The Strathspey Line, Scotland

[b]Part 1 – Keith to Dufftown[/b]

The featured image for this article is the last of the Great North of Scotland 4-4-0s was No.62277 ‘Gordon Highlander’, nick named ‘The Soldier’.  Before being retired for preservation and resorted to its original green livery, No.62277 spent its remaining days in regular service working the goods between Keith and Elgin, and over the Speyside branch, © W.J.V.Anderson. [48]

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.[/quote]

Roger Farnworth