Elgin station, flooded July 1997
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Elgin station, flooded July 1997
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 3 Jul 1997
View westward from the New Elgin Road bridge, towards the ex-Highland Railway (West) station, Forres and Inverness. The line curving underneath was the ex-GNSR line to the GNS East station (closed 6/5/68), to Keith via Craigellachie (closed 4/11/68), thence Aberdeen, also Lossiemouth (closed 28/3/66) and Cairnie Junction via Buckie (closed 6/5/68). The double line going left is the extant, ex-Highland, line to Keith, thence Aberdeen. On this day, all trains were suspended owing to the floods - see also Image
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Image Location
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57.642827
Longitude
-3.311293