Date: 02/02/2012

Preparations for a new exhibition on the history of the Alford Valley Railway (AVR) are well underway at the Grampian Transport Museum (GTM) in Alford. The life of this long-closed branch line from Kintore from Alford will be illustrated usind drawings and plans from the Great North of Scotland Association’s collection held at the museum as well as many historic photos, along with their present day views for comparison.

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Alford Railway history to be told

Donside Piper and Herald

Preparations for a new exhibition on the history of the Alford Valley Railway (AVR) are well underway at the Grampian Transport Museum (GTM) in Alford.

Related images

Alford-Kintore train at Alford. GNSR 4.4.0 2270 (34). Driver G Birnie.
Location: Alford
Company: Alford Valley Railway
05/08/1947 G H Robin collection by courtesy of the Mitchell Library, Glasgow

One of the rescued and restored ex Aberdeen Gas Corporation locomotives, No 3, sheltered from the rain (lucky for some) outside the Grampian Transport Museum, Alford, on 8 November 2006 (unfortunately the museum was closed for the winter!) [See image 18062]
Location: Alford
Company: Grampian Transport Museum
08/11/2006 John Furnevel

The original AVR shed at Alford in November 2006 - now refurbished and put back into use by the narrow gauge Alford Valley Railway Company.
Location: Alford
Company: Alford Valley Railway
08/11/2006 John Furnevel