Strathspey steam railway plans on track for green light [Strathspey & Badenoch Herald]





Date: 31/07/2014

The Strathspey Steam Railway is set to remain on track in its bid to re-connect Aviemore and Grantown by loco.
Members of the Cairngorms National Park Authority^s planning committee are being recommended to approve the latest work to extend the railway towards Grantown.
The proposal is to relay track from the River Dulnain crossing for around 1.7 kilometres leading east past Ballintomb Farm to Lower Gaich Farm, in the Dulnain Bridge area.


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Strathspey steam railway plans on track for green light

Strathspey & Badenoch Herald

The Strathspey Steam Railway is set to remain on track in its bid to re-connect Aviemore and Grantown by loco.

Related images

The first girder is slowly eased into position at Dulnain Bridge on the Strathspey Railway on 14 February 2014.
Location: River Dulnain Viaduct
Company: Inverness and Perth Junction Railway
14/02/2014 John Gray
The distinctive signal box and substantial station building at Grantown-on-Spey West, still extant in April 1968, three years after closure - but alas now long gone.
Location: Grantown-on-Spey West
Company: Inverness and Perth Junction Railway
/04/1968 David Spaven
Ivatt class 2MT no 46512 stands in the run-round loop at Broomhill with a special working prior to the official opening of the Broomhill Extension on the Strathspey Railway in 2002.
Location: Broomhill
Company: Inverness and Perth Junction Railway
//2002 Bill Roberton


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