Banchory Works

Location type

Loco shed

Name and dates

Banchory Works (1853-1890)

Opened on the Deeside Railway.

Description

These works were east of Banchory [1st] station and its replacement Banchory [2nd] station. Access was from the west, with the north part of the building accessed by turnplate.

To the immediate south was a signal box, on the north side of the running lines.

The works still exist, now in other uses. Just to the east is a cemetery.

Tags

Locomotive shed


Books


A History of the Great North of Scotland Railway

Deeside Line: The North-east's Royal Railway

Great North of Scotland Railway (History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands, vol. 3)

Great North of Scotland Railway Album

Great North of Scotland Railway Album

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: Great North of Scotland Railway v. 3

Royal Deeside's Railway: Aberdeen to Ballater

Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong

The Great North of Scotland Railway - A New History