Keith and Dufftown Railway
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The Keith & Dufftown Railway is Scotland's newest operational Preserved Railway. The first passenger service ran on the reopened eleven-mile route in August 2001.
It takes passenger from Dufftown, home to the Glenfiddich whisky distillery, northeast to Keith. There is one station stop at Drummuir.
The original line from Keith Junction to Elgin, operated by Great North of Scotland Railways as an alternative to the Highland Railway route between the same two towns, was closed to passenger traffic in 1968 as part of Dr Beeching's closures. Right up until 1995 freight services worked part of the line along with occasional specials.
The railway only operates from around Easter to late Summer. Traction is usually a Class 108 DMU.
Also on site at Dufftown is an array of stock, including two Pullman coaches, industrial shunters and the prototype 'PACER' 140001.
Class 108 in operation on the KDR, approaching Drummuir, May 2006.
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It takes passenger from Dufftown, home to the Glenfiddich whisky distillery, northeast to Keith. There is one station stop at Drummuir.
The original line from Keith Junction to Elgin, operated by Great North of Scotland Railways as an alternative to the Highland Railway route between the same two towns, was closed to passenger traffic in 1968 as part of Dr Beeching's closures. Right up until 1995 freight services worked part of the line along with occasional specials.
The railway only operates from around Easter to late Summer. Traction is usually a Class 108 DMU.
Also on site at Dufftown is an array of stock, including two Pullman coaches, industrial shunters and the prototype 'PACER' 140001.
Class 108 in operation on the KDR, approaching Drummuir, May 2006.
External Links: