Central Shunting Yard

Main

Australia

Miscellaneous

Rest of World

Central

Latest

Links

VoxPop

ANR

NSW

QLD

SA

TAS

VIC

WA

Misc

Private

Tourist

Themes

Rest

BR

Europe

NZ

US&

British Railways Shunting Yard

Main

Groupings

Nationalization

Museums

BR

misc

statns

GWR

LMS

LNER

SR

war

steam

diesel

DMUs

G'gow

MSIM

NRM

R'hill

Preservation - England

Wales

Scotland

B'Bell

C'forth

Dint'g

KWVR

LHR

NNR

NYMR

RER

Bala

F'iog

Taly

VoR

WLR

CR

L'hty

SRPS

S'Spey

Strathspey Railway

It was just after Hogmanay when we visited Strathspey in 1981, and the locals were still recovering, as the place was pretty deserted! However, we were still able to wander around and snap some cold looking locos.

Included are some further pictures taken on a return visit in 1986, this time in summer. There were some obvious improvements to the restoration scene, but despite it being summer, there was not much improvement in the weather!

My Visit in 1981

Image : dir=br/strathspey/ page=index 60018 bytes, pixels Date : 03 Jan 1981, catalogued 01 Apr 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 11055 Description : The LMS crest on the side of a carriage at Strathspey Railway.

Image : dir=br/strathspey/ page=index 54089 bytes, pixels Date : 03 Jan 1981, catalogued 02 Apr 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 11058 Description : A rather bare Ivatt 2-6-0 (or should that be 0-6-0?) at Strathspey.

Image : dir=br/strathspey/ page=index 52590 bytes, pixels Date : 03 Jan 1981, catalogued 01 Apr 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 11056 Description : An Ivatt 2-6-0 Mogul at Strathspey.

Image : dir=br/strathspey/ page=index 48258 bytes, pixels Date : 03 Jan 1981, catalogued 01 Apr 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 11057 Description : An Ivatt 2-6-0 Mogul at Strathspey.

My Visit in 1986

Photos taken on my return visit in 1986.

Image : dir=br/strathspey/ page=index 63675 bytes, 800x600 pixels Date : Aug 1986, catalogued Photographer : John Hurst Medium : colour print Description : The author's son poses in front of a Ministry of Supply "Austerity" saddle tank at Boat of Garten, on the Strathspey railway, on a typically dismal Scottish summer's day!

Image : dir=br/strathspey/ page=index 87570 bytes, pixels Date : Jun 1986, catalogued 07 Nov 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 14494 Description : Saddle tank loco number 60 in action again, running shuttle trains on the Strathspey Railway.

Image : dir=br/strathspey/ page=index 64752 bytes, pixels Date : Aug 1986, catalogued 27 Nov 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 15071 Description : Number 60 shunts her train at Boat of Garten.

Image : dir=br/strathspey/ page=index 129025 bytes, pixels Date : Aug 1986, catalogued 19 Dec 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 15076 Description : Number 60 shunts her train at the end of Boat of Garten station. The line can be seen disappearing towards Granton-on-Spey, but unfortunately, the line does not extend much beyond that visible here.

Image : dir=br/strathspey/ page=index 70427 bytes, pixels Date : Jul 1986, catalogued 20 Nov 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 14703 Description : This photo follows Strathspey-5 , both logically and chronologically, as I had just enough time to recock the shutter and shoot this as the train on which I was travelling shot past. The loco is a 1951 Barclay 0-4-0ST, number 3 on the Strathspey roster.

Image : dir=br/strathspey/ page=index 122317 bytes, pixels Date : Aug 1986, catalogued 19 Dec 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 15077 Description : I think this is a Ruston-Hornsby 0-4-0 diesel tractor thingy. It was at Boat of Garten on the Styrathspey Railway.

Image : dir=br/strathspey/ page=index 64567 bytes, pixels Date : Jun 1986, catalogued 06 Nov 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 14490 Description : A general platform-side scene at Boat of Garten, the end of the Strathspey Railway.

Image : dir=br/strathspey/ page=index 71136 bytes, pixels Date : Jun 1986, catalogued 07 Nov 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 14491 Description : A general platform-side scene at Boat of Garten. The Strathspey runs from Aviemore, the junction with British Rail, and Boat of Garten. The Strathspey line used to continue through to Keith, on the Aberdeen-Inverness line.

Image : dir=br/strathspey/ page=index 92497 bytes, pixels Date : Jul 1986, catalogued 20 Nov 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 14681 Description : As the train to Inverness whizzed past, I was able to snap this shot of the Strathspey Railway scene!

Image : dir=br/strathspey/ page=index 114069 bytes, pixels Date : Jul 1986, catalogued 20 Nov 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 14702 Description : On the way back from Inverness, another view of the Strathspey scene.

Image : dir=br/strathspey/ page=index 130268 bytes, pixels Date : Aug 1986, catalogued 27 Nov 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 15072 Description : Another view of the various railway items stored at Boat of Garten.

Image : dir=br/strathspey/ page=index 113555 bytes, pixels Date : Aug 1986, catalogued 27 Nov 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 15075 Description : Another view of the various railway items stored at Boat of Garten.

Image : dir=br/strathspey/ page=index 102135 bytes, pixels Date : Aug 1986, catalogued 27 Nov 1999 Photographer : John Hurst Medium : Kodachrome, slide number 15073 Description : I think this is 46512, another Ivatt 2MT engine. It might even be the loco seen in the Connel Bridge photo. Notice the extra tall chimney, characteristic of the BR-built locos.

This page maintained by John Hurst. Copyright	64 accesses since 17 Jun 2008
Dynamically generated at 20081013:1732 from an XML file modified on 20061007:1640. Maintainer use only; not generally accessible: Local Server Home Server Hurst Server Work Server CSSE Server