Roger Farnworth Railways

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Re: The Strathspey Line, Scotland
Part 3 – Ballindalloch Railway Station to Boat of Garten

This is the third article following the Strathspey Line.

The featured image is a Manson O class 4-4-0 locomotive. When the GNSR Directors requested larger engines to handle increasing passenger traffic loads, and Manson designed his Class O (LNER D42) locomotives to meet this need. Initially allocated to main line passenger duties between Aberdeen and Elgin, as later 4-4-0s (e.g..the D40s) were introduced, they were displaced to secondary duties. By the time of the Grouping (1923), they could be found across the GNSR system, including at Boat of Garten working the Speyside Line.

We start this next leg of the journey at Ballindalloch Railway Station.

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