Aviemore Station
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Aviemore Station by Dr Neil Clifton as part of the Geograph project.
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Aviemore Station
Image: © Dr Neil Clifton Taken: 4 Sep 2013
This shows locomotive No 46512 of the Strathspey Railway. Built by the LMS railway, it is a 2-6-0 tender engine, originally classified as 2P. It now carries the name 'E V Cooper Engineer'. Whether the preserved railway here should really be called the Strathspey Railway is debatable. True, it runs in the valley of the Spey, but the original Strathspey Railway of 1866 branched off the Highland Inverness to Forres line at Boat of Garten, and quickly changed sides to run on the eastern bank of the river, terminating at Dufftown. The 'new' Strathspey Railway does not use any part of the old - it runs entirely on Highland Railway right of way.
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Image Location
Latitude
57.188438
Longitude
-3.828301