This new edition of The Speyside Line: A History and Guide to the Railway from Craigellachie to Boat of Garten has been revised and extended.
The original Strathspey Railway ran from Duff Town to Nethy Bridge alongside the River Spey, however the line closed in 1968 and the track was lifted in 1969. Today the line is now part of the Speyside Way a very popular walking and cycling route. As well as covering the history of this outpost of the GNSR, later famous for whisky traffic, the authors, Dick Jackson & Keith Fenwick, have compiled a comprehensive guide to the line. In the book they describe what remnants of the railway are still visible along the route today, compared to what was to be seen in its heyday.
Sections in the book cover:
- Early Railways in the Area
- Building the Line
- Slow Development
- LNER and British Railway Days
- Decline and Closure
- Along The Line
- Locomotives
- Excursion Trains
- The Railwaymen
- Whisky
- Signalling
- Railways That Might Have Been
- The Lure of Iron Ore
- Appendix 1: Opening and Closing Dates
- Appendix 2: Traffic
- Appendix 3: Financial Performance of the Strathspey line
Well illustrated with 12 maps and 112 colour and black & white photographs and illustrations. 88 pages