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Strathspey Railway

PH22 1PY Aviemore, Great Britain (UK) (Scotland)
Address Aviemore Station
Dalfaber Road 
 
Floor area unfortunately not known yet  
 
Museum typ
Railway

Opening times
 See timetable on Strathspey Railway homepage.

Admission
Status from 02/2019
 See timetable on Strathspey Railway homepage.
Contact
Tel.:+44-14 79-81 07 25   
Homepage
to Location / Directions
www.strathspeyrailway.co.uk
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Location / Directions
N57.188745° W3.828784°N57°11.32470' W3°49.72704'N57°11'19.4820" W3°49'43.6224"
The Strathspey Railway (SR) in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland, operates a 10 miles (16 km) preserved railway from Aviemore to Broomhill via Boat of Garten, part of the former Inverness and Perth Junction Railway (later part of Highland Railway) which linked Aviemore with Forres.

Stations

The railway currently has three stations along its ten mile length. The main operating station is located in Aviemore and it is from this station that all the standard train services and events depart from.

Aviemore Station

Reach us from Aviemore’s main street by crossing the railway footbridge to Platform 3. Or, if coming by car take the B970 (for Coylumbridge) off B9152 then go left after crossing the railway bridge. The car park entrance is on the left, around 1/4 mile from this junction. Ramped access to the platform from our car park is available.

Boat of Garten Station

Signposted from the A95. Drop-off point at the station building beside ‘The Boat Hotel’ with level access to the platform. Car parking is in the station yard and this is signposted. Access from the car park to the platform is by way of footbridge.

Broomhill Station

Just off the A95 on the minor road linking to the B970 in Nethy Bridge. The car park is located beside the station building and provides near level access to the platform.
Description

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
From Aviemore, the line passes the four road locomotive shed which was constructed by the Highland Railway in 1898. It was common for original Highland Railway engines to be allocated to the shed and in London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) days it housed Stanier Black Fives, Pickersgill Bogies (Caledonian Railway), Caley 439 tanks, Caley 812 classes, and Fairburn tanks.
In British Railways days the shed was allocated the shed code '60B'. These days the engines that are in traffic on the Strathspey Railway (SR) bear the 60B shedplate on their smokebox.

There is also a carriage maintenance shed which was erected and opened for use in 2005; this shed allows the railway's volunteers and staff to work on its fleet of coaches indoors.

On the opposite side of the line is a three road carriage storage shed erected and opened in 2011; this allows the coaches to be stored under cover and protected from the weather.

Coaling is carried out at Aviemore using a facility constructed in 2014 on the site of the former Aviemore Speyside station building.

The former enginemens' hostel called 'Spey Lodge' also stands at this location. This building has now reverted to its original use of housing locomotive crews and other railway volunteers.

The extensive Boat of Garten station features its original buildings.

Boat of Garten also has the railway's only water column where the locomotives stop to take water on their way north through the station. There are two signal boxes, Boat of Garten North and Boat of Garten South and signalling uses traditional British Railways mechanical semaphore signalling; it is the crossing point on the line when there are two trains running.

Most of what visitors to the railway see today is original from the days of British Railways. The main layout of the station has not been altered significantly, with the exception of the extensive yard behind the signal box.

The line reaches its current terminus at Broomhill, in countryside roughly halfway 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.

Steam locomotives

LMS 2-6-0 Class 2MT no. 46512 "E. V. Cooper, Engineer". Built Swindon 1952. Owned by Highland Locomotive Company. Operational, returned to steam in March 2011. Expected to handle the majority of the year's services.

Caledonian Railway 0-6-0 812 Class no. 828 (17566, BR 57566) built in 1899. Returned to steam in 2010. Returned to traffic after heavy repairs March 2017.

LMS 4-6-0 Class 5MT no. 5025 (45025) built in 1934. Being overhauled at Aviemore.

Wemyss Private Railway 0-6-0T no. 17 "Braeriach", built by Andrew Barclay & Son, Kilmarnock 1935 (works number 2017). At Aviemore awaiting overhaul.

WD 0-6-0ST Austerity no. 9. Built Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns 1943 (works number 7097). Stored at Aviemore out of use.

Andrew Barclay & Son, Kilmarnock 0-4-0ST (works no. 2020 of 1936) no. 2 "Balmenach". Stored at Aviemore out of use.
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