Date: 23/02/2022

Campaigners fighting to bring back Peterhead and Fraserburgh rail links are 'hopeful' the new transport minister will get their plans on track.

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Campaigners fighting to bring back Peterhead and Fraserburgh rail links are "hopeful" the new transport minister will get their plans on track. Jenny

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View over the buffer stops at Peterhead on 24 May 1969 showing D5323 at the platform with the Formartine and Buchan Railtour preparing to return to Aberdeen.
Location: Peterhead
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
24/05/1969 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

Fraserburgh in the summer of 1964. An NBL Type 2 awaits departure, and a Cravens diesel unit is just visible beneath the station canopy.
Location: Fraserburgh
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
23/08/1964 Brian Haslehust

Classic BR uniforms glimpsed at Ellon from the 12.25 Aberdeen-Fraserburgh train on Saturday 1st May 1965, with driver and secondman hanging out of the NBL Type 2 at the front (yes, a diesel locomotive). The Station Master - identified by the copious gold braid - is Alastair Farquhar, who hailed from Buckie. He had previously been based at lonely Riccarton Junction, and would face yet more change in five months' time when passenger trains were withdrawn from the Fraserburgh and Peterhead lines. [With thanks to Bruce McCartney]
Location: Ellon
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
01/05/1965 Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven)

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