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Perth New Yard
All photographs of this location in date order.
![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")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![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")
![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 <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")
