The January issue of The Railway Magazine usually focussed on Scotland. The January 1959 edition was no exception. [1] Included in the Magazine were articles by:
H.A. Vallance about The Strathspey Line. J.W. Grant about Scottish 0-4-4 Tank Engines. G.H. Robin about The Lanarkshire & Dunbartonshire Railway. M.D. Grenville about Scottish Railways in 1859.
quote:This article picks up on the article by H.A. Vallance, and begins a journey along the Strathspey line which ran down the valley of the River Spey from Keith towards Abernethy. Initially the line ran Southwest along Strathisla before crossing the watershed to Strathspey.
posted Part 3 – Ballindalloch Railway Station to Boat of Garten
This is the third article following the Strathspey Line.
The featured image is a Manson O class 4-4-0 locomotive. When the GNSR Directors requested larger engines to handle increasing passenger traffic loads, and Manson designed his Class O (LNER D42) locomotives to meet this need. Initially allocated to main line passenger duties between Aberdeen and Elgin, as later 4-4-0s (e.g..the D40s) were introduced, they were displaced to secondary duties. By the time of the Grouping (1923), they could be found across the GNSR system, including at Boat of Garten working the Speyside Line.
We start this next leg of the journey at Ballindalloch Railway Station.
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