened for goods.
  /  /1850Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Keep a locomotive at Coupar Angus for the Blairgowrie Branch (Scottish Midland Junction Railway). (No shed building at Coupar Angus is known of.)
  /  /1853Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Extension of works and widening of railway north of Perth General authorised.
10/07/1854Perth and Dunkeld Railway
Act receives Royal assent for a railway from Stanley (on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway) to Dunkeld.
  /  /1856Aberdeen RailwayScottish Midland Junction RailwayScottish North Eastern Railway
The Aberdeen Railway merged with Scottish Midland Junction Railway to become Scottish North Eastern Railway.
07/04/1856Perth and Dunkeld Railway
Perth and Dunkeld Railway opened. Operated by the Scottish Midland Junction Railway. Stations opened at Murthly (possibly, may be late 1856) and Birnam and Dunkeld.
  /  /1859Scottish Central Railway Scottish Midland Junction Railway Dundee and Perth Railway Edinburgh and Northern Railway
Limits of Perth General station defined by the joint committee, repealing the agreement of 1846. The Scottish North Eastern Railway is authorised to use Perth General and to form a siding on the east side of the station.
  /  /1860Scottish Central Railway Scottish Midland Junction Railway Dundee and Perth Railway Edinburgh and Northern Railway
Rights of access to Perth General of the companies agreed .
  /  /1861Scottish Midland Junction Railway Scottish North Eastern Railway Inverness and Perth Junction Railway
Scottish North Eastern Railway makes arrangement made with the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway, land for future Perth Shed [HR] near Perth General on the former SMJR.
22/07/1861Inverness and Perth Junction Railway
Aberfeldy Branch (Inverness and Perth Junction Railway)
Act obtained for a line between Dunkeld and Forres, and Ballinluig to Aberfeldy. Engineer: Joseph Mitchell. Running power from Stanley Junction to Perth General over the Scottish Midland Junction Railway.
  /  /1862Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Authorisation to expand Forfar [2nd] station and deviate line.
01/12/1886Scottish Midland Junction Railway
New Perth Goods [CR] station opens to the north of Perth General.
  /  /1890Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Agreement over land at Dovecotland (for Dovecotland Goods) between the Caledonian Railway and Highland Railway.
20/10/1899Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway
Scottish Midland Junction Railway
A passenger and goods train crash at Coupar Angus resulting in the death of a train driver.
  /  /1907Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Authorisation to buy land for station enlargement at Woodside and Burrelton.
17/07/1948Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway
Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Crash at Ardler Junction. The 4.20pm Dundee West to Blairgowrie service via Newtyle [2nd] passes the home signal at the junction and is struck by the southbound 3.30pm ex-Aberdeen postal express train resulting in the death of 2 people.
27/04/1952Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Ardler Junction taken out and trailing crossover removed. Line between Ardler Junction (excluded) and Newtyle [2nd] (excluded) officially closed 04/04/1953 and Ardler Junction box closed. Alyth Junction to Newtyle Junction re-opens to passengers.
  /  /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.
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.
04/09/1967Scottish Midland Junction Railway Aberdeen Railway
Perth (Stanley Junction) to Laurencekirk (Kinnaber Junction) closed to passengers.
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.
05/06/1982Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Line closed between Stanley Junction (excluded) and the former Forfar North Junction. On the last day two passenger trains "Forfar Farewell" are run. Some days later a freight may have run to recover wagons still on the line.
  /10/2008Scottish Midland Junction Railway
Perth New Yard lifted. Unfortunately the turntable was also cut up, despite being offered to the Scottish Railway Preservation Society.

Portions of line and locations

This line is divided into a number of portions.


Perth to Coupar Angus

This is a superb major station with a tudor styled building by William Tite and large glazed trainshed situated on the western edge of the Perth town centre. To the south lines from Glasgow Queen Street High Level and Edinburgh Waverley meet at Hilton Junction and in the station lines north to Inverness and north east to Dundee and Aberdeen divide. Today it is an eight ...

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Scottish Central Railway
Dundee and Perth Railway
43135 was on an Aberdeen to Glasgow service on 2nd August 2022 but this was terminated at Perth for some reason. The HST is in Platform 1 and seen ...
Mark Bartlett 02/08/2022
25 March 1967 and the epic 'Scottish Region Grand Tour No. 1' has reached Perth. Its two diesel locos have been replaced by A4 no. 60009, piloted by ...
Colin Kirkwood 25/03/1967
40157 whistles away at Perth in March 1982. At least it was not hidden away behind the dreaded wall. This was very much a Scottish loco, based at ...
Roger Geach 29/03/1982
An Inverness to Glasgow HST departs Perth's Platform 4 on 2 June 2021. They seem to be rewilding the trackbed. ...
David Panton 02/06/2021
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This junction is at the north end of Perth. Today this is where the lines from platform 7 and the holding sidings on the west side meet those from platform 4 and 3 on the east side, which have just passed under the station road entry ramp. The combined lines heading north pass under the Glasgow Road Bridge.
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Perth General Enlargement (Perth Station Committee (Caledonian Railway, North British Railway and Highland Railway))


Also known as Perth North Ticket Platform (and variations of this name). This was Perth General's northern ticket platform where passengers tickets, for trains arriving from the north, were checked. It was a timber platform built on the east side of the line.
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A class 47 nears Perth with a southbound service in 1988, passing the former Highland Railway engine shed (left) and the site of the north ticket ...
Bill Roberton //1988
Black 5 4-6-0 no 44925 takes the Bon Accord north out of Perth on 16 April 1955 on its way to Aberdeen. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 16/04/1955
45465 pilots 45336 on a southbound train from Inverness arriving at Perth on 16 April 1955. The Glasgow Road ticket platform is on the right. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 16/04/1955
View north from Glasgow Road in July 1988. The long line of MKI coaches is parked next to the site of the north ticket platform. Beyond was Perth ...
Bill Roberton /07/1988
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This was a temporary terminus which afterwards became carriage shed. It was initially used during a disagreement between the Scottish Midland Junction Railway and the Scottish Central Railway over access to Perth General station. The station, by the time of the 1860 Ordnance Survey, consisted of four platforms; one platform on the through line south to the general station, two terminal ...

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This shed was also known as Perth North. This was the Highland Railway shed in Perth, north of the Glasgow Road/York Place road bridge just north of the station and on the west side of the line. It was accessed from the north, single ended and consisted of two four road sheds. It was owned by the Highland, despite being seven miles south of the Highland main line at Stanley Junction.
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Engineers train stabled outside the ex-HR shed at Perth in April 1955. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 16/04/1955
The interior of the Highland Railway engine shed at Perth in 1975. The track would be removed for use in the Strathspey Railway's shed at Aviemore. ...
Bill Roberton //1975
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This signal box was on the west side of the line south of the Long Causeway road bridge.
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Perth General Enlargement (Perth Station Committee (Caledonian Railway, North British Railway and Highland Railway))
47710 heads north out of Perth past Dovecotland Junction in 1990. The remains of the Highland Railway shed are on the right. To the left was Earlsdyke ...
Ewan Crawford //1990
47 heading north for Inverness at Perth (Dovecotland Junction). The Highland Railway shed was to the right. It still stood (with roof partly removed) ...
Ewan Crawford //1988
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This goods yard was on the north side of the Perth High Street road bridge. It was located on the west side of the line, both goods lines and passenger lines, and Perth Goods [CR]. The yard was used by the Highland Railway.
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This was the Caledonian Railway's main goods yard in Perth and was chiefly opened when Perth station was hugely remodelled in the mid 1880s. The yard was shared with the Highland Railway. It was later known as Perth North Goods. The yard no longer exists. It was described by Biddle and Nock thus:
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Black 5 no 44698 assists Jubilee 45673 Keppel with the Saturday 1.15pm ex-Aberdeen. Photographed on the northern approach to Perth station on ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 16/04/1955
View, from a passing train, of Perth Goods in late 1984. Just visible beyond the wagons is the body of 40173. The bogies had been removed to build ...
Bill Roberton //1984
An Inverness bound train passes the former Perth goods yard. This has been lifted and built on. ...
Ewan Crawford //1988
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These goods sidings were in the north of Perth, just to the north of Perth Goods [CR], their parent station. The sidings were on the east side of the line and approached from Balhousie Junction, just to the north. The line for the yard approached down the east side of Balhousie signal box, the main line from which these branched down the west side of the same box.
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This signal box, just south of the Crieff Road bridge in Perth, was located on the east side of the line. It was just under a mile north of Perth station. The box was east of the main lines with goods lines passing round its east.
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Perth General Enlargement (Perth Station Committee (Caledonian Railway, North British Railway and Highland Railway))
Lost Railfreight Balhousie Junction, Perth, looking south in 1989. The sidings of Perth North Goods, on the left, had just been dismantled. On ...
Ewan Crawford //1989
Looking south towards Perth. The sidings of Perth goods yard are to the left and to the right are an oil depots sidings. ...
Ewan Crawford //1988
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A halt related to Muirton Park football ground, St Johnstone FC, which was to the east.
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Perth New Yard (British Railways)


This cold store was established in the Second World War. It was located on the east side of the railway in Muirton, Perth. Opposite on the west side of the line was the south end of Perth New Yard (developed later).
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Perth New Yard (British Railways)


This marshalling yard was laid out to the north of Perth gradually replacing four existing yards nearby, opening in 1962.
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Perth New Yard (British Railways)
B1 4-6-0 61306 Mayflower passes the former Perth New Yard, with a 'Steam Dreams' charter from Inverness to Fort William, on 13th May 2019.
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Bill Roberton 13/05/2019
Jubilee class 5690 'Leander', in steam at Perth New Yard for the Open Day on 13 April 1985.
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Bill Roberton 13/04/1985
A4 60009 on display at Perth New Yard for the Open Day on 13 April 1985.
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Bill Roberton 13/04/1985
Track panels stored at Perth New Yard. ...
John Yellowlees 24/04/2019
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This junction was in the north of Perth where the Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Railway met the older Scottish Midland Junction Railway. Trains from the branch could run south to Perth. The main line was double track, the branch single. The brick built signal box was on the east side of the line. The junction was a little complicated as there was a looped siding on the west side ...

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Perth, Almond Valley and Methven Railway
Perth New Yard (British Railways)
Black 5 45167 brings a down local through Almond Valley Junction on 16 May 1953. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 16/05/1953
An up goods about to run through Almond Valley Junction on the northern approach to Perth on 6 April 1953 behind Black 5 4-6-0 no 45499. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/04/1953
Almond Valley Junction looking north in 1989. The stub of the line to Crieff had survived as a headshunt for Perth New Yard and siding for Dewar's. ...
Ewan Crawford 20/12/2020
Black 5 44979 brings the up 'Postal' through Almond Valley Junction on 16 May 1953.
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G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 16/05/1953
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North of Perth at Denmarkfield is a house sandwiched between the A9 and railway. The architecture suggests perhaps railway ownership, perhaps even a planned station which never opened.
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Accelerating out of Perth passing Denmarkfield. River Tay on left. ...
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Passing the (?) never opened station at Denmarkfield. ...
Ewan Crawford //
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This was a two platform station. The main building, a single storey, was on the up platform.
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Highland 103 Jones Goods special at Luncarty heading north. ...
Aitken Scott 21/08/1965
60163 Tornado passing Luncarty on the way to Inverness. ...
John Robin 19/05/2012
1S15, Highland Chieftain heads north at Luncarty, four miles past Perth bound for the Highland Capital, Inverness. ...
Brian Forbes 26/05/2007
Grab shot of viaduct at Luncarty from the southbound A9. ...
Brian Forbes 22/04/2007
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This was a two platform station originally. The main station building was on the northbound platform.
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Bankfoot Light Railway
26035, 26042 and 26001 near the former Strathord Junction with an excursion returning from Inverness to Edinburgh on 12 September 1992. 26001 and ...
Bill Roberton 12/09/1992
Last remaining building at Strathord in 1991. To the right were the two through platforms. This was the southern terminus of the Bankfoot light ...
Ewan Crawford //1991
Ex-Caledonian 4-4-0 54467 passing Strathord station on 6 April 1953 with a southbound train from Blair Atholl. (Strathord station had closed to ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/04/1953
Surviving platform building at Strathord in 1992, looking north. ...
Bill Roberton //1992
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This station was half a mile south of Stanley Junction, which replaced it in 1856.
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Six car 170 set forming the 1240 Inverness - Edinburgh has left the single line section at Stanley and is heading downhill towards Perth. ...
Brian Forbes 02/09/2008
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This was a three platform station and junction. It was not convenient for the village of Stanley, being on its northern edge. It was the junction between main lines to Aberdeen and Inverness.
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Perth and Dunkeld Railway
170425 approaches Stanley Junction from the north with a train from Inverness to Glasgow. ...
Ewan Crawford 03/04/2023
The base of a post on the up (southbound) side of the former Strathmore main line about a mile out from Stanley Junction, near Mains of Taymount. ...
Ewan Crawford 03/04/2023
Under a stunning blue sky 170431 leaves Stanley Junction on a Glasgow to Inverness service. The signal box can be seen to the right of the train. ...
Ewan Crawford 03/04/2023
View east away from Stanley Junction just to the east of the former station. This portion of the former line is blocked off and partly flooded, ...
Ewan Crawford 03/04/2023
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This was a short lived station 1848-1868 (with a possible short closure late 1849 to early 1850). The station had two platforms and a siding on the north side, approached from the east. It was a very rural location. After closure to passengers the goods yard remained open.
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The very straight course of the Strathmore main line to the west of Ballathie. The view is looking east towards the site of the short lived station ...
Ewan Crawford 03/04/2023
The loading bank at Ballathie in a view looking east. The main line was just to the right. In the days of the 3 hour Glasgow - Aberdeen expresses, ...
Ewan Crawford 03/04/2023
View west at Ballathie in 1996. This was a short lived station (1848-1868) which was retained as a siding until 1964. The loading bank is in the ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
North East view to Cargill from overbridge near Ballathie Hotel, east of the former station. ...
Brian Forbes 08/05/2007
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This is a disused double track viaduct west of the former Cargill station and east of the former Ballathie station. It crosses the River Tay. It is a substantial five span truss viaduct.
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Cargill Viaduct seen from the south west under an intense blue sky. The steelwork has rusted to a red/brown colour, it was previously painted grey. ...
Ewan Crawford 03/04/2023
Cargill Viaduct viewed from the south east. Ballathie is to the left and Cargill to the right. The dark blue Tay passes below. ...
Ewan Crawford 27/03/2023
Trespassers take note, there is a £25 penalty for stepping on the Cargill Viaduct, as seen in 1996. ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
The most notable engineering structure on the Caledonian Railway's Strathmore route was Cargill viaduct, Perthshire, which carried the line over the ...
John Furnevel 13/11/2005
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This was a two platform station with a small goods yard to the west, on the north side of the line and accessed from the east.
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View looking east at the site of Cargill station in 1996. At this date the bridge over the A93 had already been demolished. The station site has since ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
View east towards the site of Cargill station. Glasgow - Aberdeen three hour expresses would reach around 80 mph through the station and 'Golden ...
Ewan Crawford 27/03/2023
The former Cargill station house in October 2008. ...
Brian Forbes 03/10/2008
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This was a two platform station. The main station building, now a house, was on the down (northbound) platform. There was a goods yard to the north, accessed from the east end of the station. The signal box was off the east end of the westbound platform, opposite the goods yard.
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Station House at Burrelton, now in private ownership. This view faces south with the former platforms (now removed) to the rear. ...
Brian Forbes 02/11/2007
Looking west from the old station towards Perth. Is that ewe I see? ...
Brian Forbes 02/11/2007
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Coupar Angus (South) signalbox in the late 1980s, several years after lifting of the railway.
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Bill Roberton //
This main road was the railway through Coupar Angus. The Blairgowrie Branch was on the left and Strathmore Main Line to the right, the two running ...
Ewan Crawford 02/06/2023
Ex-Caledonian 0-4-4T no 55213 about to bring the branch train from Blairgowrie onto the main line just to the west of Coupar Angus station on 20 July ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 20/07/1953
A train from Blairgowrie approaching Coupar Angus off the branch in April 1953. The locomotive is Fowler 4F 0-6-0 no 44258. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 05/04/1953
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This was a three platform station. With an island platform on the west side - the outer face being for the Blairgowrie branch and down platform (with canopied building) and up platform (timber building) on the east side (a building which had a single sloping roof was replaced with another slightly further east around the Great War). Both sides of the station had goods loops. Access to the ...

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Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway
Blairgowrie Branch (Scottish Midland Junction Railway)
This was the site of Coupar Angus station in a view looking east. Like many towns, Coupar Angus has done a fine job of eradicating any signs of ever ...
Ewan Crawford 27/03/2023
A view towards Coupar Angus station from Station Road to the north west showing the remains of the crane in 1996. The platforms are in the background. ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
The Strathspey Railway Association's 'Strathmore Express', stopped at Coupar Angus on 25 May 1974. The train is stopped on the former eastbound main ...
Bill Roberton 25/05/1974
A pair of condemned vans stand in the sidings at Coupar Angus in May 1974. The view is to the north west just to the west of the platforms. The ...
Bill Roberton 25/05/1974
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Ardler Junction to Meigle Upper

This was the junction between the Strathmore mainline Perth - Forfar [2nd] - Kinnaber Junction and the curve from the Dundee and Newtyle Railway. This allowed through running from Dundee West to Coupar Angus and Blairgowrie.
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Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway
Ardler Junction looking east with the Strathmore main line on the left and curve to Newtyle on the right. Newtyle is just out of shot top right and ...
Ewan Crawford 08/03/2023
An Arbroath - Perth train passing Ardler Junction signal box on 15 August 1953 behind ex-Caledonian 4-4-0 no 54450. ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/08/1953
One of Balornock shed's Black 5 4-6-0s no 44996 after passing Ardler Junction on Sunday 19 July 1953 with a returning south Glasgow Buchanan Street - ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 19/07/1953
Scene at Ardler Junction looking west towards Coupar Angus on Saturday 15 August 1953. Ex-Caledonian 0-4-4T no 55227 is passing the signal box with a ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/08/1953
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This level crossing was located between Ardler Junction (to the west) and Alyth Junction (to the east) on the Strathmore Main Line.
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View east towards Alyth Junction from Camno Crossing in 1996 where the Strathmore Main Line crossed the road. A crossing keeper's hut still survives ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
Camno Crossing on the Strathmore main line, looking west. Off to the left is the Ardler Junction to Newtyle Junction curve. The telegraph poles seem ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
De-streamlined Stanier Pacific 46246 City of Manchester, with the Saturday 7.15am ex-Buchanan Street, photographed at Camno Crossing ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/08/1953
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This was one of the busiest stations on the Strathmore main line having main line trains from Perth to Aberdeen, branch trains to Alyth, and Dundee West to Newtyle [2nd] to Alyth trains.
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Alyth Railway
Dundee and Newtyle Deviations (Dundee and Perth Railway)
Alyth Junction looking east The flyover of the line from Newtyle can be seen to the left of the main line (bottom left to centre top). The flyover has ...
Ewan Crawford 02/05/2023
Alyth Junction looking to Aberdeen in 2023. From right to left: site of main station building, site of westbound platform, very obvious remains of the ...
Ewan Crawford 03/03/2023
This lattice post remains standing to the immediate east of the flyover at Alyth Junction on the southbound side of the line. Traces of black and ...
Ewan Crawford 02/05/2023
This bridge carried the Alyth branch over a minor road a little north of Alyth Junction. It looks like ballast spilling off the bridge was a problem ...
Ewan Crawford 02/05/2023
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This was an interchange station opened in 1848 on the earlier course of the Newtyle and Glammis Railway. It was without road access and was formed between the main line of the Scottish Midland Junction Railway and the old curve which ran uphill to Newtyle [1st]. Initially the curve was a different gauge and there was no physical connection, being operated by the [[Dundee and Perth ...

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Newtyle and Glammiss Railway
The site of Meigle Upper Junction looking east towards Forfar. The platforms were in the foreground and exchange sidings further away. ...
Ewan Crawford 03/03/2023
Surviving telegraph poles on the south side of the line in a view looking east at the former Meigle Upper Junction station on the Strathmore main line ...
Ewan Crawford 03/03/2023
This is the site of a long gone station on the Strathmore main line in a view looking east. Meigle Upper Junction was an interchange station, about ...
Ewan Crawford 03/03/2023
There are three railways in this view. The crop marks, top left to bottom centre, shows the ploughed out route of the Newtyle and Glammiss Railway. ...
Ewan Crawford 03/03/2023
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Glamis to Forfar

This was a two platform station on the Strathmore main line. The main station building was on the westbound / southbound platform.
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A view east at Glamis showing the former station site showing the large former goods yard. [A portion of the view has been blurred for privacy.] ...
Ewan Crawford 14/03/2023
The site of Glamis station looking west to Perth. The platforms had been removed before line closure. The signal box still stood when this was taken ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
The remains of Glamis station (closed 11th June 1956) together with the empty signal box (closed 21st February 1966) on 2nd September 1967, the second ...
Douglas Blades 02/09/1967
Fireplace in the former signalbox at Glamis. ...
Bruce Dunn //2004
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A single siding on the westbound line between Glamis, to the west, and Kirriemuir Junction. It was reached by reversal.
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The site of Drumgley siding on the Strathmore main line is partly ploughed out. This view looks west and the siding was on the left making a trailing ...
Ewan Crawford 14/03/2023
On the Strathmore line in February 2018. The railway (looking towards Glamis and Perth) ran towards and through the cutting. The yard at Drumgley was ...
Gary Straiton 17/02/2018
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This was a station, exchange platform and junction. A very low platform stood in the 'V' of the junction with a building, probably a railway employee's house. The platform had one face on the main line and another on the branch. A second short platform was on the southbound main line, it was out of alignment with the main platform being further east. The junction dates from 1855 with the opening ...

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Kirriemuir Branch (Scottish Midland Junction Railway)
Looking out of the window of the platelayer's hut at Kirriemuir Junction the former 'V' shaped platform can be seen. The view is to the north. ...
Ewan Crawford 14/03/2023
Kirriemuir Junction in a view looking east towards Forfar. The Kirriemuir branch comes in from bottom left. The Loch of Forfar is top right. A ...
Ewan Crawford 14/03/2023
Black 5 4-6-0 no 45158 Glasgow Yeomanry passing Kirriemuir Junction with an up summer Saturday special on 15 August 1953. View is south east ...
G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 15/08/1953
Not much left of the old railway except this piece of evidence ...
Colin Harkins 31/08/2006
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This bridge, west of the former Forfar South Junction on the Strathmore main line, formerly carried the A926. It is built on a skew and is bridge number 200.
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Here is a picture of the old Road bridge at Forfar, on the A926 near the junction with the A90 on the old Strathmore route. ...
Alan Cormack 02/11/2016
Bridge 200 on the old Scottish Midland Junction Railway from Kirriemuir to Forfar. This line now part of farmland. ...
Colin Harkins 31/08/2006
Bridge 200 on the old Scottish Midland Junction Railway from Kirriemuir to Forfar. Notice the old Tele-Communications post at Bridge 200. ...
Colin Harkins 31/08/2006
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This junction was to the west of Forfar [2nd station, not so much south as more north west, indeed it was further north than Forfar North Junction which was east of Forfar [1st]. However in railway terms it was south of the station as it was closer to Perth.
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Forfar and Brechin Railway
These fields were once crossed by the Forfar and Brechin Railway as it approached Forfar South Junction. This part of the line has been ploughed out. ...
Ewan Crawford 18/07/2023
View west from Forfar showing the A90 and A926. Closer to the camera the original route of the A926 can be seen with the re-aligned version to its ...
Ewan Crawford 18/07/2023
At first it looks like there is nothing railway related in this view. Bottom right is bridge number 200 (Turfbeg Road Bridge) on the Strathmore main ...
Ewan Crawford 18/07/2023
Caledonian 0-4-4T 55194 takes the Brechin line at Forfar South Junction with the daily goods on 20 July 1953.
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G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 20/07/1953
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This was an important station on the Perth to Aberdeen main line through Strathmore. A number of lines converged on the station and it not only had two main through platforms but bays for the branch lines. It was on a curve, bringing the line closer to Market Street , on the north side of the town. To the north of the east end of the station was an extensive goods yard and [[Forfar Shed ...

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The Strathmore Express 3 car DMU at Forfar on 25/05/1974 in a view looking east. The goods yard is off to the left. ...
Roger Geach Collection 25/05/1974
This is the northern part of Forfar Mart, which expanded to cover the western part of the former station after the line closed in 1982. The market is ...
Ewan Crawford 11/04/2023
A view of the remains of Forfar station, following track lifting, in the mid to late 1980s. Several small buildings and the signal box, which were ...
John Kirk //
Black 5 44925 leaving Forfar on the 5.30pm service from Aberdeen to Perth on 12th April 1965. ...
Robin McGregor 12/04/1965
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This was the second (much larger) shed at Forfar [2nd] built for the Caledonian Railway in 1898-99 coinciding with completion of improvements to the Strathmore main line, rebuilding of bridges resulting in a much higher line speed and opening of final branches. It replaced the much older and smaller Forfar Shed [1st]. The shed was built on a greenfield site to the north of the ...

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Pickersgill 4-4-0 54500 seen at Forfar Shed in the early 1960s. ...
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McIntosh 0-4-4T 55263 at Forfar sheds with Drummond 0-6-0T 55471 in the background in the early 60s. The view is west of the shed, looking north ...
Aitken Scott //
View of the second Forfar Shed in 1996, seen from the east end. This shed opened in late 1899 replacing the first shed which, by then, was on the ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
Forfar Shed seen, trackless like the station and goods yard off to the left, in the mid to late 1980s. The shed was subsequently restored. View looks ...
John Kirk //
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At Forfar North Junction the routes west to Forfar [1st] (Playfield) and Perth diverged and the routes east to Aberdeen and Broughty Ferry diverged. The Arbroath and Forfar Railway (arriving here in 1839), Scottish Midland Junction Railway (1848) and Dundee and Forfar Direct Railway (1870) met here.
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Arbroath and Forfar Railway
Dundee and Forfar Direct Railway
View north above the Forfar-Broughty Ferry line looking to Forfar North Junction. The Arbroath and Forfar Railway is on the right. ...
Ewan Crawford 18/07/2023
View looking south on the line approaching Forfar from Broughty Ferry showing the base of a signal, just under a mile south of the junction. ...
Ewan Crawford 18/07/2023
View south of the line about a mile south of Forfar North Junction. A quarry encroaches on the tracked (note private quarry road passing under the ...
Ewan Crawford 18/07/2023
This long bridge crossed over the Strathmore Main Line east of Forfar station. The view looks east, away from the station, towards Forfar North ...
Ewan Crawford //1996
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