Date: 09/07/2011

A major milestone in the story of a once-vital north-east transport link will be marked this weekend at a popular museum which tracks Buchan’s bygone railway era.

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Cross-platform interchange for passengers and parcels at Maud Junction. Photograph taken from the 12.25pm Aberdeen-Fraserburgh train on Saturday 1st May 1965. NBL Type 2 D6152 is standing at the adjacent platform with the 1.30pm departure for Peterhead.
Location: Maud
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
01/05/1965 Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven)

D5323 prepares to take the Formartine and Buchan Railtour out of Peterhead on 24 May 1969. Passenger services were withdrawn in 1965, although freight operations at the busy fishing port continued for a further 5 years. Nothing of the railway remains here today, with the site now occupied by Peterhead Academy [see image 17391].
Location: Peterhead
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
24/05/1969 Robin Barbour Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

NBL Type 2 no D6141 about to take the 3.15pm train for Aberdeen out of Fraserburgh station in September 1963. Fraserburgh locomotive shed stands on the left.
Location: Fraserburgh
Company: Formartine and Buchan Railway
02/09/1963 K A Gray