Portessie Shed
Location type
Loco shedName and dates
Portessie Shed (1884-1915)Opened on the Buckie and Portessie Branch (Highland Railway).
Description
This was a two road Highland Railway locomotive shed at the east end of the comapny's part of the Portessie [HR] and Portessie [GNSR]] station.
The shed was approached from the west, from the Highland part of the station. To the north of the shed was the turntable and water tank. To the east, a railwayman's cottage.
The turntable remained in use until 1953, it was useful turning engines for the heavy traffic from Cluny Harbour.
The turntable, base of the water tower and cottage remain today. Portions of the demolished shed can also be found, very overgrown.
Local
The trackbed is now the National Cycle Route 1 .
Tags
ShedExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Portessie [HR] Portessie [GNSR] Buckie [GNSR] Findochty Rathven Buckie [HR] Buckpool Letterfourie Portknockie Portgordon Cullen Enzie Tochieneal Spey Bay Glassaugh | Findochty Junction Jones Buckie Shipyard Buckie Shipyard Buckie Maltings Forsyths Works [Buckie] Cullen Burn Viaduct Cairnfield Viaduct Cullen North Deskford Street Bridge Cullen Castle Street Viaduct Cullen Seafield Street Viaduct Portgordon Maltings Gillyfurry Siding Tourist/other Cluny Harbour Inchgower Distillery Cullen House |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| 01/08/1884 | Buckie and Portessie Branch (Highland Railway) Line opened. Stations opened at Forgie, Enzie, Drybridge Platform, Rathven, Buckie [HR] and Portessie [HR], along with Portessie Shed. |
