Date: 02/07/2023

Like all railways, the hard and dangerous work to establish the picturesque new Strathspey line alongside the tricky topography of the River Spey was undertaken by labouring navvies.

External links

Related images

Boarding a northbound train at Grantown-on-Spey East in April 1961. (Old family photograph).
Location: Grantown-on-Spey East
Company: Strathspey Railway
15/04/1961 Craig Seath Collection

A Sulzer Type 2 diesel ready to leave Craigellachie with a Speyside line service for Aviemore on 12th August 1965.
Location: Craigellachie [2nd]
Company: Morayshire Railway
12/08/1965 Brian Haslehust

View of Aberlour from the front of an approaching Speyside-line DMU in 1964. An EE Type 1 waits in the station with a freight in the opposite direction.
Location: Aberlour
Company: Strathspey Railway
25/06/1964 Brian Haslehust

Related news items

Tags: x Strathspey Railway