On 16 th February a works train consisting of the guards van, flatrol and powered by the UDV left Dufftown. The flatrol was loaded with 22 concrete sleepers and a steel cabinet for PW use and was conveyed to the current PW site at Mill of Towie. The PW team went by road and met […]

All pictures in this section courtesy of Phin Sloan. The following 4 photos show the overgrown state of the vegetation on the approach to Keith Town Station in early October 2017. A clearance team (aided by a Community Service Group) was assembled. The following 4 photos show the state of the vegetation on the approach […]

Travelling north from Towiemore Halt heading towards Keith the train passes the site of the former Towiemore Distillery then a stand of trees. Just after the trees a drainage ditch flows, in a culvert, below the line and then into the River Isla. This culvert had partially collapsed leaving part of the former distillery site […]

All pictures courtesy of Ros Rhodes. The KDR ran its Ghost Trains on 27th and 28th October and we also had a booking to provide transport for the wedding of Daisy and Aaron on Saturday 28 October 2017. One of our units, Spirit of Speyside, was decorated for the Ghost Trains and naturally this was […]

Pictures in this section courtesy of Nigel Bodiam and Ros Rhodes. There follows a small selection of photos showing some of the sights which met the brave (foolhardy?) travellers arriving at Dufftown station to board the Ghost Train. Some pictures were just too terrifying to put on the web! Photos Ros Rhodes Photos Ros Rhodes […]

All pictures in this section courtesy of Phin Sloan. The pit siding had been delayed by other works taking precedence but finally the last 53 feet of track and a rail built buffer stop were installed and work completed in November 2017. The following photos show the work on this final section of the pit […]

All pictures in this section courtesy of Phin Sloan. The UDV was moved into the shed, in the beginning of September 2017 to allow some heavy work to be done on the coupling rods. The coupling rods join the wheels together so they all rotate at the same speed. The coupling rods required new bearings […]

All pictures courtesy of Graham Barron. The last of the Santa Specials ran on Sunday 17th December 2017. The unit used was a hybrid of our 2 regular DMUs. The Dufftown car Driver Motor Brake Standard from Spirit of Speyside was coupled to the Keith Town car Driver Motor Composite of Spirit of Banffshire for […]

SPIRIT OF DUFFTOWN The catering we do for our charters is carried out by KDRA and will be done in the Spirit of Dufftown under the name of KDRA Catering. The Spirit of Dufftown is our exclusive Catering Coach run by the Keith & Dufftown Railway Association for charters and pre-booked groups in excess of […]