Great North of Scotland Railway Locomotives: The Steam Locomotives of North-East Scotland's own Railway Described and Illustrated (IR083)

Product No.: IR083
Title: Great North of Scotland Railway Locomotives: The Steam Locomotives of North-East Scotland's own Railway Described and Illustrated
Author(s): Gordon, Hugh
Illustrator(s): N/A
Publisher: Irwell Press
ISBN: 978903266083
Condition: New
Binding: Laminated Pictorial Boards
Dust Jacket: None
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Year: 2008

Features: 91 Pages with Black/White Photos & Line Drawings.

The Great North of Scotland Railway was established to connect Aberdeen with Inverness, a target which it never reached due to the hostility of the Highland Railway based in Inverness.

Furthermore, this impoverished railway built a penetrating line deep into GNSR territory to reach Keith. Between Aberdeen and Lossiemouth (its furthest point from Aberdeen) the GNSR built a series of lines surving North East Scotland from the fishing ports of Fraserburgh and Peterhead to the distilleries of Speyside. A separate line (originally entirely separate with its own locomotives : the Deeside Railway) reached Ballater and was used by the Royal Family to reach Braemar.

The main station in Aberdeen was owned jointly by the GNSR and the Caledonian Railway (the North British Railway merely had access to it over the CR). Very little of the GNSR remains other than the mainline to Keith and the main station in Aberdeen. Surprisingly, one of its typical locomotives (a 4-4-0) has been preserved.