£10.00
Keith Fenwick & Douglas Flett
Publication Date: 2022
Format & Edition: Paperback, First Edition
Pagination: 96 Pages, 120 Illustrations
Condition: New
Genre: Great North of Scotland Railway
Status: In Stock
Synopsis
Railways of Buchan by Keith Fenwick and Douglas Flett. The Buchan Lines ran north from the GNSR main line at Dyce to serve Peterhead and Fraserburgh. Later branches served Cruden Bay and St. Combs. They served a rich farming area as well as the two important fishing ports. Freight and passenger services prospered until road competition took its toll.
The Cruden line, never a success, closed first. Passenger services ceased on the rest of the system in 1965 and the last freight service was withdrawn as late as 1979.
Today, much of the trackbed is the very popular Formartine & Buchan Way. Maud station is the site of an enterprising small railway museum.
Includes 120 images.
Chapters
Early Schemes and Contests
Opening to Peterhead and Fraserburgh
Later Proposals and Developments
Along the Line to Peterhead
The Branches Described
Signalling
Train Services
Fish Traffic
Locomotives
Snow
Road Services and Other Lines
Run Down
Life after Trains