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Boat o' Brig Viaduct: On the 21st of April 1962 HR 103 hauled the combined Stephenson Locomotive Society and Branch Line Society's 'Scottish Rambler' at the start of its second day. Here the tour is approaching Boat O' Brig Viaduct. It had left Inverness, visited Burghead and Fochabers Town and was now on its way to Keith for Aultmore, on the stub of the Buckie line. After returning to Keith it would be taken on by GNSR 49 to Turriff, Old Meldum, Alford and Aberdeen Waterloo.

Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway
David Murray-Smith [21/04/1962]


Ferryhill Junction: View at Ferryhill Junction with D6123 coming off the branch on a train from Ballater to Aberdeen. The photograph was taken on a particularly cold day with huge icicles hanging from the vans at the dock by the junction. The road south was blocked by snow at Stonehaven. D6123 was, in 1963, to be the first Class 29 after being fitted with a replacement Paxman Ventura 1350hp engine. Anthony Sayer notes that this was the only Class 21 or Class 29 to be officially stored (01/08/1971) before withdrawal. The Ferryhill sheds can be seen to the left of the train and the main line to the south runs off to the left.

Aberdeen Railway
David Murray-Smith [30/12/1961]