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Strathspey Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Looking north at the former Aberlour station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/851.jpg "Aberlour")
![Aberlour goods shed, looking west.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/852.jpg "Aberlour")
![Craigellachie, Speyside platform, looking east. <br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/853.jpg "Craigellachie")
![Bridge 515 south of Aberlour on old Speyside Line.<br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/1000/1027.jpg "Aberlour")
![Former station building at Carron<br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/1000/1028.jpg "Carron")
![Dailuanie Halt platform.<br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/1000/1029.jpg "Dailuaine Halt")
![Remains of points within Carron Distillery.<br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/1000/1031.jpg "Carron")
![Site of timber yard and sidings at Carron.<br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/1000/1032.jpg "Carron")
![Taminurie Tunnel.Located between Craigellachie and Aberlour. The only tunnel on the old Speyside Line.<br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/1000/1033.jpg "Taminurie Tunnel")
![Ballindalloch Girder Bridge on old Speyside Line now part of the Speyside Way.<br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/1000/1134.jpg "Ballindalloch")
![Former Ballindalloch Station building now used as hostel accommodation and is in very good condition.<br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/1000/1135.jpg "Ballindalloch")
![Old station building at Blacksboat,this and the goods shed,which is to the left of the photograph,are in good condition.<br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/1000/1136.jpg "Blacksboat")
![Blacksboat showing the station and goods shed, viewed from road bridge, Summer 1994.<br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/5000/5408.jpg "Blacksboat")
![Allan Garraway photographed at Aviemore in the 1980s.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //]](/images/7000/7159.jpg "Aviemore")
![Looking east over the Boat of Garten - Aberdeen platform at Craigellachie in the early 1960s, with the Elgin platforms over to the left. The station opened as Strathspey Junction in July 1863 and finally closed to passengers in May 1968. <br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/22000/22477.jpg "Craigellachie")
![Located between Carron and Aberlour on the Speyside line, the Dailuaine distillery boasted its own steam locomotive, seen here in charge of a precious cargo near the distillery in the 1960s. [See image 5704]<br>
<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/23000/23450.jpg "Dailuaine Distillery")
![An eastbound railbus heads out of Grantown-on-Spey East on the Speyside Line in the early 1960s. A Railway Magazine article in the late 60s described the railbus experiment as <I>too little, too light and too late</I>, and they certainly failed to save passenger services on Speyside, withdrawn in 1965.<br>
<br><br>[Peter Oliver Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //]](/images/26000/26125.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![<I>Careful with that!</I> 0-4-0ST <I>Dailuaine</I>, seen here in charge of a precious cargo near the Dailuaine distillery between Carron and Aberlour on the Speyside line in the 1960s.<br><br>[Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/31000/31994.jpg "Dailuaine Distillery")
![Grantown on Spey East five years or so after the track was lifted.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //]](/images/57000/57674.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![Children leaving an Aviemore-Elgin railbus during the summer of 1961 at one of the five simple wooden halts opened on the Speyside Line by BR two years previously. This one is Gilbey's Cottages Halt, near Knockando, complete with camping coach.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1961]](/images/28000/28783.jpg "Gilbey^s Cottages Halt")
![Originally thought to be a railbus at Dalvey Farm Halt on the Speyside line near Ballindalloch in 1961. Recent feedback via Railscot 'Notes & Queries' together with further study of current maps suggest that it may in fact have been an 'unofficial' stop near railway cottages to pick up local employees. (Investigation continues). [Ref query 10275] <br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1961]](/images/45000/45960.jpg "Speyside Halt (?)")
![Boarding a northbound train at Grantown-on-Spey East in April 1961. (Old family photograph).<br><br>[Craig Seath Collection 15/04/1961]](/images/14000/14503.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![An Elgin - Aberdeen train with an NBL Type 2 in charge pulls away from Craigellachie station in August 1961.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) /08/1961]](/images/32000/32899.jpg "Craigellachie")
![In August of 1964 a railbus leaves Blacksboat station westbound. The view gives a good general view of the station's situation. The goods shed is off to the right. [See image 54234]. The bridge in the background crosses the River Spey, today carrying the B9138.<br><br>[Andrew Saunders /08/1964]](/images/54000/54204.jpg "Blacksboat")
![In 1964 the Great North of Scotland trespass sign remained on one of the station doors at Blacksboat, 41 years after the company was grouped into the London and North East Railway.<br><br>[Andrew Saunders /08/1964]](/images/54000/54222.jpg "Blacksboat")
![A railbus, leaving Blacksboat station westbound, passes the goods shed in 1964. [See image 54204].<br><br>[Andrew Saunders /08/1964]](/images/54000/54234.jpg "Blacksboat")
![A short Speyside freight pauses at Carron in the summer of 1966. <br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1966]](/images/26000/26713.jpg "Carron")
![Side by side at Balmenach Distillery in October 1966, one mode of transport soon to be extinguished by the other. Balmenach was the most southerly of two Speyside distilleries with its own 'pug' locomotive, in this case shunting inbound barley and outbound spirit over a short private branch line to exchange sidings at Cromdale station on the Speyside line. The daily freight train over the Speyside line was withdrawn by British Rail on 4th November 1968 - with traffic then concentrated on modern railheads in Dufftown and Elgin - but the Kilmarnock-built 0-4-0 steam locomotive has been preserved on the Strathspey Railway at nearby Boat of Garten.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) /10/1966]](/images/29000/29344.jpg "Balmenach Distillery")
![Side by side at Balmenach Distillery in October 1966, one mode of transport soon to be extinguished by the other. Balmenach was the most southerly of two Speyside distilleries with its own 'pug' locomotive, in this case shunting inbound barley and outbound spirit over a short private branch line to exchange sidings at Cromdale station on the Speyside line. [See image 24574] <br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) /10/1966]](/images/41000/41482.jpg "Balmenach Distillery")
![The distillery pug hard at work in Dailuaine Distillery, by Carron on the Speyside Line, in 1967.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1967]](/images/36000/36675.jpg "Dailuaine Distillery")
![The distillery pug at rest outside the locomotive shed at the Dailuaine Distillery on the Speyside Line, in 1967.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1967]](/images/36000/36765.jpg "Dailuaine Distillery")
![The distillery pug at work on the Cromdale to Balmenach Distillery long siding in 1967. [See image 24580]<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1967]](/images/36000/36805.jpg "Cromdale")
![The photographer's son and the remaining BR staff survey the scene at Carron station on the Speyside Line in 1967, a year before final closure. [See image 1891]<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1967]](/images/37000/37627.jpg "Carron")
![BR Grand Scottish Tour no 1 south of Grantown-on-Spey on 25 March 1967 on the leg from Aberdeen to Aviemore via Keith and Dufftown. The pair of Type 2s on the front of the train would be supplemented by a third at Aviemore for the journey to Perth [see image 41311]. [Ref query 6543]<br><br>[Bruce McCartney 25/03/1967]](/images/47000/47748.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![The 10.10 Speyside freight trip from Aviemore trundles through Grantown-on-Spey East on 11 April 1968. The original train loco had failed and this replacement had been sent all the way from Perth. Following the withdrawal of passenger services in 1965, Grantown was the first block post and crossing loop east of Aviemore, but with one train a day in each direction any such crossing must have been an unusual event. [See image 38990]<br>
<br><br>[David Spaven 11/04/1968]](/images/26000/26143.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![The late-running 10.10 Speyside trip freight from Aviemore heads out of Grantown-on-Spey East into the block section to Ballindalloch on Thursday 11th April 1968. While most distilleries were deliberately located adjacent or close to the railway, by the 1960s it was becoming increasingly hard for rail to compete with the flexibility of the modern lorry and the expansion of the trunk road network. Rail was volume-hungry, but most distilleries generated only a handful of full loads daily. Seven months later, this train was history.<br><br>[David Spaven 11/04/1968]](/images/33000/33858.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![A special heading south for Aviemore along the Speyside line makes a photostop at Cromdale on 2 November 1968, just prior to the final closure of the line. Cromdale station itself had been closed by BR more than 3 years earlier in October 1965. [See image 24580]<br>
<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) 02/11/1968]](/images/24000/24581.jpg "Cromdale")
![Looking north over the level crossing at Nethy Bridge on 2 November 1968 as a special makes a photostop at the closed station. The special, which was on its way to Aviemore, was organised to mark the final closure of the line.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) 02/11/1968]](/images/24000/24584.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![The extensive goods yard at Ballindalloch, as seen on 2 November 1968 - freight services between Aviemore and Aberlour had been withdrawn the previous day.<br><br>[David Spaven 02/11/1968]](/images/26000/26515.jpg "Ballindalloch")
![The Hills of Cromdale provide a snowy backcloth for a photostop at Grantown-on-Spey East on the final Speyside passenger train on 2nd November 1968.<br>
<br><br>[David Spaven 02/11/1968]](/images/27000/27474.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![A passenger chats with the driver and the secondman (remember them?) while the final westbound Speyside passenger special pauses at Knockando en route from Aberdeen to Aviemore on Saturday 2nd November 1968. <br><br>[David Spaven 02/11/1968]](/images/29000/29069.jpg "Knockando")
![The Grantown-on-Spey East signalman exchanges some final thoughts with the driver and secondman of the last westbound Speyside train during a photo stop on Saturday 2nd November 1968. The signalman was subsequently redeployed to Carrbridge, where he was a familiar face until the Inverness-Aviemore resignalling in the late 1970s which eliminated the boxes at Carrbridge, Tomatin and Culloden Moor - and introduced new loops at Kincraig, Slochd and Moy.<br>
<br><br>[David Spaven 02/11/1968]](/images/29000/29372.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![Closure notices on display at Cromdale station on 2nd November 1968. In these pre-vandalism days, the notice advising passenger closure three years earlier still survives!<br><br>[David Spaven 02/11/1968]](/images/30000/30280.jpg "Cromdale")
![The station nameboard at Nethy Bridge in June 1974. The British Railways two part enamel sign was placed over the earlier sign after the raised letters were removed. Unfortunately, by the time the photograph was taken, part of the enamel sign had also been removed, leaving this strange combination.<br><br>[John McIntyre 15/06/1974]](/images/36000/36211.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![The signalbox at Knockando during cosmetic restoration in April 1977.<br><br>[John McIntyre /04/1977]](/images/61000/61229.jpg "Knockando")
![Carron station building with nameboard reversed on 18 April 1977.<br><br>[John McIntyre 18/04/1977]](/images/12000/12020.jpg "Carron")
![A view west at Carron of the station building, platforms and signalbox on 18 April 1977 with the track missing and the vegetation taking hold.<br><br>[John McIntyre 18/04/1977]](/images/12000/12021.jpg "Carron")
![Knockando undergoing its Tamdhu metamorphosis on 18 April 1977.<br><br>[John McIntyre 18/04/1977]](/images/12000/12022.jpg "Knockando")
![Carron station building with the 'convenience' sign still in place on 18 April 1977. <br><br>[John McIntyre 18/04/1977]](/images/15000/15947.jpg "Carron")
![Looking east at Carron on 18 April 1977 over the remains of the level crossing.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 18/04/1977]](/images/40000/40215.jpg "Carron")
![Closed to passengers in 1965, Aberlour station building is seen here on 14 October 1978, complete with weighing machine, noticeboards and GENTLEMEN sign still in place [see image 36839]. <br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton 14/10/1978]](/images/36000/36830.jpg "Aberlour")
![The goods yard and shed at Aberlour on 14 October 1978 [see image 36830].<br>
<br><br>[Bill Roberton 14/10/1978]](/images/36000/36839.jpg "Aberlour")
![The former GNSR Grantown-on-Spey East Station photographed on 3 January 1980. The building still stands [see image 38990].<br><br>[Peter Todd 03/01/1980]](/images/39000/39664.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![A GNSR overbridge near Nethy Bridge, on the south side heading to the River Spey.<br><br>[Peter Todd 07/05/1982]](/images/53000/53660.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![The remains of the GNSR bridge over the River Spey near Nethy Bridge en route to Boat of Garten in August 1982. The view looks north.<br><br>[Peter Todd /08/1982]](/images/52000/52931.jpg "Nethybridge")
![Nethy Bridge station in August 1982, still in a good state of repair following closure in 1965. At this time it was in use as a BR Staff Hostel, a role that continued as the building survives to this day [See image 960]<br><br>[Peter Todd /08/1982]](/images/53000/53320.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![The platform running in board at the northern end of the GNSR<br>
station at Nethy Bridge. The station had closed to passengers seventeen years earlier although goods trains passed through until 1968.<br><br>[Peter Todd /08/1982]](/images/53000/53325.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![View north over Cromdale in April 1984, almost 16 years after complete closure of the line. If you look very closely behind the station buildings you can just make out the profile of the cutting to the Balmenach Distillery. (Railscot note: Much restoration work has taken place at the former Cromdale station since this photograph was taken [see image 1141]).<br>
<br><br>[Peter Todd 12/04/1984]](/images/24000/24580.jpg "Cromdale")
![Nethy Bridge, looking east along the platform towards Grantown-on-Spey East in August 1985.<br><br>[John McIntyre /08/1985]](/images/12000/12035.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![Nethy Bridge station looking across the former goods yard in August 1985.<br><br>[John McIntyre /08/1985]](/images/12000/12072.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![Looking north towards the station from the former level crossing on Station Road, Nethy Bridge in August 1985. The red diamond painted on the gate to warn motorists is fading, although it won't be closed over the road again ... [See image 24584] for a similar view when the gate was still in use.<br><br>[John McIntyre /08/1985]](/images/53000/53182.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![Elgin-Aviemore line. Bridge at Cromdale Station looking South in August 1986.<br><br>[John Gray /08/1986]](/images/1000/1137.jpg "Cromdale")
![Looking over the old station and goods shed at Blacksboat on the Strathspey line. View from the road bridge in March 1991. The trackbed now forms part of The Strathspey Way.<br><br>[Peter Todd /03/1991]](/images/24000/24593.jpg "Blacksboat")
![The trackbed at Blacksboat Station on the GNSR's Speyside line in March 1991, looking north east towards Aberlour.<br><br>[Peter Todd /03/1991]](/images/49000/49498.jpg "Blacksboat")
![The old station at Blacksboat on the GNSR's Speyside line in March 1991, now part of the Speyside Way. <br><br>[Peter Todd /03/1991]](/images/49000/49513.jpg "Blacksboat")
![View along the single platform of the second (1868) Advie station, looking south west towards Boat of Garten in 1997.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 01/02/1997]](/images/45000/45457.jpg "Advie")
![The station building at Aberlour in 1997 seen from the north. This was before the building was greatly extended at its south end, almost doubling its size. The extension was built to the right of the building seen here. After 1910 this had been a two platform station, but the Keith bound platform has been landscaped.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 01/02/1997]](/images/61000/61219.jpg "Aberlour")
![Nethy Bridge 2 - 2002.<br><br>[John Furnevel /05/2002]](/images/3000/3847.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![Looking north along the trackbed at Nethy Bridge towards Grantown-on-Spey in May 2002. The station, which had closed to passengers in 1965, was in use as a hostel.<br><br>[John Furnevel 15/05/2002]](/images/32000/32418.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![The old station at Nethy Bridge in May 2002 looking south along the Strathspey route towards Aviemore. By this time the building had been converted for use as a bunkhouse.<br><br>[John Furnevel 15/05/2002]](/images/53000/53902.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![Knockando Station looking south towards Blacksboat.<br><br>[John Gray //2004]](/images/1000/1142.jpg "Knockando")
![Interior of Knockando Signalbox<br><br>[John Gray 11/08/2004]](/images/1000/1120.jpg "Knockando")
![Knockando Station renamed Tamdhu by the distillery who now own it.<br><br>[John Gray 11/08/2004]](/images/1000/1121.jpg "Knockando")
![Blacksboat station and goods shed, September 2004<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/09/2004]](/images/1000/1848.jpg "Blacksboat")
![The old level crossing at Carron station in September 2004. The road provides access to the large Dalmunach distillery, located off to the right alongside the Spey. [see image 37627].<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/09/2004]](/images/1000/1891.jpg "Carron")
![The restored signal box at Knockando in September 2004 [see image 3271].<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/09/2004]](/images/2000/2179.jpg "Knockando")
![The former Knockando station in September 2004 looking towards Aberlour. Originally opened as Dabeallie in 1899, the change to Knockando took place in 1905 and lasted until closure in 1965. The restored station now carries the nameboard <I>Tamdhu</I> in deference to the local distillery which now owns the site.<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/09/2004]](/images/3000/3271.jpg "Knockando")
![The former Carron station (closed 1965) seen here in September 2004.<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/09/2004]](/images/3000/3663.jpg "Carron")
![The former station at Grantown-on-Spey East in September 2004.<br><br>[John Furnevel 12/09/2004]](/images/6000/6184.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![Platform view at Ballindalloch in September 2004, looking south west towards Grantown-on-Spey. The old station, which closed to passengers in October 1965, is seen here in use as a hostel. <br><br>[John Furnevel 12/09/2004]](/images/36000/36380.jpg "Ballindalloch")
![The abandoned former station at Grantown-on-Spey East. View north east along the trackbed towards Craigellachie in September 2004.<br><br>[John Furnevel 17/09/2004]](/images/6000/6185.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![Standing under the road bridge carrying the A95 at Craigellachie in November 2005, looking east along the old Strathspey platform. For the view from the bridge itself some 40 years earlier [see image 22477]. <br><br>[John Furnevel 02/11/2005]](/images/45000/45905.jpg "Craigellachie")
![Approaching Craigellachie along the Speyside line from the Aberlour direction in November 2005, about to pass below the A95 road bridge and enter the site of the former station. [Ref query 779] [See image 22477]. <br><br>[John Furnevel 02/11/2005]](/images/58000/58139.jpg "Craigellachie")
![Nethy Bridge station, now a hostel.<br><br>[John Gray 03/08/2006]](/images/0/960.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![Cromdale Station on the former Elgin-Aviemore line in August 2006. This is now a private dwelling and has been largely restored by the owner. You must seek his permission before looking round.<br><br>[John Gray 03/08/2006]](/images/1000/1140.jpg "Cromdale")
![View over Cromdale Station, on the former Elgin-Aviemore line, looking north from the bridge in August 2006. The trackbed is now part of the Speyside Way. <br><br>[John Gray 03/08/2006]](/images/1000/1141.jpg "Cromdale")
![Grantown-on-Spey East viewed from the trackbed. 03/08/06. The area round the station seems to have been recently cleaned up and the place resecured.<br><br>[John Gray 03/08/2006]](/images/10000/10152.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![Grantown East viewed from the station approach. Fresh gravel has been laid and the area cleaned up. The building is in good condition but the roof is in a poor state of repair. 03/08/06.<br><br>[John Gray 03/08/2006]](/images/10000/10156.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![Cromdale station nameboard. This station has been well restored by its owner and is one of the highlights of the Speyside Way. A five star attraction. You must seek the owners permission before looking round. 03/08/06.<br><br>[John Gray 03/08/2006]](/images/10000/10157.jpg "Plates, signs and notices")
![City of Truro being prepared for a test run at Boat of Garten. 07/08/06<br><br>[John Gray 07/08/2006]](/images/10000/10215.jpg "Boat of Garten")
![City of Truro at Boat of Garten. 07/08/06.<br><br>[John Gray 07/08/2006]](/images/10000/10216.jpg "Boat of Garten")
![Aberlour by night. Since my last visit the goods shed has vanished.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 27/01/2007]](/images/13000/13332.jpg "Aberlour")
![Remains of a bridge on the disused line between Craigellachie and Boat of Garten.<br><br>[John Gray 13/07/2007]](/images/15000/15802.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![The railway from Boat of Garten to Craigellachie once passed this way.<br><br>[John Gray 13/07/2007]](/images/15000/15803.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![A view of the trackbed looking towards Nethy Bridge.<br><br>[John Gray 13/07/2007]](/images/15000/15804.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![The piers of the viaduct that once carried the GNSR line over the River Spey.<br><br>[John Gray 13/07/2007]](/images/15000/15805.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![Closer view of one of the viaduct abutments<br><br>[John Gray 13/07/2007]](/images/15000/15806.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![Now on the other side of the Spey a timber replacement bridge has been added but not used for some time.Note the overgrown trackbed.<br><br>[John Gray 13/07/2007]](/images/15000/15809.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![Another view of the dodgy timber structure.<br><br>[John Gray 13/07/2007]](/images/15000/15810.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![Another view of the old viaduct piers at Nethy Bridge, this time from the Boat of Garten side of the River Spey.<br><br>[John Gray 13/07/2007]](/images/15000/15817.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![Standard class 4 Tank 80105 looking good at the head of a five coach train on its way to Broomhill.<br><br>[John Gray 23/06/2008]](/images/19000/19568.jpg "Broomhill Junction")
![Standard class 4 Tank 80105 makes light work of a four coach train passing Broomhill Junction in July 2008.<br><br>[John Gray 26/07/2008]](/images/19000/19995.jpg "Broomhill Junction")
![The railway ran along the side of this distillery building and barrels were probably loaded onto wagons using the hoist on the right.<br><br>[John Gray 26/07/2008]](/images/19000/19996.jpg "Carron")
![A siding ran between the two buildings. The smaller one on the left appears in many photographs and seems to be a gate keepers office for the distillery.<br><br>[John Gray 26/07/2008]](/images/19000/19997.jpg "Carron")
![A view along the platform at Carron in July 2008. The trackbed has been filled in and trees are taking over at the east end. A signal box used to stand on the platform in the left middle distance.<br><br>[John Gray 26/07/2008]](/images/19000/19998.jpg "Carron")
![Near the former goods yard I found <i>The Carron Express</i> delivering flowers to the area.<br><br>[John Gray 26/07/2008]](/images/20000/20000.jpg "Carron")
![This is Carron Bridge, once shared by both road and rail. Looking towards Aberlour, this is a view of the railway trackbed with the road on the left.<br><br>[John Gray 26/07/2008]](/images/20000/20002.jpg "Bridge of Carron")
![The platform still exists but is showing a marked deterioration since my last visit. The name board has gone and there is evidence of subsidence. [See image 39049]<br><br>[John Gray 26/07/2008]](/images/20000/20003.jpg "Dailuaine Halt")
![A view of Carron looking towards Aberlour. The main line ran beside the roadway to the station (centre left) and from where the photograph is taken a branch ran into the distillery.<br><br>[John Gray 26/07/2008]](/images/20000/20005.jpg "Carron")
![Certainly in the late fifties Carron was still lit by oil lamps, perhaps even until closure. At the north end of the platform one of the original lamp holders is still extant, if not in original position.<br><br>[John Gray 26/07/2008]](/images/20000/20006.jpg "Carron")
![Just south of Aberlour station the line to Carron once passed under this bridge. It now forms the entrance to a car park.<br><br>[John Gray 26/07/2008]](/images/20000/20011.jpg "Aberlour")
![Between Aberlour and Craigellachie is Taminurie Tunnel,this was the only tunnel on the Speyside Line.This is the south portal with a bridge immediately in front of it.<br><br>[John Gray 27/07/2008]](/images/20000/20013.jpg "Taminurie Tunnel")
![A view through Taminurie Tunnel looking south towards Aberlour.<br><br>[John Gray 27/07/2008]](/images/20000/20014.jpg "Craigellachie")
![Aberlour Station is now a tearoom run for the local community by volunteers during the summer.There is also an information office for the Speyside Way.The area round about has been landscaped into a park and has been very tastefully done.<br><br>[John Gray 27/07/2008]](/images/20000/20015.jpg "Aberlour")
![North portal of Taminurie Tunnel looking south towards Aberlour.<br><br>[John Gray 27/07/2008]](/images/20000/20017.jpg "Craigellachie")
![This milepost is still in place on the old trackbed half a mile north of Aberlour.<br><br>[John Gray 27/07/2008]](/images/20000/20019.jpg "Aberlour")
![The old goods shed at Blacksboat. It is still in very good external condition.<br><br>[John Gray 22/03/2009]](/images/22000/22943.jpg "Blacksboat")
![Blacksboat Station now looks to be a private dwelling. It has a new front entrance and a lot of renovation work has been done on the roof. The trackbed is part of the Speyside Way.<br><br>[John Gray 22/03/2009]](/images/22000/22944.jpg "Blacksboat")
![Blacksboat looking south from the road overbridge.<br><br>[John Gray 22/03/2009]](/images/22000/22946.jpg "Blacksboat")
![The former Knockando station, renamed Tamdhu by the distillery that now owns it. Serving for a while as a shop for the local produce, it has lain empty now for several years and has been offered to the local community. It is still in good condition and hopefully some use can be found for it.<br><br>[John Gray 22/03/2009]](/images/22000/22948.jpg "Knockando")
![Interior of Knockando signal box looking north. It appears to be windproof and watertight after being out of use for forty-odd years. The levers are still there and even the heating stove is present.<br><br>[John Gray 22/03/2009]](/images/22000/22951.jpg "Knockando")
![This platform and bridge are all that remains of the once busy junction station at Craigellachie. This was the Speyside Line platform with trains leaving here for Boat of Garten.<br><br>[John Gray 27/07/2009]](/images/24000/24782.jpg "Craigellachie")
![The trackbed from Craigellachie to Dufftown is now part of the Speyside Way and this viaduct over the River Fiddich is at the east end of the station site right at the start of the walk, a steady climb of about four miles. A small platform attached to the structure still has some surviving signal pulleys.<br><br>[John Gray 27/07/2009]](/images/24000/24783.jpg "Craigellachie")
![A view along Viaduct 240 looking towards Dufftown.<br><br>[John Gray 27/07/2009]](/images/24000/24784.jpg "Craigellachie")
![It is a steady climb from Craigellachie to Dufftown and, after about a mile and a half, the River Fiddich is crossed by this viaduct which is numbered 240.<br><br>[John Gray 27/07/2009]](/images/24000/24785.jpg "Craigellachie")
![The base of a distant signal still stands alongside the trackbed east of Craigellachie on the way to Dufftown in July 2009, some 38 years after closure of the line.<br><br>[John Gray 27/07/2009]](/images/24000/24789.jpg "Craigellachie")
![The 198ft long lattice girder bridge that once carried the railway across the River Spey at Ballindalloch. Built by G.Macfarlane of Dundee in 1863 it is now used by walkers and cyclists as part of the Speyside Way.<br><br>[John Gray 20/10/2009]](/images/25000/25883.jpg "Ballindalloch")
![Ballindalloch Station had a passing loop and quite a large goods yard. The yard itself had two loops and four sidings. The view looks towards Advie. The goods yard has now been completely obliterated by housing and chalets.<br><br>[John Gray 20/10/2009]](/images/25000/25888.jpg "Ballindalloch")
![The platform face of Advie Station in October 2009. A regular visitor here during the shooting season was King Edward the seventh when he was Prince of Wales, since this was the closest station to Tulchan Lodge.<br><br>[John Gray 20/10/2009]](/images/25000/25895.jpg "Advie")
![Advie looking south.The station platform is on the left under the bridge.<br><br>[John Gray 20/10/2009]](/images/25000/25901.jpg "Advie")
![Because of visiting Royalty Advie Station was provided with quite grand accommodation. Alas this no longer exists and in its place there is now a pile of sand surrounded by many trees.<br><br>[John Gray 20/10/2009]](/images/25000/25905.jpg "Advie")
![About half a mile south of Knockando is the Allt Adhair Viaduct spanning a gulley and burn for which it is named. The view is looking south over the wooden deck provided for walkers and cyclists and in the centre there is a small viewing platform looking towards the Spey.<br><br>[John Gray 21/10/2009]](/images/25000/25909.jpg "Knockando")
![Between Knockando and Blacksboat there are several bridges over burns. The largest span is over the Allt Adhair Burn wich is spanned by this viaduct. A substantial structure it is now part of the Speyside Way. In the background beneath the piers the River Spey can be seen.<br><br>[John Gray 21/10/2009]](/images/25000/25910.jpg "Knockando")
![The surviving Speyside platform at Craigellachie in May 2012 looking north west towards the A95 road bridge. The line curved south towards Boat of Garten beyond the bridge. Behind the camera the route continued to Keith. The Elgin platforms stood off to the right beyond the trees. Craigellachie closed to passengers in May 1968. For a view looking back over the station from the road bridge half a century earlier [see image 22477].<br><br>[John Furnevel 20/05/2012]](/images/39000/39074.jpg "Craigellachie")
![The surviving station building on the down platform at Grantown-on-Spey East, seen here on 21 May 2012. For a photograph taken from a similar viewpoint some forty four years earlier [see image 26143]. <br><br>[John Furnevel 21/05/2012]](/images/38000/38990.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![Broadside view of Nethy Bridge station looking east on 21 May 2012. Clearance and demolition activity in the foreground is in connection with a new housing development.<br><br>[John Furnevel 21/05/2012]](/images/39000/39374.jpg "Nethy Bridge")
![Interior of the Knockando main station building in the process of being renovated in May 2012, following a long period since its last use as a visitor centre for the Tamdhu Distillery.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 24/05/2012]](/images/39000/39003.jpg "Knockando")
![Room with a view. Looking out of Knockando's main station building on the eastbound platform to the now nameless westbound platform in May 2012. Which name will the station take once renovation is complete?<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 24/05/2012]](/images/39000/39022.jpg "Knockando")
![Maintenance work underway on the Spey Viaduct at Ballindalloch on 24 May 2012. View south across the river towards Ballindalloch station. During the closure walkers on the Speyside Way can take advantage of a free taxi service between Blacksboat and Ballindalloch courtesy of Moray Council.<br><br>[John Furnevel 24/05/2012]](/images/39000/39037.jpg "Ballindalloch")
![The former Dailuaine Halt on the Speyside line seen in May 2012 looking towards Carron. Located some two and a half miles south west of Aberlour and a short distance from Diageo's large Dailuaine distillery, the former halt has benefitted from some welcome repair and refurbishment work in recent years [see image 20003].<br><br>[John Furnevel 24/05/2012]](/images/39000/39049.jpg "Dailuaine Halt")
![The beautifully preserved station building at Aberlour, photographed on 24 May 2012. View is east with the River Spey behind the camera. The neo-Norman tower of Aberlour Parish Church stands in the background. <br><br>[John Furnevel 24/05/2012]](/images/39000/39095.jpg "Aberlour")
![Standing on the trackbed at Blacksboat on 24 May with the 'Speyside Way' continuing north east towards Aberlour. <br><br>[John Furnevel 24/05/2012]](/images/39000/39117.jpg "Blacksboat")
![The temporarily closed Spey Viaduct at Ballindalloch, now part of the Speyside Way, looking south across the river on 24 May 2012 with repair and refurbishment work in progress. [See image 39037] <br><br>[John Furnevel 24/05/2012]](/images/39000/39157.jpg "Ballindalloch")
![The surviving station building at Carron in May 2012, looking west towards Knockando. [See image 37627]<br><br>[John Furnevel 24/05/2012]](/images/39000/39193.jpg "Carron")
![Approaching Ballindalloch station from the west in May 2012. The Spey viaduct lies off to the left just beyond the curve. [See image 39157]<br><br>[John Furnevel 24/05/2012]](/images/39000/39335.jpg "Ballindalloch")
![Old station building at Blacksboat, photographed from the trackbed on 24 May 2012.<br><br>[John Furnevel 24/05/2012]](/images/39000/39441.jpg "Blacksboat")
![View of Cromdale station from the south. 24 May 2012.<br><br>[John Furnevel 24/05/2012]](/images/39000/39525.jpg "Cromdale")
![View north west towards Blacksboat station on 24 May 2012 with the River Spey behind the camera.<br><br>[John Furnevel 24/05/2012]](/images/39000/39630.jpg "Blacksboat")
![The former station at Ballindalloch in May 2012 looking south west towards Grantown-on-Spey.<br><br>[John Furnevel 24/05/2012]](/images/41000/41211.jpg "Ballindalloch")
![<I>Byeeeeeeeee.........</I> EC about to set off towards Dufftown along the Speyside way near Ballindalloch on 24 May 2012. Heading north proved to be a good decision on this particular occasion [see image 39037]. <br><br>[John Furnevel 24/05/2012]](/images/41000/41538.jpg "Ballindalloch")
![The filled in turntable pit at Craigellachie on 24 May 2012, Speyside line to the left, Elgin line to the right.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 24/05/2012]](/images/44000/44621.jpg "Craigellachie")
![Approach to the 1863 station building at Aberlour from Victoria Terrace in May 2012.<br><br>[John Furnevel 24/05/2012]](/images/61000/61215.jpg "Aberlour")
![This is the rail and road viaduct at Bridge of Carron, just east of Carron station seen in 2012. It now carries an unclassified road and the Speyside Way.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 24/05/2012]](/images/62000/62195.jpg "Bridge of Carron")
![Platform remains at Advie in May 2012. View north east towards Craigellachie.<br><br>[John Furnevel 25/05/2012]](/images/39000/39059.jpg "Advie")
![Cross-platform view of the main building at the former Knockando station (currently undergoing refurbishment) on 26 May 2012. <br><br>[John Furnevel 26/05/2012]](/images/39000/39004.jpg "Knockando")
![A bit of TLC being applied to the signalbox at Knockando in July 2012. The station building, behind the camera, has already been renovated [See image 39004]. View west towards Blacksboat.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 05/07/2012]](/images/39000/39992.jpg "Knockando")
![On a very wet August day the progress of the undergrowth in enveloping Carron Station is clear. Rate of growth over the past 3 years is suprising! Taken from the site of the level crossing in August 2012, looking north towards Aberlour.<br><br>[Brian Taylor 25/08/2012]](/images/40000/40118.jpg "Carron")
![A platform side view of the northern section of Aberlour station in June 2013, complete with its BR Scottish Region blue wooden running in board. The neo-Norman tower of Aberlour Parish Church rises beyond the station roof.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 24/06/2013]](/images/46000/46463.jpg "Aberlour")
![A redundant water fountain in the platform wall of the former Aberlour Station building. The patented water fountain was produced at the Glenfield works of Thomas Kennedy, Kilmarnock, which is still a major manufacturer of large water valves under the <I>Glenfield Valves</I> brand.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 24/06/2013]](/images/46000/46470.jpg "Aberlour")
![This is an old coach on the Speyside Way near Ardbeg Farm, North of Cromdale, this is a mile or so from the Speyside railway line.<br><br>[Alan Cormack 06/04/2015]](/images/57000/57745.jpg "Cromdale")
![View to Craigellachie at Grantown-on-Spey where the building is surrounded by green in the summertime.<br><br>[Clive Meredith /06/2015]](/images/55000/55185.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![Looking to Boat of Garten showing the eastbound station building at Grantown-on-Spey East.<br><br>[Clive Meredith /06/2015]](/images/55000/55200.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![A photograph taken inside the station building showing the remaining furniture in the booking office.<br><br>[Clive Meredith /06/2015]](/images/55000/55206.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![Station at Aberlour, now the Speyside Way Visitor Centre.<br><br>[Crinan Dunbar 14/10/2015]](/images/55000/55497.jpg "Aberlour")
![In an icy gale, Strathspey Railway Ivatt No.46512 is pictured just north of Fisherman's Crossing on the way to Broomhill.<br><br>[John Gray 25/03/2016]](/images/54000/54606.jpg "Broomhill Junction")
![Grantown-on-Spey East continues its reversion to nature.<br><br>
<br><br>
The east station still stands, albeit in a rather derelict state and is seen here in photographs taken last summer (June). Externally the building looks solid enough however internally it's a rather sad affair.<br><br>[Clive Meredith /06/2016]](/images/55000/55170.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![Carron Station. This delightful little station nestled deep in the Strathspey hills commands an admiring glimpse into a long past era. The platforms remain extant, despite the infill and encroaching vegetation. The property is now privately owned.<br><br>[Clive Meredith 05/06/2016]](/images/55000/55470.jpg "Carron")
![Peering through the window of Carron Station transports the observer back to the 1960's. The wooden benches for waiting passengers, the weighing machine for transporting goods and what remains of the original station sign. The property is now privately owned.<br><br>[Clive Meredith 05/06/2016]](/images/55000/55478.jpg "Carron")
![The once extensive goods yard at Carron with the old station to the right. Notice the extensive platform, once used to load whiskey, cattle and all manner of local produce. <br><br>[Clive Meredith 05/06/2016]](/images/55000/55483.jpg "Carron")
![Having been hidden by trees for around forty years,the former station at Grantown-on-Spey (East) is now out in the open after a major site clearance. The plan,by Revack Lodge Estate, is to turn the building into a heritage centre and shop, with two railway coaches, placed on rails between the platforms, as a cafe. The infill between the platforms will be part of a new access road from the A95.<br><br>[John Gray 23/08/2016]](/images/56000/56257.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![The first carriage to arrive at Grantown on Spey in nearly 48 years awaits refurbishment. Once complete this, along with its companion will be positioned at the new bay platform at Grantown East.<br><br>[Clive Meredith 04/09/2016]](/images/56000/56895.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![A large site has opened up around the old station and yard area. Visitor car parking along with a new access road is currently being prepared.<br><br>[Clive Meredith 04/09/2016]](/images/56000/56956.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![After nearly four decades hidden behind trees and vegetation, the granite brickwork of this bridge looks in remarkably good condition bearing in mind the harsh Highland winters of past.<br><br>[Clive Meredith 04/09/2016]](/images/56000/56982.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![The Old Station Tearoom at Aberlour in February 2017. Once the main station entrance from Victoria Terrace. The station closed to passengers in October 1965. [See image 39095] <br><br>[Andy Furnevel 01/02/2017]](/images/58000/58086.jpg "Aberlour")
![Back in action on the Strathspey Railway, after an overhaul, Caledonian Railway 812 Class 0-6-0 No.828 is pictured at the head of the regular Sunday Dining Car Special between Boat of Garten and Broomhill.<br><br>[John Gray 02/04/2017]](/images/58000/58700.jpg "Broomhill Junction")
![Refurbishment work continues apace at Grantown-on-Spey (East).<br><br>[Clive Meredith 08/04/2017]](/images/58000/58932.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![Progress at Grantown-on-Spey East station on 27 April 2017. View north from a vantage point alongside the A95. [See image 26143] <br><br>[Andy Furnevel 27/04/2017]](/images/59000/59129.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![What a difference ten years makes; a then and now shot of Grantown-on Spey East,as the work continues to turn the former station into a visitor centre.<br><br>[John Gray 18/06/2017]](/images/59000/59730.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
![Progress at Grantown-on-Spey East on 14 September 2017, including new windows and doors now installed on the station building.<br><br>[Andy Furnevel 14/09/2017]](/images/60000/60770.jpg "Grantown-on-Spey East")
