Date: 25/05/2022

Reinstating the north and north-east's lost railway lines would be costly, but we could lose out on so much if it doesn't happen.

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Reinstating the north and north-east's lost railway lines would be costly, but we could lose out on so much if it doesn't happen.

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Looking north at Ellon on 15 May 1959. The Station Hotel is just visible on the left of the picture.
Location: Ellon
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
15/05/1959 G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow

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)

The railway goods offices at Fraserburgh, built in 1953, still survive in 2012 and are now under the ownership of the local authority social work department. My father rented the office at the bottom left for his business around 1963 and I spent a lot of time there with him as a schoolboy, which sort of explains my interest in railways!
Location: Fraserburgh
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
12/08/2012 John Williamson

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