Date: 22/03/2021

Having your personal VIP lounge at a major airport would purely be the preserve of the super rich or powerful today - but in the 19th century, Highland lairds had their own equivalent.

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Lairds of the line: When Highland landowners had private railway stations and waiting rooms | Press and Journal

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Highland lairds of the 19th century had their own equivalent of a personal VIP lounge at a modern airport - private railway waiting rooms.

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The second station building at Dunrobin looking north. The little shed in the distance to the right of the railway was used to hold the Dukes carriage. The shed has since been demolished, but the disused bay platform at the north end remains.
Location: Dunrobin Castle
Company: Duke of Sutherland^s Railway
//1989 Ewan Crawford

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