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Fife and Tayside have always been proud of their train services; and why wouldn't they be, given the regal majesty of the Forth Bridge, the most famous structure of its kind in the world. [Article may require subscription. -RS]
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David Spaven admits that he had picked up the trainspotting bug before he even left primary school. As a child of the 1950s and early 1960s and somebody in a household without a car, railway trips across Scotland became a cherished part of his family existence as he travelled the length and breadth of the country.
(Permalink) Beeching cuts Birlinn David Spaven Scotland's Lost Branch Lines  Buckie [GNSR]: Closure notice at Buckie, photographed on 2nd May 1968 - signalling the end was nigh in just a few days for both passenger and freight trains on the Moray Coast line - and advising that alternative se ...  Fraserburgh: Loading fish for the London market at Fraserburgh on 27th March 1973. This and other insulated vans would leave on the (late morning) daily goods to Aberdeen where it would form part of the consist of ...  Ballater: General view of Ballater station on the Royal Deeside line in July 1962. The line closed in 1966 and the refurbished station building has since become a visitor centre and museum. The next train for A ... |
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