Trailblazing Peterhead Prison railway line ferried criminals to a place of hard labour [Press and Journal]





Date: 08/01/2021

It was the first state-owned passenger carrying railway in Britain; a product of Victoriana which ferried criminals to a place of hard labour in the north-east of Scotland.


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Peterhead Prison Railway was the first of its kind in Britain and a new exhibition is shining a light on the former line.

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