Deeside railway: Last Ballater train saw end of the Royal Line 55 years ago [Evening Express]
Date: 25/02/2021
As crowds thronged at Ballater to clamber on the train to Aberdeen Joint Station, there was poignancy to the number on the front of the engine [DMU] - 2B.
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Deeside railway: Last Ballater train saw end of the Royal Line 55 years ago - Evening Express
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The last passenger train on the Deeside railway trundled along the Royal Line on February 26 1966 before it was axed in the Beeching cuts.
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The next train to Aberdeen via the Deeside line stands at the platform at Ballater in July 1962. Closure of the line came 4 years later.
Location: Ballater
Company: Aboyne and Braemar Railway
/07/1962 R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)
Location: Ballater
Company: Aboyne and Braemar Railway
/07/1962 R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)
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