Date: 15/06/2021

Calls to reopen the Formartine and Buchan Railway, one of the lines lost to Dr Beeching^s cuts have been gaining momentum in recent months.

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A whistle-stop tour along the Formartine and Buchan Railway line

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Hark back to the hazy days of steam on a trip along the lost Formartine and Buchan Railway line which brought the city, country and coast together.

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80021 arrives at Fraserburgh on 16 July 1955 with a train from Aberdeen.
Location: Fraserburgh
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
16/07/1955 G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow

D5323 prepares to take the Formartine and Buchan Railtour out of Peterhead on 24 May 1969. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1965, although freight operations at the busy fishing port continued for a further 5 years. Nothing of the railway remains here today, with the site now occupied by Peterhead Academy see image [[17391]].
Location: Peterhead
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
24/05/1969 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

GNSR D41 4-4-0 no 62231 backing onto the Fraserburgh portion of a train at Maud on 30 July 1948.
Location: Maud
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
30/07/1948 G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow

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