Lhanbryde Railway Station

Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway is an historic railway in Scotland. HistoryThe Inverness an Aberdeen Junction Railway was a railway company that constructed a line between Nairn and Forres in Scotland. It opened in 1857 and 1858. It merged with the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway to form the Highland Railway on 1 February 1865. Its main line remains in use today as part of the line between Aberdeen and Inverness. Findhorn RailwayWhen the line between Elgin and Keith was opened in August 1858, its route ran inland, away from the coast, between Elgin and Nairn, and many small coastal settlements were remote from the new railway. Local interests in Findhorn, finding themselves rather isolated between Findhorn Bay and the open waters of Burghead Bay, promoted a branch line, and this received authorising powers on 19 April 1859, incorporating the Findhorn Railway with capital of £9, 000. The terrain was easy, mostly running on sand, and a three-mile line was designed, making a junction a short distance east of Kinloss station on the I& AJR main line. Joseph Mitchell was the engineer and Charles Brand of Montrose was the contractor. The line was inspected by Captain Tyler RE of the Board of Trade on 9 April 1860 but because of a delay in furnishing signal posts at Kinloss Junction, the opening was delayed. The line opened on 18 April 1860 and trains were worked by the company itself, although rolling stock may have been hired from the larger company. The wooden station building of Kinloss was relocated so as to be at the point of junction of the Findhorn line, a distance of about 300 yards. The Company had one locomotive, an 0-4-0 saddle tank built by Neilson & Co of Glasgow in 1860. Once opened, the company immediately found that available traffic did not cover basic operating expenses, and it was soon in serious financial difficulty. The Findhorn Railway appealed to the I& AJR for help, and the larger company took it over, effective from 1 March 1862. (The I& AJR became a constituent of the Highland Railway in 1865. ) The Findhorn Company's own locomotive was disposed of to the I& AJR in 1862, becoming that company's no 16A. The Kinloss station was relocated to its earlier position.

Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway is an historic railway in Scotland. HistoryThe Inverness an Aberdeen Junction Railway was a railway company that constructed a line between Nairn and Forres in Scotland. It opened in 1857 and 1858. It merged with the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway to form the Highland Railway on 1 February 1865. Its main line remains in use today as part of the line between Aberdeen and Inverness. Findhorn RailwayWhen the line between Elgin and Keith was opened in August 1858, its route ran inland, away from the coast, between Elgin and Nairn, and many small coastal settlements were remote from the new railway. Local interests in Findhorn, finding themselves rather isolated between Findhorn Bay and the open waters of Burghead Bay, promoted a branch line, and this received authorising powers on 19 April 1859, incorporating the Findhorn Railway with capital of £9, 000. The terrain was easy, mostly running on sand, and a three-mile line was designed, making a junction a short distance east of Kinloss station on the I& AJR main line. Joseph Mitchell was the engineer and Charles Brand of Montrose was the contractor. The line was inspected by Captain Tyler RE of the Board of Trade on 9 April 1860 but because of a delay in furnishing signal posts at Kinloss Junction, the opening was delayed. The line opened on 18 April 1860 and trains were worked by the company itself, although rolling stock may have been hired from the larger company. The wooden station building of Kinloss was relocated so as to be at the point of junction of the Findhorn line, a distance of about 300 yards. The Company had one locomotive, an 0-4-0 saddle tank built by Neilson & Co of Glasgow in 1860. Once opened, the company immediately found that available traffic did not cover basic operating expenses, and it was soon in serious financial difficulty. The Findhorn Railway appealed to the I& AJR for help, and the larger company took it over, effective from 1 March 1862. (The I& AJR became a constituent of the Highland Railway in 1865. ) The Findhorn Company's own locomotive was disposed of to the I& AJR in 1862, becoming that company's no 16A. The Kinloss station was relocated to its earlier position.