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Scottish Midland Junction Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Looking north over Luncarty station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/822.jpg "Luncarty")
![Relic at Krriemuir Junction.<br><br>[Bruce Dunn //]](/images/1000/1641.jpg "Kirriemuir Junction")
![Old bridge at Kirriemuir Junction<br><br>[Bruce Dunn //]](/images/1000/1642.jpg "Kirriemuir Junction")
![Remains at Kirriemuir Junction<br><br>[Bruce Dunn //]](/images/1000/1643.jpg "Kirriemuir Junction")
![Looking west over Kirriemuir Junction.<br><br>[Bruce Dunn //]](/images/1000/1644.jpg "Kirriemuir Junction")
![Abandonded platform at Kirriemuir Junction<br><br>[Bruce Dunn //]](/images/1000/1645.jpg "Kirriemuir Junction")
![Southbound in the dark at Stanley Junction.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/7000/7495.jpg "Stanley Junction")
![Accelerating out of Perth passing Denmarkfield. River Tay on left.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/7000/7718.jpg "Denmarkfield")
![Passing the (?) never opened station at Denmarkfield.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/7000/7719.jpg "Denmarkfield")
![An A4 Pacific photographed with a southbound train at Alyth Junction in the 1960s looking towards Forfar. The station was built by the Dundee & Perth and Aberdeen Junction Railway and opened in 1861 as Meigle, with the name change to Alyth Junction occurring in 1876. Final closure came in September 1967.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/21000/21149.jpg "Alyth Junction")
![Totem from Forfar station (closed September 1967).<br><br>[David Panton //]](/images/32000/32521.jpg "Forfar [2nd]")
![An undated shot showing the classic signal box at Stanley Junction, glimpsed from a northbound Highland Main Line train, unusually hauled by a single Birmingham Type 2 locomotive.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //]](/images/39000/39978.jpg "Stanley Junction")
![CR 0.4.4T 55194 on branch train. 5P 4.6.0 45166 on Perth - Aberdeen local.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 17/07/1950]](/images/9000/9199.jpg "Alyth Junction")
![CR 0.4.4T 55194 arriving from Alyth.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 17/07/1950]](/images/9000/9200.jpg "Alyth Junction")
![CR 0.4.4T 55194 on empty stock.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 17/07/1950]](/images/9000/9201.jpg "Alyth Junction")
![5P 4.6.0 44931 on Aberdeen - Perth local.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 17/07/1950]](/images/9000/9202.jpg "Alyth Junction")
![Stanley Junction. 5P 4.6.0 45463 arrives with a freight off the Highland. [See image 39639]<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/04/1953]](/images/7000/7377.jpg "Stanley Junction")
![Kirriemuir Junction. 5P 4.6.0 45036 on up St. Mungo Express.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/04/1953]](/images/7000/7378.jpg "Kirriemuir Junction")
![Forfar South Junction. C.R. 0.4.4T diverges with the daily goods for Brechin.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/04/1953]](/images/7000/7379.jpg "Forfar South Junction")
![Black 5 44972 pilots classmate 44978 through Almond Valley Junction on 6 April 1953 with the down <I>Royal Highlander</I>.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 06/04/1953]](/images/53000/53330.jpg "Almond Valley Junction")
![At Forfar. C.R. 4.4.0 54454 on Forfar to Kirriemuir goods train.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 20/07/1953]](/images/16000/16374.jpg "Forfar [2nd]")
![Passing Kirriemuir Junction. C.R. 4.4.0 54454 on Forfar to Kirriemuir goods train.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 20/07/1953]](/images/16000/16375.jpg "Kirriemuir Junction")
![Kirriemuir Junction. Looking West.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 20/07/1953]](/images/16000/16376.jpg "Kirriemuir Junction")
![Kirriemuir Junction in July 1953. Up <I>St Mungo</I> double headed with 45472 leading.<br><br>[G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow 20/07/1953]](/images/16000/16377.jpg "Kirriemuir Junction")
![Platform scene at Forfar in 1959 looking towards Kinnaber Junction and Aberdeen. The locomotive shed can be seen in the left background. Forfar closed to passengers in September 1967 although the line back to Stanley Junction remained open for freight traffic until 1982. <br>
<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 26/03/1959]](/images/26000/26873.jpg "Forfar [2nd]")
![Part of a pristine Perth New Yard glimpsed from a passing train in the autumn of 1962, shortly after the opening of this major new marshalling complex. One of the many blunders of the BR 1955 Modernisation Plan, this facility lost its raison d'etre with the 1967 closure of the Strathmore Route and the general decline of wagonload traffic. Following its use as engineers' and stabling sidings, the yard was closed completely and is likely to be redeveloped for housing. [See image 21446]<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1962]](/images/39000/39946.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Hump shunting taing place at Perth New Yard on 25th March 1963, not long after this product of BR's 1955 Modernisation Plan had opened for business. Like many aspects of the latter, it was soon overtaken by events - in this case not just the general loss of wagonload business to the road haulage industry, but also specifically the closure of the Strathmore Line through Forfar in 1967, which meant that (other than the surviving freight stub to Forfar) the only freight traffic passing the New Yard was for Inverness. [See image 21446]<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) 25/03/1963]](/images/32000/32213.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![View from Control Tower at Perth marshalling yard in May 1963. J38 off Thornton empties and V2 on Aberdeen postal.<br><br>[John Robin 24/05/1963]](/images/10000/10943.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![The interior of Perth Power Signal Box.<br><br>[John Robin 24/05/1963]](/images/10000/10944.jpg "Perth")
![4472 at Perth ready to leave for Aberdeen.<br><br>[John Robin 16/05/1964]](/images/6000/6874.jpg "Perth")
![A4 60024 <I>Kingfisher</I> at Forfar on 19 August 1965 during a water stop with the Glasgow 'Postal'. <br><br>[John Robin 19/08/1965]](/images/50000/50679.jpg "Forfar [2nd]")
![The Glasgow Buchanan Street - Aberdeen <I>'A4 Farewell Tour'</I> of 3 September 1966 stands at Forfar behind 60019 <I>Bittern</I>. Aberdeen trains would soon be rerouted via Dundee following closure of the Strathmore route east of Forfar in 1967. <br><br>[John Robin 03/09/1966]](/images/48000/48433.jpg "Forfar [2nd]")
![The Railway Society of Scotland Charter DMU with a railtour at Forfar on 12 October 1968.<br><br>[Bruce McCartney 12/10/1968]](/images/30000/30138.jpg "Forfar [2nd]")
![Photostop at Forfar. A <i>Railway Society of Scotland</i> DMU special calls at Forfar with a railtour on 12 October 1968, just over a year after the station had lost its scheduled passenger services.<br><br>[Bruce McCartney 12/10/1968]](/images/33000/33762.jpg "Forfar [2nd]")
![5128+5324 leaving Perth with a Glasgow - Inverness train - 25 May 1970.<br><br>[John Furnevel 25/05/1970]](/images/4000/4495.jpg "Perth")
![Class 50 No 430 stands at the fuelling point at the north end of Perth station in 1971.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1971]](/images/19000/19592.jpg "Perth")
![EE Type 4 No. 367 has arrived at Perth Yard with the afternoon Millerhill to Inverness class 8 freight on 3 March 1971 and is seen here standing alongside its train after uncoupling. The three extra brake vans had been provided to convey an EURS party from Ladybank.<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 03/03/1971]](/images/36000/36254.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Double - headed southbound service coming off the Highland Line at Stanley Junction on 10 June 1973. [The first carriage of the train appears to be a sleeping car although I dont recall this being a sleeper service!] <br><br>[John McIntyre 10/06/1973]](/images/17000/17658.jpg "Stanley Junction")
![Railtour invasion at Forfar Playfield in 1974. These days they probably would not let you off the train!<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1974]](/images/14000/14075.jpg "Forfar Playfield")
![Plenty of track but barely a wagon in sight. The scene at Forfar in 1974, seven years after the Strathmore Line passenger closure left the Angus town as the terminus of a freight-only branch from Stanley Junction.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1974]](/images/37000/37068.jpg "Forfar North Junction")
![The Strathspey Railway Association's <i>Strathmore Express</i> of 25 May 1974 during a photostop at Forfar.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 25/05/1974]](/images/35000/35319.jpg "Forfar [2nd]")
![The Strathspey Railway Association's 'Strathmore Express' about to cross Cargill Viaduct on 25 May 1974 [see image 5778]<br><br>[Bill Roberton 25/05/1974]](/images/37000/37281.jpg "Cargill Viaduct")
![Old signal box at Woodside and Burrelton seen from the Strathspey Railway Association's 'Strathmore Express' on 25 May 1974. <br><br>[Bill Roberton 25/05/1974]](/images/37000/37435.jpg "Woodside and Burrelton")
![The North Wind Doth Blow.<br>
40061 comes off the Highland line at Stanley Junction. with an Inverness - Edinburgh service. The remnants of the Strathmore route to Forfar and Kinnaber Junction bear away to the right. 11th February 1978. The unused post on the bracket to the right belonged to the Strathmore route before track rationalisation.<br><br>[Graeme Blair 11/02/1978]](/images/58000/58102.jpg "Stanley Junction")
![47045 passes Stanley Junction with a Glasgow - Inverness service. 11th February 1978.<br><br>[Graeme Blair 11/02/1978]](/images/58000/58126.jpg "Stanley Junction")
![While the turntable in Perth New Yard deserved better than its recent sad end, it certainly presented something of a challenge in its later years, mainly due to lack of maintenance. Here it is being used to turn 5025 prior to hauling a return special back to Aviemore in June 1981. For some reason colleagues became rather abusive just as I stepped back to take the photographs. <br>
<br><br>[Peter Todd /06/1981]](/images/22000/22569.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Stanier Black 5 no 5025 on the turntable at Perth New Yard in June 1981 prior to hauling a return special from Perth back to Aviemore.<br><br>[Peter Todd /06/1981]](/images/22000/22643.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Shortly after passing the former Kirriemuir Junction, 37026 heads towards Forfar with the 'Ayr - Aberdonian' tour on 19th September 1981.<br><br>[Graeme Blair 19/09/1981]](/images/58000/58472.jpg "Kirriemuir Junction")
![Heading back to Perth, 37026 leads the 'Ayr - Aberdonian' tour away from Forfar on 19th September 1981.<br><br>[Graeme Blair 19/09/1981]](/images/58000/58576.jpg "Forfar [2nd]")
![Railtour at Forfar during a heatwave on 5 June 1982.<br><br>[David Panton 05/06/1982]](/images/16000/16947.jpg "Forfar [2nd]")
![The <I>Forfar Farewell</I> railtour at Woodside and Burrelton on 5 June 1982.<br><br>[David Panton 05/06/1982]](/images/16000/16986.jpg "Woodside and Burrelton")
![Notice at Woodside and Burrelton station in June 1982.<br><br>[David Panton 05/06/1982]](/images/16000/16989.jpg "Woodside and Burrelton")
![The <I>Forfar Farewell</I> railtour passes Stanley Junction (and the last chance ever to get this shot) on Saturday 5 June 1982.<br><br>[David Panton 05/06/1982]](/images/19000/19950.jpg "Stanley Junction")
![One of two round trips from Perth made by the Angus Railway Group <I>Forfar Farewell</I> railtour of 5 June 1982, photographed on arrival at Forfar behind 40143.<br>
<br><br>[Bruce McCartney 05/06/1982]](/images/27000/27566.jpg "Forfar [2nd]")
![Remaining Up buildings at Forfar on 5 June 1982, the day of the <I>Forfar Farewell</I> railtour.<br><br>[David Panton 05/06/1982]](/images/27000/27603.jpg "Forfar [2nd]")
![A view from a train - Stanley Junction. Taken from on-board the Angus Railway Group's <I>Forfar Farewell Railtour</I> that ran from Perth to Forfar and back behind EE Type 4 no 40143 on 5 June 1982, just prior to the final closure of the line.<br><br>[Bruce McCartney 05/06/1982]](/images/28000/28855.jpg "Stanley Junction")
![As locals and tour participants record the scene 40143 prepares to depart Forfar with the Last Train. 5th June 1982.<br><br>[Graeme Blair 05/06/1982]](/images/58000/58423.jpg "Forfar [2nd]")
![A further photo taken on 5.6.82 showing more clearly the removed section of platform at Forfar.<br><br>[Graeme Blair 05/06/1982]](/images/58000/58536.jpg "Forfar [2nd]")
![A shot of the last train to Forfar taken on 5.6.82 showing passengers disembarking at Burrelton. Track-lifting commenced the following Autumn.<br><br>[Graeme Blair 05/06/1982]](/images/58000/58640.jpg "Woodside and Burrelton")
![Ex-LNER A3 Pacific no 4472 <I>Flying Scotsman</I> about to be turned at Perth New Yard. The photograph is thought to have been taken in the early 1980s. Note the base of the former water tower on the left. [With thanks to Gary Straiton] <br>
<br><br>[Larry Addley 01/10/1983]](/images/25000/25847.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Gresley A3 Pacific no 4472 <I>Flying Scotsman</I> on the turntable at Perth New Yard in the early 1980s. [With thanks to Gary Straiton] <br><br>[Larry Addley 01/10/1983]](/images/25000/25868.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![View north over the remains of Stanley Junction in 1985, three years after closure of the last section of the Caledonian route via Forfar. Stanley Junction station had closed to passengers in 1956. [See image 7377]<br><br>[Peter Todd //1985]](/images/39000/39639.jpg "Stanley Junction")
![92220 <I>Evening Star</I> on the turntable in Perth New Yard, with 60800 <I>Green Arrow</I> following on in preparation for returning an excursion to Edinburgh on 7 April 1986<br><br>[Bill Roberton 07/04/1986]](/images/22000/22200.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![4771 'Green Arrow' backs off the turntable at Perth Yard. 7th April 1986.<br><br>[Graeme Blair 07/04/1986]](/images/59000/59235.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![47 heading north for Inverness at Perth (Dovecotland Junction). The Highland Railway shed was to the right. It still stood (with roof partly removed) at this date but the track was lifted.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1988]](/images/8000/8975.jpg "Dovecotland Junction")
![An Inverness bound train passes the former Perth goods yard. This has been lifted and built on.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1988]](/images/8000/8984.jpg "Perth Goods")
![Looking south towards Perth. The sidings of Perth goods yard are to the left and to the right are an oil depots sidings.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1988]](/images/8000/8985.jpg "Perth Goods")
![A 47 heads north from Perth. This location betrays the original layout of the station which was to the left - the train is on the line from the later expansion.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1988]](/images/8000/8994.jpg "Perth")
![47 heading for Inverness. The Perth carriage sheds are on the left.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1988]](/images/8000/8995.jpg "Perth")
![Perth looking south. The two northbound bay platforms have become a single refuelling road.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1988]](/images/8000/8996.jpg "Perth")
![Converted Gresley ADE320692 alongside the carriage shed at Perth in 1988.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1988]](/images/61000/61950.jpg "Perth")
![Perth New Yard viewed from the south.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1989]](/images/7000/7681.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![North end of Perth New Yard in 1989, looking south.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1989]](/images/60000/60065.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![477 rolling stock stored at the north end of Perth.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 02/01/1989]](/images/8000/8825.jpg "Perth")
![Almond Valley Junction viewed from an Inverness bound train in 1990. The track to the left, the remains of the Almond Valley line, was the north end of the Perth New Yard. At the time this continued, out of use, to Inveralmond Distillery.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/53000/53434.jpg "Almond Valley Junction")
![47562 passes Stanley Junction box with a southbound train in 1990.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/58000/58263.jpg "Stanley Junction")
![Last remaining building at Strathord in 1991. To the right were the two through platforms. This was the southern terminus of the Bankfoot light railway which terminated at a platform in what had been the goods yard just beyond this building. Access to the railway network was by reversal.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1991]](/images/53000/53785.jpg "Strathord")
![Surviving platform building at Strathord in 1992, looking north.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1992]](/images/57000/57668.jpg "Strathord")
![A2 pacific no 60532 <I>Blue Peter</I> on the turntable at Perth New Yard in October 1993.<br><br>[Bill Roberton /10/1993]](/images/38000/38916.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Remains at Forfar. This was all that was left of the station looking west in 1996. Demolition has since been completed with the station site now redeveloped.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1996]](/images/42000/42813.jpg "Forfar [2nd]")
![View west at Woodside and Burrelton in 1996. The signalbox still stood on the left with the station building and goods shed beyond the trailers. A house now stands in the area shown in the foreground.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1996]](/images/45000/45530.jpg "Woodside and Burrelton")
![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 centre of the picture and the platforms were located just beyond. [Ref query 45570]<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1996]](/images/52000/52693.jpg "Ballathie")
![View south down Carseview Road in Forfar during 1996. The Strathmore line crossed the road with a large bridge which also bore the west end of Forfar station. The bulk of the station was off to the left. Since the photograph was taken the cobbles and bridge have gone. The building on the right is often visible in photographs taken at the station looking to Perth.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1996]](/images/52000/52822.jpg "Forfar [2nd]")
![In 1996 Alyth Junction station remained virtually intact save for the absence of the main station buildings. The Alyth branch platform (to the left) and the mainline platforms are obvious in this view. The through Alyth-Newtyle platform was even further to the left. View looks towards Aberdeen. Note, on the right, the distinct step up from low (nearer) to higher platform. [See image 9200].<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1996]](/images/53000/53770.jpg "Alyth Junction")
![View north east at Forfar North Junction in 1996. The main line north to Aberdeen runs ahead and the infilled cutting of the line to Broughty Ferry is to the right. [See image 7380]. The site has been largely obliterated by housing development 'Caledonian Way'.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1996]](/images/57000/57133.jpg "Forfar North Junction")
![Alyth Junction looking to the junction in 1996. The platform on the left is the 1868 alignment from Newtyle to Alyth Junction, the platform on the right is the 1861 bay platform for Alyth and beyond are the two 1848 platforms on the main line.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1996]](/images/57000/57141.jpg "Alyth Junction")
![View to Aberdeen at Forfar in 1996. A single portion of platform remained - a short apparently island platform. This was on the bridge over North Street. I couldn't understand the remains until looking at a map. The Aberdeen platform had been to the left, the Perth platform was on the left of the island and the right side of the 'island' was the bay platform at the west end of the station. This part of the Perth platform had been in timber over the roadway below the bridge - nothing remained. The bridge has since been removed and probably nothing now remains of the passenger station. <br>
Gary Straiton notes 'The dock at the south end of Forfar station was called locally the 'London dock'. At some point direct carriages were docked here ... obviously!'<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1996]](/images/58000/58540.jpg "Forfar [2nd]")
![08883 shunts engineers wagons at Perth New Yard on 6 November 1997 [see image 22580].<br><br>[Bill Roberton 06/11/1997]](/images/37000/37655.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Steps down to the northern ticket platform. The Highland shed was to the left. Looking north.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 13/07/2003]](/images/9000/9023.jpg "Perth")
![Perth New Yard looking north. Redundant wagon storage, old turntable, grasslined sidings and the mainline to Inverness.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 13/07/2003]](/images/9000/9028.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Autumn scene at Cargill viaduct, Perthshire, spanning the River Tay on the former Caledonian main line between Stanley Junction and Coupar Angus. The last passenger train is recorded as making the crossing in June 1982. Photographed looking north west on 13 November 2005. [See image 37281]<br><br>[John Furnevel 13/11/2005]](/images/5000/5778.jpg "Cargill Viaduct")
![Perth New Yard in July 2006, now used mainly for wagon storage. The yard control tower still stands in the left background and the old turntable can be seen in the centre.<br><br>[John Furnevel 03/07/2006]](/images/9000/9958.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Stanley Jn. The signal cabin can be seen under bridge. <br><br>[Brian Forbes 28/08/2006]](/images/10000/10498.jpg "Stanley Junction")
![Looking from the Kirriemuir Branch to the Perth-Forfar route<br><br>[Colin Harkins 31/08/2006]](/images/10000/10653.jpg "Kirriemuir Branch")
![Looking from the old road bridge towards the Junction... The Kirriemuir Branch to the right<br><br>[Colin Harkins 31/08/2006]](/images/10000/10654.jpg "Kirriemuir Junction")
![Not much left of the old railway except this piece of evidence<br><br>[Colin Harkins 31/08/2006]](/images/10000/10656.jpg "Kirriemuir Branch")
![Not much left of the old railway except this piece of evidence<br><br>[Colin Harkins 31/08/2006]](/images/10000/10657.jpg "Kirriemuir Branch")
![To the left the station once stood... The bridge ahead looking toward Forfar infilled to allow the Farmer wider machinary to cross. Little sign of the station to the left although on closer inspection you can see the brickwork<br><br>[Colin Harkins 31/08/2006]](/images/10000/10658.jpg "Kirriemuir Junction")
![Bridge 200 on the old Scottish Midland Junction Railway from Kirriemuir to Forfar. This line now part of farmland<br><br>[Colin Harkins 31/08/2006]](/images/10000/10659.jpg "Forfar South Junction")
![Bridge 200 on the old Scottish Midland Junction Railway from Kirriemuir to Forfar. Notice the old Tele-Communications post at Bridge 200<br><br>[Colin Harkins 31/08/2006]](/images/10000/10660.jpg "Forfar South Junction")
![The Station is well gone... an industrial area covers the old station site. The Bridge has four spans. [Railscot note: this bridge has since been removed.]<br><br>[Colin Harkins 31/08/2006]](/images/10000/10661.jpg "Forfar North Junction")
![Control tower at Perth New Yard in September 2006.<br><br>[Gary Straiton 05/09/2006]](/images/11000/11462.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Welcome to Perth New Yard. September 2006.<br><br>[Gary Straiton 05/09/2006]](/images/11000/11466.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Perth New Yard - workshop/shed interior, Sept 2006.<br><br>[Gary Straiton 05/09/2006]](/images/11000/11470.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Perth New Yard - amenity block in September 2006.<br><br>[Gary Straiton 05/09/2006]](/images/11000/11471.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Closeup of the tower at Perth New Yard. September 2006<br><br>[Gary Straiton 05/09/2006]](/images/11000/11476.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Perth New Yard. Internal accomodation. September 2006.<br><br>[Gary Straiton 05/09/2006]](/images/11000/11486.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Main line platforms at Alyth Junction.<br><br>[Brian Forbes 1/04/2007]](/images/14000/14290.jpg "Alyth Junction")
![Grab shot of viaduct at Luncarty from the southbound A9.<br><br>[Brian Forbes 22/04/2007]](/images/14000/14707.jpg "Luncarty")
![North East view to Cargill from overbridge near Ballathie Hotel, east of the former station.<br><br>[Brian Forbes 08/05/2007]](/images/14000/14912.jpg "Ballathie")
![View towards Stanley Junction, from overbridge at Ballathie Hotel, east of the former station. The view looks to the former station.<br><br>[Brian Forbes 08/05/2007]](/images/14000/14913.jpg "Ballathie")
![1S15, Highland Chieftain heads north at Luncarty, four miles past Perth bound for the Highland Capital, Inverness.<br><br>[Brian Forbes 26/05/2007]](/images/15000/15148.jpg "Luncarty")
![Bridge to the north east of Woodside station crossing the A94. This carried the Strathmore Line north to Coupar Angus.<br><br>[Brian Forbes 27/05/2007]](/images/15000/15169.jpg "Woodside and Burrelton")
![View north towards Stanley Junction and the start of the single line section on 12 July 2007. The signal box stands just beyond the bridge.<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/07/2007]](/images/15000/15808.jpg "Stanley Junction")
![Approach to Woodside station and forecourt, July 2007, view south.<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/07/2007]](/images/15000/15878.jpg "Woodside and Burrelton")
![View of Woodside station, platform side, on 12 July looking north.<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/07/2007]](/images/15000/15879.jpg "Woodside and Burrelton")
![The former stationmaster's house at Alyth Junction in July 2007, looking from the goods yard... with a curious resident standing guard on the balcony.<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/07/2007]](/images/15000/15943.jpg "Alyth Junction")
![The remains of the goods yard just west of the main station at Alyth Junction in the summer of 2007, showing the old crane plinth and pivot, with the former stationmaster's house still standing in the left background [see image 15943].<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/07/2007]](/images/15000/15944.jpg "Alyth Junction")
![View north east from the road bridge at Alyth Junction on 12 July 2007. <br><br>[John Furnevel 12/07/2007]](/images/15000/15945.jpg "Alyth Junction")
![Trackbed and remains at Alyth Junction on 12 July 2007. View is North East through the road bridge carrying the B954 north towards Alyth.<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/07/2007]](/images/15000/15946.jpg "Alyth Junction")
![170428 from Inverness enters Perth under the Glasgow Road Bridge<br><br>[Brian Forbes 14/07/2007]](/images/15000/15829.jpg "Perth")
![Cabin at Stanley Junction. A double line to single line junction, the former Strathmore main line diverged to the right where the car stands. The line going around the box is the Highland Main line for Inverness.<br><br>[Brian Forbes 10/08/2007]](/images/16000/16155.jpg "Stanley Junction")
![Station House at Burrelton, now in private ownership. This view faces south with the former platforms (now removed) to the rear.<br><br>[Brian Forbes 02/11/2007]](/images/17000/17076.jpg "Burrelton")
![Looking west from the old station towards Perth. Is that ewe I see?<br><br>[Brian Forbes 02/11/2007]](/images/17000/17077.jpg "Burrelton")
![A deceptively busy looking scene at Perth New Yard on 15 November. The coal hoppers are in fact in storage here.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 15/11/2007]](/images/17000/17161.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Six car 170 set forming the 1240 Inverness - Edinburgh has left the single line section at Stanley and is heading downhill towards Perth.<br><br>[Brian Forbes 02/09/2008]](/images/20000/20537.jpg "Stanley [SMJR]")
![Track lifting almost complete in Perth New Yard at the end of October 2008. The locomotive release road ran straight ahead with the reception sidings on the right (beyond which is the Perth - Inverness main line). The yard control tower still stands in the left background.<br><br>[Gary Straiton /10/2008]](/images/21000/21446.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![The abandoned control tower in Perth New yard looks on impassively as tracklifting gets underway in October 2008.<br><br>[Gary Straiton /10/2008]](/images/21000/21450.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![The old amenity block in Perth New Yard awaits is fate as track lifting and demolition work gets underway in the yard in October 2008. <br><br>[Gary Straiton /10/2008]](/images/21000/21457.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Work continues on the clearance of Perth New Yard in October 2008. The former control tower still stands on the left while the shed in the right background was used by on-track machines.<br><br>[Gary Straiton /10/2008]](/images/21000/21466.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![The turntable at Perth New Yard in October 2008, photographed looking north. When installed this was a state-of-the-art turntable, whether electrically powered or turned by conventional handle. By the 1980s nothing worked except by pushing, although by then it was used mainly for turning on-track machines.<br><br>[Gary Straiton /10/2008]](/images/21000/21472.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Memories.... BR era wagon stencils adorn the inside of a shed in Perth New Yard in October 2008.<br>
<br><br>[Gary Straiton /10/2008]](/images/21000/21500.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![The original 1958 C&W shop at Perth New Yard in October 2008, with 1990's style Depot Protection signals. The more modern 1992(?) C&W shed stands in the distance.<br><br>[Gary Straiton /10/2008]](/images/21000/21523.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Part of the turntable mechanism at Perth New Yard in October 2008. The old turntable has been donated to the SRPS, Boness, by EWS. <br><br>[Gary Straiton /10/2008]](/images/21000/21528.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![<I>The door is always open...</I> View along the main corridor in the amenity block at Perth New Yard in October 2008. Hard to believe I attended here for an interview once upon a time... <br>
<br><br>[Gary Straiton /10/2008]](/images/21000/21534.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Shed interior - Perth New Yard, October 2008. <br><br>[Gary Straiton /10/2008]](/images/21000/21542.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![The C&W shed at Perth New Yard in October 2008. <br><br>[Gary Straiton /10/2008]](/images/21000/21543.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Road to nowhere at the north end of Perth New Yard in October 2008, with the main line to Inverness on the right and the former link to the Crieff line on the left. The track layout was much modified here when the loop was removed.<br>
<br><br>[Gary Straiton /10/2008]](/images/21000/21556.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Former staff accomodation in the area below the control tower at Perth New Yard, near the end in October 2008.<br><br>[Gary Straiton /10/2008]](/images/21000/21611.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![The former Cargill station house in October 2008.<br><br>[Brian Forbes 03/10/2008]](/images/20000/20888.jpg "Cargill")
![The <I>On-Track Machine</I> shed, pit and inspection area in Perth New Yard on 21 October 2008.<br><br>[Gary Straiton 21/10/2008]](/images/21000/21596.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Remains of the OTM safety <I>league table</I> still attached to the wall of the shed in Perth New Yard on 21 October 2008.<br><br>[Gary Straiton 21/10/2008]](/images/21000/21601.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![<I>The best laid plans etc....</I> scene in Perth New Yard at the end of November 2008. Sadly, despite the main parties having previously come to an agreement regarding preservation of the old turntable, nobody appears to have told the man with the cutting torch.... <br>
<br><br>[Gary Straiton /11/2008]](/images/21000/21649.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![View south over the remains of the turntable at Perth New Yard in November 2008. <br><br>[Gary Straiton /11/2008]](/images/21000/21654.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Most of the buildings in the former yard had disappeared by 19 November 2008. [See image 22032] <br><br>[Gary Straiton 21/11/2008]](/images/21000/21561.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![Photograph taken in the control tower at Perth New Yard shortly after opening [with acknowledgement to O S Nock]. Built in the 1950s, the yard and its associated infrastructure, were recently demolished and the area cleared for redevelopment. [See image 21561] <br><br>[Gary Straiton 29/11/2008]](/images/22000/22032.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![View north over Perth New Yard on 20 February 2009, with only one track remaining. [See image 37655]<br><br>[Bill Roberton 20/02/2009]](/images/22000/22580.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![View from the south of the lifted Perth New Yard on 29 March 2009 (one siding remains along the west side). The butchered turntable can be seen right of centre.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 29/03/2009]](/images/23000/23058.jpg "Perth New Yard")
![SRPS excursion, hauled by 60009 <I>Union of South Africa</I>, passing Stanley Junction box on 4 July 2009 on its return journey from Inverness.<br><br>[Brian Forbes 04/07/2009]](/images/24000/24421.jpg "Stanley Junction")
![A trackside hut and roadbridge are two reminders of the station at Woodside and Burrelton. The goods yard and much of the station area site is now small housing estate. The station building also remains standing [See image 15879].<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 12/07/2009]](/images/24000/24652.jpg "Woodside and Burrelton")
![The present day fuelling facilities at Perth are located around the former platforms 8 and 9. This is a view of the 'half shed' and fuelling pumps installed a couple of years ago to handle the servicing of the Class 170s, including their associated CETs (Controlled Emission Tanks). Class 158's have all now been similarly adapted so the toilets can now be safely flushed in stations! The two stainless steel machines beyond the green wheeled bowser are two of the three CET pumps. Needless to say the latter are referred to in more colloquial terms locally.<br><br>[Gary Straiton 26/02/2010]](/images/27000/27888.jpg "Perth")
![Looking south past the fuel road buffers into Perth station in February 2010. Platforms 8 & 9 originally continued under the canopy, a mirror image of platforms 5 & 6.<br>
<br><br>[Gary Straiton 26/02/2010]](/images/27000/27901.jpg "Perth")
![A six car 158 set with 158715 on the point arrives at Perth with the 10.47 from Inverness to Edinburgh on 25 June. The train stabling area can be seen on the right.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 25/06/2011]](/images/34000/34674.jpg "Perth")
![60163 Tornado passing Luncarty on the way to Inverness.<br><br>[John Robin 19/05/2012]](/images/38000/38919.jpg "Luncarty")
![A1 No. 60163 Tornado prepares to take water at Perth prior to backing onto an Inverness bound railtour. <br>
<br><br>[John Robin 19/05/2012]](/images/38000/38934.jpg "Perth")
![Looking north east towards Stanley Junction on 13 October 2012 with the line curving left towards Murthly. The former double track main line to Kinnaber Junction would have been where the signaller's car is parked in the middle of the picture. A house has been built on the trackbed beyond the car. [See image 7377]<br><br>[John McIntyre 13/10/2012]](/images/40000/40759.jpg "Stanley Junction")
![Scottish Midland Junction Railway waybill of 15 August 1846 concerning the shipment of 4 tons 17 cwt of coal from Dundee to Coupar Angus via Newtyle. <br><br>[Ian Dinmore 12/11/2013]](/images/22000/22571.jpg "Plates, Signs and Notices")
![The steam shed at Forfar (one time 63C) closed in 1964 and was subsequently converted to accommodate a construction company. The refurbished and re-roofed building is seen here on 1 October 2015 looking south east. <br><br>[Andy Furnevel 01/10/2015]](/images/52000/52766.jpg "Forfar Shed")
![Colas 60087 enters the double track at Stanley with the 6Z31 Inverness - Oxwellmains empty cement on 30 March.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 30/03/2016]](/images/54000/54732.jpg "Stanley Junction")
![The Inverness - Oxenholme leg of the Great Britain IX railtour, hauled by 44871 with 47760 on the rear enters the double track at Stanley running about half an hour early.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 03/05/2016]](/images/55000/55029.jpg "Stanley Junction")
![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.<br><br>[Alan Cormack 02/11/2016]](/images/57000/57295.jpg "Forfar South Junction")
![158712 at the north end of Perth on the inaugural run of the new 0508 Perth-Inverness service, arriving at 0749.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 12/12/2016]](/images/57000/57427.jpg "Perth")
![This is the bridge which carried the line from Stanley Junction to Coupar Angus. It spans the River Tay just west of Cargill. Pedestrian Access is denied and a £25 trespass fine applies!<br><br>[Ian Millar 25/04/2017]](/images/59000/59173.jpg "Cargill Viaduct")
![Though the (presumably wooden) platform itself has long gone the more solid steps down to it survive, along with their metal arches which I imagine supported lighting. I am standing just north of Perth station, looking north. The Wikipedia entry for ticket platforms advises that they shouldn't be confused with platform tickets. Easily done.<br><br>[David Panton 05/12/2017]](/images/63000/63120.jpg "Perth Glasgow Road")
