Date: 28/01/2014

A major step in the return of steam engines to Grantown is set to start soon as part of a project costing more than £30,000.
A steel bridge structure which used to cross Merry Street in Motherwell and was donated by Network Rail in 2008 will be installed over the River Dulnain.
A massive rail-borne Kirow 1200 crane, operated by Colas Rail, is coming north to lift the bridge beams into position in mid-February.
Members of 39 Engineer Regiment, based at Kinloss Barracks, will assist with later bridge works.

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Work set to start on Strathspey steam railway line bridge

Strathspey & Badenoch Herald

Amajor step in the return of steam engines to Grantown is set to start soon as part of a project costing more than £30,000.

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Sections of the bridge that once carried the line into Ravenscraig Steelworks over Merry Street, Motherwell, are seen crossing Findhorn Viaduct on their way north on 3 October. The bridge, donated by Network Rail, is destined to carry the Strathspey Railway across the River Dulnain as part of the extension of the line to Grantown on Spey.
Location: Findhorn Viaduct [Tomatin]
Company: Inverness and Aviemore Direct Railway (Highland Railway)
03/10/2008 Mick Golightly

Photograph showing the the gap between the abutments over the River Dulnain to be spanned by the former Merry Street bridge following its relocation. [Photo with kind permission of the Strathspey Railway.]
Location: River Dulnain Viaduct
Company: Inverness and Perth Junction Railway
10/10/2008 John Gray

A class 08 working on the Mossend - Ravenscraig no 3 line crossing the bridge over Merry Street, Motherwell, in the 1980s. This bridge was removed in 2008 and transported by rail to the Strathspey Railway, (see old news item) where it will carry the planned extension of the line to Grantown-on-Spey over the River Dulnain.
Location: Ravenscraig Steel Works
Company: British Steel Corporation
// Johnny Trippick

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