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Angus Council and Brechin Caledonian Railway will now have to look at other funding sources for a far-reaching tourism and infrastructure project.
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Bridge of Dun: Bridge of Dun station, east end, showing where the track finishes, for now. The Bridge of Dun is top left.
Ewan Crawford 24/04/2023

The volunteer-run Caledonian Railway in Brechin has been a popular stop for the Polar Express since 2021.
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Brechin Caledonian Railway's Polar Express stops at historic Bridge of Dun, which was left under water by Storm Babet last month.
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A dinosaur safari was the latest new event for visitors to the award-winning Caledonian Railway in Brechin.
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The Polar Express has come to the end of a run which brought a 10,000-visitor festive boost to Brechin.
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Brechin's Caledonian Railway has landed a £170,000 funding windfall to complete a canopy project at the historic station. And it comes just weeks after the disappointment of seeing its multi-million pound Levelling Up Fund bid hit the buffers.
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Brechin: D5314 prepares to run round the stock of the 13.40 departure from Brechin on 1st September 2018. The loco is framed by the columns of the former platform canopies, which the Caledonian Railway hopes t ...
David Spaven 01/09/2018

A bid is being mounted to get Brechin heritage railways multi-million pound Levelling Up Fund application back on track.
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Bridge of Dun: Having completed the run round procedure, Barclay 0-4-0ST no. 1863, built at the Caledonia Works in Kilmarnock in 1926, is now at the head of the return Caledonian Steam Railway train about to depart ...
David Bosher 15/08/2021


Brechin: Very attractive main entrance at Brechin station in March 2008, well maintained by volunteers. Brechin trains will run at the Easter weekend. Permission has been granted for the Caledonian Railway (Br ...
Brian Forbes 02/03/2008


Dubton: View west to Forfar at Dubton in 1996. Behind the camera the routes to Montrose and Aberdeen diverged.
Ewan Crawford //1996

Brechin's Caledonian Railway has put old Fife train tracks to good use as the Angus attraction's summer season gets up to full speed.
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Angus Council chiefs have been urged to get on board a Brechin heritage railway bid to bring a potential £20 million tourism and transport cash windfall to the district.
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Bridge of Dun: Having completed the run round procedure, Barclay 0-4-0ST no. 1863, built at the Caledonia Works in Kilmarnock in 1926, is now at the head of the return Caledonian Steam Railway train about to depart ...
David Bosher 15/08/2021


Brechin: D5314 prepares to run round the stock of the 12.20 for Bridge of Dun at Brechin on 1st September 2018.
David Spaven 01/09/2018

The 170-year-old service is welcoming back passengers for the first time since March 2020.
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Brechin: D5314 prepares to run round the stock of the 12.20 for Bridge of Dun at Brechin on 1st September 2018.
David Spaven 01/09/2018

Brechin railway volunteers are pressing on behind the scenes with projects to ready the popular Angus tourist attraction for summer re-opening.
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Brechin: D5314 prepares to run round the stock of the 12.20 for Bridge of Dun at Brechin on 1st September 2018.
David Spaven 01/09/2018

The biggest festive event in Angus will not go ahead in 2020 after Caledonian Railway announced the end of the line for plans to run its popular Santa Specials.
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Heritage railways across Scotland have suffered major setbacks after a series of vandalism attacks and landslides during lockdown.
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Dunaskin Platform: Looking south along the ARPG Platform at Dunaskin on 30 August 2015. On the far right is the Network Rail line from Dalrymple Junction, currently out of use. Once past the 10 mph sign, ownership chang ...
Colin Miller 30/08/2015


Whitrope Siding: I bet you didn't know they had a Leyland railbus on the Waverley route; nor that the Waverley was part of London Underground's Circle Line. Scene at the WRHA's Whitrope Heritage Centre on 10 July 2015 ...
Ken Strachan 10/07/2015


Brechin: A Barclay at Brechin in August 1983. The locomotive belonged to Ian Fraser, who acquired it from a local sugar beet railway.
Peter Todd /08/1983

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