The Strathspey Railway operates a 10 mile (16 km) preserved railway from Aviemore to Broomhill via Boat of Garten, part of the former Highland Railway line which linked Aviemore with Forres. A mile is any of several units of distance, or, in physics terminology, of length. ... A kilometre (American spelling: kilometer), symbol: km is a unit of length in the metric system equal to 1000 metres (from the Greek words χίλια (khilia) = thousand and μέτρο (metro) = count/measure). ... Aviemore (Scottish Gaelic: An Aghaidh Mhòr) is a tourist resort in the Highlands of Scotland. ... Boat of Garten is a small village in the Highlands of Scotland. ... The Highland Railway was a Scottish railway company which was grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. ... Aviemore (Scottish Gaelic: An Aghaidh Mhòr) is a tourist resort in the Highlands of Scotland. ... Suenos Stone in Forres Forres, an ancient Royal Burgh Town, is situated in the North of Scotland on the Moray Coast. ...

The Route

Aviemore

The Strathspey Railway operates from the outer face of the island platform at Aviemore main line station (operated by First ScotRail) where it has a junction with the Highland Main Line. The other two platforms are used by First ScotRail and GNER services. Aviemore main line station, now restored to its original Victorian state houses a Booking Office, Shop, Ticket Hall, Waiting Rooms and Toilets. Aviemore (Scottish Gaelic: An Aghaidh Mhòr) is a tourist resort in the Highlands of Scotland. ... A Class 170 Turbostar unit at Edinburgh Waverley. ... The Highland Main Line is a railway line in Scotland. ... A Class 170 Turbostar unit at Edinburgh Waverley. ... GNER White Rose train at Kings Cross railway station Great North Eastern Railways (GNER) is a British train operating company (TOC) owned by Sea Containers Ltd. ... Aviemore Station is a railway station on the Highland Main Line between Perth and Inverness run by First ScotRail. ...

North of the station trains pass the mothballed Aviemore (Speyside) station used by Strathspey trains from the opening of the preserved line until 1998 when the railway was extended into the mainline station. This situation was caused by the refusal of British Rail in the 1970s to allow the use of the mainline station due to concerns about loss of capacity at a time when it was mistakenly believed that traffic on the Highland Main Line would rise dramatically with growth in the North Sea oil industry, hopes that were to prove unfounded. Aviemore (Speyside) station building was moved from Dalnaspidal, 30 miles to the South, which had closed in the 1960s. Aviemore (Speyside) is a station on the Strathspey Railway that closed in July 1998. ... Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... The 1970s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1970 and 1979. ... The Highland Main Line is a railway line in Scotland. ... UK North Sea Oil Fields North Sea oil refers to oil and natural gas (hydrocarbons) produced from oil reservoirs beneath the North Sea. ... Aviemore (Speyside) is a station on the Strathspey Railway that closed in July 1998. ... The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ...

Adjacent to Aviemore (Speyside) is the Railway's engineering base at Aviemore Shed. In 2005 a new carriage shed was errected to improve the care and maintenance of the Rolling Stock on the Line. Aviemore (Speyside) is a station on the Strathspey Railway that closed in July 1998. ... A railroad car (or, more briefly, car), also known as an item of rolling stock in British parlance, is a vehicle on a railroad or railway that is not a locomotive - one that provides another purpose than purely haulage, although some types of car are powered. ...

As the line heads north and it gradually diverges from the Highland Main Line slightly to the west, it crosses Dalfaber Level Crossing, which is notorious for motorists jumping the lights, this being an ungated Level Crossing. This was the scene of a serious accident on the 6th of April 2005 when a steam train struck car as it crossed the track in front of the train, having jumped the lights. The incident was captured on CCTV footage, CCTV having been installed at the crossing after a number of previous near-misses. The Highland Main Line is a railway line in Scotland. ... Dalfaber Level Crossing is a feature on the Strathspey Steam Railway. ... The two-year-old Jamie Bulger being led away by his killers, recorded on shopping centre CCTV. Closed-circuit television (CCTV), as a collection of surveillance cameras doing video surveillance, is the use of television cameras for surveillance. ... The two-year-old Jamie Bulger being led away by his killers, recorded on shopping centre CCTV. Closed-circuit television (CCTV), as a collection of surveillance cameras doing video surveillance, is the use of television cameras for surveillance. ...

Leaving Aviemore the houses and Light Industrial units are left behind for Heather Moorland with spectacular views East to the Cairngorm Mountains. Gradually the moorland gives way to Birch woodland nearer Boat of Garten. The Golf Course bounds the station approaches to the East side of the track. Aviemore (Scottish Gaelic: An Aghaidh Mhòr) is a tourist resort in the Highlands of Scotland. ... Heaths are anthropogenic habitats found primarily in northern and western Europe, where they have been created by thousands of years of human clearance of natural forest vegetation by grazing and burning on mainly infertile acidic soils. ... The Cairngorms: Ben Macdhui seen from Carn aMhaim The Cairngorms refers to a mountainous region in the Eastern Scottish Highlands. ... Species Many species; see text and classification Birch is the name of any tree of the genus Betula, in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. ... Boat of Garten is a small village in the Highlands of Scotland. ... Golfer teeing off at the start of a hole Golf is a game where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs. ...

Boat of Garten

The extensive Boat of Garten station, unlike other stations on the line, features the original buildings dating from when the station became a parallel junction between the Highland Railway's main line from Perth to Forres and the Great North of Scotland Railway's branch to Craigellachie. (This was the original Strathspey Railway, the company being a subsidiary of the GNSR.) Today there are two passenger platforms and the yard stores the majority of the Strathspey Railway's Rolling Stock collection. Boat of Garten is a small village in the Highlands of Scotland. ... The Highland Railway was a Scottish railway company which was grouped into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. ... Perths location in Scotland Perth (Peairt in Scottish Gaelic) is a town in central Scotland. ... Suenos Stone in Forres Forres, an ancient Royal Burgh Town, is situated in the North of Scotland on the Moray Coast. ... The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) received its Parliamentary approval on June 26, 1846, following over two years’ of local meetings. ... The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) received its Parliamentary approval on June 26, 1846, following over two years’ of local meetings. ... A railroad car (or, more briefly, car), also known as an item of rolling stock in British parlance, is a vehicle on a railroad or railway that is not a locomotive - one that provides another purpose than purely haulage, although some types of car are powered. ...

Up to this point all the track was original but from Boat of Garten northwards, the track had been lifted and structures demolished by BR in the 1960s. The tracks to Craigellachie and Granton had left the station extending in a Double track formation as far as Croftnahaven, where the GNSR line turned sharply South-East and crossed the Spey. This curious arrangement was adopted because a signalbox for a junction here was deemed too expensive. Boat of Garten is a small village in the Highlands of Scotland. ... Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ... The 1960s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... Grantown-on-Spey is a small burgh in the Scottish Highlands founded in 1765, on the River Spey with a population of 3,409 [1]. It lies at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains, about twenty miles south east of Inverness. ... A Double track railway usually involves running one track in each direction, compared to a single track railway where trains in both directions share the same track. ... The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) received its Parliamentary approval on June 26, 1846, following over two years’ of local meetings. ... The River Spey is a river in Scotland that runs 107 miles (172 km) to the Moray Firth at Spey Bay, making it the second longest river in Scotland. ...

Leaving Boat of Garten, trains cross the road on the new single track box-girder bridge and pass the site of the original GNSR engine shed, long demolished it is now the site of a Permanent way depot. The railway passes though mainly farmland on the re-laid track, which was mostly recovered from Kincardine Power Station in Fife in the 1990s. Boat of Garten is a small village in the Highlands of Scotland. ... The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) received its Parliamentary approval on June 26, 1846, following over two years’ of local meetings. ... The permanent way refers to the rails and sleepers of a railway line. ... Kincardine can refer to: Kincardineshire, a traditional county of Scotland Kincardine, Scotland, a town in Fife, Scotland The Kincardine Bridge which crosses the River Forth to the south of the Scottish town Kincardine, Ontario, a municipality in Ontario, Canada This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other... Oil power plant in Iraq Coal power plant in China A power station (also power plant) is a facility for the generation of electric power. ... Fife (Fìobh in Gaelic) is a unitary council region of Scotland situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ...

This is currently the only station with signalling in operation and has two signal boxes, Boat Of Garten North and Boat Of Garten South. Signalling is traditional British Railways mechanical signalling with semaphore signals.

Broomhill

The line reaches its current terminus at Broomhill, in countryside roughly half-way between the villages of Nethy Bridge and Dulnain Bridge. The replica station building has been reconstructed on the foundations of the original. The run-round loop is beyond the station. It is anticipated that this will be removed when the extension to Grantown is complete. Broomhill, is used as the station for Glenbogle, in the BBC series "Monarch of the Glen". Grantown-on-Spey is a small burgh in the Scottish Highlands founded in 1765, on the River Spey with a population of 3,409 [1]. It lies at the northern edge of the Cairngorm mountains, about twenty miles south east of Inverness. ... Glenbogle Station Glenbogle is a fictional Scottish estate, created by Compton Mackenzie in his Highland novels, and featured in the BBC series Monarch of the Glen. ... BBC Scotland (BBC Alba in Gaelic) is a constituent part of the British Broadcasting Corporation, the publicly-funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... Monarch of the Glen by Sir Edwin Landseer, 1851 Monarch of the Glen (with a conscious reference to the famous Landseer painting) is a British television drama, produced by Ecosse Films for BBC Scotland and transmitted on the BBC One network in the UK. The series premiered in 2000, and...

Future Extension

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Strathspey Railway Association

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Locomotives & Rolling Stock

• Steam Locomotives
  • LMS 2-6-0 Class 2MT no. 46512 "E. V. Cooper, Engineer" (in service)
  • Wemyss Private Railway 0-6-0T no. 17 (entering service)
  • Caledonian Railway 0-6-0 812 Class no. 828 (17566, 57566) (undergoing overhaul)
  • LMS 4-6-0 Class 5MT no. 5025 (45025) (awaiting overhaul)
  • WD 0-6-0ST Austerity nos. 9, 48 & 60 (major overhauls required)
  • Andrew Barclay & Son, Kilmarnock 0-6-0ST (works no. 1833) no. 6 "Niddrie" (displayed BoG)
  • Andrew Barclay & Son, Kilmarnock 0-4-0ST (works no. 2020) no. 2 "Balmenach" (restoration required)
  • Andrew Barclay & Son, Kilmarnock 0-4-0ST (works no. 2073) no. 1 "Dailuaine" (restoration required)

• Diesel Locomotives
  • BR 0-4-0 North British shunter no. D2767
  • BR 0-6-0 Class 08 no. D3605
  • BR Bo-Bo Class 26 nos. D5302 and D5325
  • BR Bo-Bo Class 27 no. D5394 (away for repairs)
  • BR A1A-A1A Class 31 no. 31327
  • Andrew Barclay & Son, Kilmarnock 0-4-0DM (works no. 517) "Power of Enterprise"

• Diesel Multiple Units
  • BR Class 107 unit 51990+52030
  • BR Class 107/114 hybrid unit 52008+56047
  • BR Class 117 unit 51367+51402

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Special Events

External links

• Strathspey Railway website
• Preserved Carriage Database