Date: 29/09/2021

Despite 'the stiffest opposition British Rail ever had to face in the closing of a branch line' the last passenger train lumbered to Macduff 70 years ago today.

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The converted former station at Macduff, now housing a shop and cafe, seen here from the railway approach looking north east on 23 April 2019. Part of Macduff Parish Church can be seen above the roofline in the right background. See image [[57238]]
Location: Macduff
Company: Macduff Extension (Great North of Scotland Railway)
23/04/2019 John Robin

G.N.S.R. 4.4.0 62276 Andrew Bain at Macduff on 14 September 1950, shortly after arrival with a train from Aberdeen. The photograph was featured on a commemorative set of stamps issued by the Royal Mail in March 2012 see image [[9277]].
Location: Macduff
Company: Banff, Macduff and Turriff Extension Railway
14/09/1950 G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow

Macduff station. Local train. GNSR 4.4.0 2277 Gordon Highlander.
Location: Macduff
Company: Banff, Macduff and Turriff Extension Railway
31/07/1948 G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow

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