£9.00
Dick Jackson & Keith Fenwick
Published: 2021
Edition: Paperback
Pages: 88
Condition: New
Genre: Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR)
Status: Sold Out
The Speyside Line: A History and Guide by Dick Jackson and Keith Fenwick. This new edition, which covers Craigellachie to Boat of Garten has been revised and extended.
The original Strathspey Railway ran from Duff Town to Nethy Bridge alongside the River Spey, however the line closed in 1968 and the track was lifted in 1969. Today the line is now part of the Speyside Way a very popular walking and cycling route. As well as covering the history of this outpost of the GNSR, later famous for whisky traffic, the authors, Dick Jackson & Keith Fenwick, have compiled a comprehensive guide to the line.
In the book they describe what remnants of the railway are still visible along the route today, compared to what was to be seen in its heyday.
Early Railways in the Area
Building the Line
Slow Development
LNER and British Railway Days
Decline and Closure
Along The Line
Locomotives
Excursion Trains
The Railwaymen
Whisky
Signalling
Railways That Might Have Been
The Lure of Iron Ore