Keith and Dufftown Railway

The Keith and Dufftown Railway is a heritage railway in Scotland. It is located in the Moray Council Area and crosses 18 km (11 miles) from Keith Town on Drummuir by Dufftown.

History

The track was originally part of a route from Aberdeen to Elgin about Keith, the Great North of Scotland Railway had as a parallel route to the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway erected. The line was opened in 1862 in operation. Since 1948 the route of the British Railways was operated and decommissioned in 1991.

Museum Railway

Shortly after the shutdown began railway enthusiasts with the preparations for the reopening of the route as a museum railway. With the support of companies from the region and by the European Regional Development Fund, the route could be bought and repaired. In 2000, the operation of the Keith & Dufftown Railway Association was resumed, first of Dufftown after Drummuir, a year later until after Keith Town. Driving is on the weekends. (Friday to Sunday) from Easter to September In addition, will be held to peculiar events such as the two whiskey festival in Dufftown or Christmas special trips.

The technical basis of the web Dufftown. In Dufftown and Keith, there are shops that sell tickets in addition also keepsakes, and decorated in historical style waiting rooms. In Dufftown is in the " Buffer Stop", which is housed in two converted coaches, kept a variety of snacks.

Route

The standard gauge route leads over 18 km (11 miles) from Keith after Dufftown. This 42 bridges to be crossed, the largest is the 20-meter high Fiddich viaduct just before the entrance to Dufftown. A breakpoint is to Drummuir, all other previously existing breakpoints are no longer in operation.

Vehicle park

The track requires three two-car British Railways Derby Class 108. She also has a two-car BREL / Leyland Class 140, which currently is not ready for use, however, as well as several small locomotives.

Others

The railway currently has no connection to the rest of the rail network, since the distance between Keith and Keith Town station of the ScotRail is interrupted. As the 150th anniversary of the distance a steam engine was used in 2012, it was delivered by flatbed truck.

As the train passes through an area with numerous whiskey distilleries, it calls itself a whiskey Line.

The web offers the opportunity to drive under the supervision of one of the small locomotives themselves.

Awards

In 2001, Keith and Dufftown Railway Association was honored for the full reopening of the route with the Annual Award of the British Heritage Railway Association.