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The Strathspey Line – Part 1 – Keith to Dufftown

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The featured image for this article is the last of the Great North of Scotland 4-4-0s was No.62277 ‘Gordon Highlander’, nick named ‘The Soldier’.  Before being retired for preservation and resorted to its original green livery, No.62277 spent its remaining days in regular service working the goods between Keith and Elgin, and over the Speyside branch, © W.J.V.Anderson. [48]

The January issue of The Railway Magazine usually focussed on Scotland. The January 1959 edition was no exception. [1] Included in the Magazine were articles by:

  • H.A. Vallance about The Strathspey Line.
  • J.W. Grant about Scottish 0-4-4 Tank Engines.
  • G.H. Robin about The Lanarkshire & Dunbartonshire Railway.
  • M.D. Grenville about Scottish Railways in 1859.

This article picks up on the article by H.A. Vallance, and begins a journey along the Strathspey line which ran down the valley of the River Spey from Keith towards Abernethy. Initially the line ran Southwest along Strathisla before crossing the watershed to Strathspey.

At much the same time (November 1860) as the Highland Railway promoted its scheme from Forrest to Grantown-on-Spey and on across the Grampians by the Druimuachdar Pass into Strathtay, the Great North of Scotland Railway subscribed £100,000 to a nominally independent scheme was promoted by the Keith & Dufftown Railway. In addition to its subscription, the Great North of Scotland Railway undertook to work the railway.

Vallance tells us that from Dufftown, “the Strathspey Railway was to run north-westwards for nearly four miles to Craigellachie, and thence in a south-westerly direction, through Strathspey, for some 28 miles to Abernethy. Connection with the Inverness & Perth Junction Railway (IPJR) was to be provided by a short branch south of Grantown. The railway was authorised on 17th May 1861 (five days before the IPJR), and the construction of the main line went ahead with all possible speed, but the works on the branch at Grantown were not undertaken.” [1: p4]

The railway between Dufftown and Abernethy opened on 1st July 1863. Two months later, on 9th September, the last section of the IPJR was opened. The lack of a physical link between the two lines meant that the Strathspey line suffered financially. Vallance says that powers for the link were obtained on 5th July 1865, “when the Strathspey Company was authorised to extend its railway from Abernethy to a junction with the line to Perth some two miles north of Boat of Garten. Earlier in the year, the IPJR and its associated companies had been amalgamated, and in June had assumed the title of the Highland Railway.” [1: p5]

The Strathspey trains were extended from Abernethy to Boat of Garten on 1st August 1866, but a dispute with the Highland Railway soon arose with the Highland Railway over costs associated with the junction signal box meant a temporary closure of the link until the dispute could be settled. The link reopened 1st June 1868 on the basis that a separate track would provided for the Strathspey, from the original junction as far as the Station at Boat of Gareth where a physical connection would occur.

The Strathspey line also formed a junction at Craigellachie with the Morayshire Railway which gave a cess Loosiemouth via Elgin. The short connection between the Morayshire Railway and the Strathspey line was opened on 1st July 1863. Vallance notes that once the working agreement with the Great North came into force, “the Morayshire Railway virtually lost its separate identity. The Great North thus secured complete control of a route from Keith to Elgin, but many years were to elapse before through trains between Aberdeen and Inverness ran via Craigellachie.” [1: p5]

An extract from a drawing in H.A. Vallance’s article which shows the length of the Strathspey line from Keith through Dufftown and Craigellachie to Boat of Garten. Great North of Scotland lines are shown solid black, those of the Highland Railway are shown dashed. [1: p4]

On 30th July 1866, “the Great North obtained powers to absorb the Keith & Dufftown and the Strathspey Railways, and the fusion became effective two days later. At the same time, the Morayshire Company was authorised to amalgamate with the Great North as soon as mutually acceptable terms had been agreed; but so involved were its finances that it was not possible to reach an agreement until 1880.” [1: p5]

Keith to Dufftown

This length of the line has become the preservation line, the Keith and Dufftown Railway. Their website is on this link. [41]

Keith Station as it appears on the 25″ OS mapping of 1903, published in 1905. [3]
Keith Railway Station on 21st century satellite imagery. [Google Maps, January 2026]
Keith Railway Station in April 2008, © Anne Burgess and licenced for reuse under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-SA 2.0). [4]
Keith Railway Station in April 2008, looking towards Inverness, © Anne Burgess and licenced for reuse under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-SA 2.0). [5]

In the 21st century, “only a single platform remains in full-time use at Keith Railway Station, though the Dufftown branch platform (numbered 1) is available if required for turning back trains from the Aberdeen direction. … The bays have been filled in, having been abandoned and tracks lifted in the early 1970s after the closure of the Moray Coast Line (for which the station was a terminus). A signal box (which retains the name Keith Junction) remains at the eastern end to control a passing loop on the single track main line beyond the station, the now little-used goods yard (formerly used by trains accessing the nearby Chivas Regal whisky plant) and the stub of the Dufftown branch.” [6]

Further information about Keith Railway Station can be found here. [7]

Vallance describes a journey along the line in 1959. Starting from Keith Station (Junction), “the Craigellachie line ascends Strath Isla for some eight miles, past the single-platform station of Keith Town, Auchindachy, and Drummuir.” [1: p5]

Keith Town Station as it appears on the 25″ OS mapping of 1903, published in 1905. [8]
Keith Town Railway Station as shown on the satellite imagery from RailMapOnline.com. [9]
Keith Town Station seen from the A96 to the West – looking East. [Google Streetview, August 2025]
Keith Town Railway Station seen from the Northeast in August 2025. The Keith Town Railway Station serves the Keith–Dufftown heritage railway line, also known as “The Whisky Line”. The photograph shows one of the line’s two trains, known as the “Spirit of Banffshire”, © Lucas Kendall and licenced for reuse under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-SA 2.0). [10]
Keith Town: the railway station is visible to the top left of this map extract which shows the town as laid out by the Earl of Findlater in 1750. [11][14]
The same area of Keith as shown on the map extract above, as it appears in the 21st century. The railway station is just visible to the top left of this satellite image. [Google Maps, January 2026]

The line continues from Keith Town Station, Southwest towards Auchindachy.

Just to the Southwest of Keith Town Station the line passed under two bridges. The first carries Bridge Street which became the A96. The second  [11]
Approximately the same area in the 21st century as seen on Railmaponline.com’s satellite imagery. [9]
The bridge carrying the A96 over the line as seen from the next bridge down the line. [Google Streetview, October 2014]
The bridge carrying Old Town over the line to the Southwest of the A96, seen from the South on Old Town. [Google Streetview, October 2014]

Strathisla Mill sat on the banks of the Isla.

Strathisla Mill on the banks of the River Isla was passed just before the line bridged the river. [12]
The same location in the 21st century. The older mill buildings are now part of the Strathisla Distillery complex. [Google Maps, January 2026]
The bridge over the River Isla to the South of the mill buildings. [12]
The same bridge over the River Isla, in the 21st century. [Google Maps, January 2026]
The next bridge along the line. [13]
The same location in the 21st century. [Google Maps, January 2026]
The same bridge seen from the Southeast. [Google Streetview, October 2014]
The same bridge seen from the North. [Google Streetview, October 2014]

Further Southwest another overbridge links the Douglasbrae Lime Kilns to the road network. The main road here is now the B9014.

The next overbridge carried the access road to Douglasbrae Lime Kilns over the River and the railway. [13]
The same location in the 21st century. I am not quite sure what I think about the two different names given to the site of what we’re on e the Douglasbrae Lime Kilns – Strathisla Pet Crematorium sounds so much better than Douglasbrae Knackery! [Google Maps, January 2026]
Looking back to the Northeast from the bridge carrying the access road. [Google Streetview, October 2014]
The bridge carrying the access road, seen from the Southwest on the B9104. [Google Streetview, June 2023]
The view Southwest along the line from the access road bridge. [Google Streetview, October 2014]

The line continues Southwest towards Bridge of Maisley.

At Bridge of Maisley the line passed under what is now the B9104, close to a junction with a minor road which first served Maisley Lime Works, before running West on the North side of the River Isla. The railway then bridges the river, crossing from the North bank to the South bank. [13]
The same location in the 21st century, the three bridges are still evident. [Google Maps, January, 2026.
The bridge which carries the B9014 across the railway, seen from the road to the Northeast of the line. [Google Streetview, June 2023]
The view back to the Northeast along the railway. [Google Streetview, June 2023]
The view ahead to the Southwest along the line. [Google Streetview, June 2023]
The railway bridge over the Isla is hidden by vegetation from the B9014. This is the view from the North on the minor road mentioned above. [Google Streetview, March 2022]
The railway remains on the South side of the river for a very short distance before crossing back to the other bank, travelling in a southerly direction. [13]
The same location in the 21st century. [Google Maps, January 2026]

A short distance to the South, the line approaches Auchindachy Station.

Auchindachy Station as shown on the 1868 25″ Ordnance Survey, published in 1869. [15]
The location of Auchindachy Station as shown on the ESRI satellite imagery provided by the National Library of Scotland (NLS). [16]

Auchindachy Railway Station had two platforms set on a gentle curve. Photographs of the station can be found here. [17]

Auchindachy Railway Station in the 20th century. It closed with the line to passengers in 1968.  The line survived for freight and eventually  became the Keith and Dufftown Heritage Railway. The station building is now in private ownership and fenced off along the platform. This image comes from September 1974. © Graham Johnston and shared on the Disused Stations Facebook Group on 9th July 2021. [18]
The same location in 1997, seen from a little further to the Southeast, © Ben Brooksbank and licenced for reuse under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-SA 2.0). [19]
Immediately to the South of the station the railway passed the Mill of Towie. Here, the road crossed the line again. [15]
The B9014 crosses the line once again. [Google Maps, January 2026]
Looking North from the bridge we can see both the railway and the road approaching the bridge. [Google Streetview, May 2022]
Looking South from the bridge we can see the railway heading South and the B9014 to the right with a minor road approaching the bridge on the left. [Google Streetview, May 2022]
The next significant structure is at Bridge of Howdoup as shown on the 1st edition of the 25″ Ordnance Survey. [15]
The same location in the 21st century. [Google Maps, January 2026]
The bridge over the railway at Bridge of Howdoup as seen from the B9014. [Google Streetview, March 2022]
The view back to the North along the line from the bridge over the railway at Bridge of Howdoup. [Google Streetview, March 2022]
The view South along the line from the bridge over the railway at Bridge of Howdoup. [Google Streetview, March 2022]
Just to the South East of Lower Towie Bridge was Limekilns Siding. This extract is from the 1st Edition 25″ Ordnance Survey of 1868 which was published in 1869. [20]
The same location as it appears on the 2nd Edition 25″Ordnance Survey of 1903, published in 1904. The site is in use as Towiemore distillery. [21]
The same location in the 21st century. The site is now occupied by L.H. Stainless Ltd. The company’s main activities include process engineering, vessel manufacture and design services for the distilling, brewing and offshore industries. [Google Maps, January 2026][22]
A short distance to the Southwest the line passes under the B9014, down here on the 1st Edition 25″ Ordnance Survey [20]
The realigned road overbridge as it appears in the 21st century. The railway can be seen, but the bridge also spans the River which is shrouded in vegetation. [Google Maps, January 2026]
Looking back Northeast along the line. The view is almost completely obscured by vegetation. [Google Streetview March 2022]

Turning to look to the Southwest.  In 2022, the view along the line was completely obscure by tree growth. The photograph below was taken earlier in the 21st century.

Looking Southwest along the line from the bridge carrying the B9014 over the line. [Google Streetview, August 2011]
A short distance further Southwest the railway bridges the River Isla again. [20]
The same location in the 21st century. [Google Streetview, January 2026]

In short shift trains heading South entered Drummuir Railway Station. …

Drummuir Railway Station at around the turn of the 20th century. [23]
The same location in the 21st century. [Google Streetview, January 2026]

Drummuir station was first opened in 1862 by the Keith and Dufftown Railway. The station was closed to passengers by British Railways in May 1968, but the line remained open for freight and special excursions for some time. It was reopened as a preserved station in 2003 by the Keith and Dufftown Railway Association.

Drummuir Railway Station in 1977, © Ben Brooksbank and licenced for reuse under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-SA 2.0)[24]
Drummuir Railway Station in preservation, © Lucas Kendall and licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-SA 2.0). [25]

Further pictures of Drummuir Railway Station can be found here. [26]

Immediately Southwest of the site of Drummuir Station the line passes under a road bridge and crosses the Burn of Drumhendry.  This is the location at the turn of the 20th century. [27]
The same location in the 21st century. [Google Maps, January 2026]
Looking back to the Northeast through Drummuir Railway Station. [Google Streetview, September 2011]
Looking Southwest from the road bridge, the view ahead is obstructed by foliage but it is possible to seethe Burn of Drumhendry after it has passed under the railway. [Google Streetview, September 2011]
The bridge over the Burn of Drumhendry seen from a point to the Northwest of the bridge over the railway. [Google Streetview, September 2011]
The next structure along the line, again at the turn of the 20th century. [27]
The same location in the 21st century. The railway can just be made out but the route of the road is less easy to pick out so its centre-line is highlighted by the blue line. [Google Maps, January 2026]
At the same location, the bridge parapet and the view back along the line towards Drummuir. [Google Streetview, May 2022]
At the same location, the other bridge parapet and the view ahead along the line. [Google Streetview, May 2022]

“About a mile beyond Drummuir is Loch Park, a narrow sheet of water lying in a wooded gorge. The railway skirts its southern shore on a narrow ledge at the foot of the precipitous hillside.” [1: p5]

Just before passing the dam at the East end of the Loch the line passes under the road which runs across the West end of Loch Park.

Just before the line passes Loch Park it is bridged once again. [27]
The same structure in the 21st century. [Google Maps, January 2026]
The tidy looking structure seen from the road to the East. [Google Streetview, May 2022]
Looking East back along the line from the bridge. [Google Streetview, May 2022]
Looking West along the line from the bridge towards Loch Park. Note the well-kept permanent way but between the railway and the road. [Google Streetview, May 2022]
A view from the West looking past the platelayer’s hut towards the road bridge. [Google Streetview, May 2022]
This modern satellite image shows the railway running alongside Loch Park. Its route appears as a dark line in the trees immediately adjacent to the Southeast shore of the Loch. [Google Maps, January 2026]
A very similar area as it appears on the 25″ 2nd Edition OS Map from the turn of the 20th century. [28]

“From the summit at the western end of Loch Park, the line descends at 1 in 60 into the valley of the River Fiddich, which is crossed on a masonry bridge shortly before Dufftown is reached. ” [1: p5]

The next structure to the Southwest appears on the map extract below. …..

The line passes under what will be the B9014. [29]
The same location with the B9104 crossing the line in the 21st century. [Google Maps, January 2026]
The bridge seen from the Northeast. [Google Streetview, May 2022]
Looking Northeast along the line from the B9014 bridge. [Google Streetview, May 2022]
Looking Southwest from the same bridge. [Google Streetview, May 2022]

The next map extract shows the junction close to the Parkmore Distillery, where a branch serving Parkmore Lime Works and Glendullan and Mortlach distilleries left the main line. …

The line to Dufftown continued to the West on the South side of the Parkmore Distillery, while the short branch ran south to serve local industry. At the turn of the 20th century, the Parkmore Limekilns had their own short siding. [30]
Approximately the same area in the 21st century. [Google Maps, January 2026]
The railway bridge over the B9104, seen from the North. [Google Streetview, May 2022]
A view from the South on the B9104. The railway bridge carrying the line over the B9104 is on the left. The access road from rail level down to the road network is on the right. The branch line ran through the area which, in the 21st century, is wooded at the right side of the image. [Google Streetview, March 2022]
Glendullan Distillery had its own short siding with the line running towards Mortlach Distillery. [31]
Glendullan Distillery is owned by Diageo in the 21st century. The alignment of the old railway siding and branch are shown by the orange lines superimposed on the Google Maps satellite imagery. [9]
The line curves round the East side of Dufftown. [32]
The route of the line as it appears on the railmaponline.com satellite imagery. [9]
The bridge carrying the A941 over the route of the old branch to Mortlach Distillery and over Dullan Water – the Bridge of Crachie. [Google Streetview, June 2023]
A closer view of the bridge over rail and river. [32]

The branch only ran a short distance beyond the Bridge of Crachie to serve Mortlach Distillery

The short branch terminated at Mortlach Distillery. [33]
A similar area in the 21st century with the railway route superimposed again. [9]

Returning to the main line we see it bridging the River Fiddich. …

The main line bridges the River Fiddich and begins to curve round to the Northwest. [34]
The route of the line is again superimposed on the modern satellite imagery. [9]
The view looking East from Castle Road (B975) towards the bridge over the River Fiddich. [Google Streetview, September 2025]
As the line approached Dufftown Station it passed Glenfiddich Distillery. [35]
The Glenfiddich Distillery in the 21st century with the original railways shown as orange lines superimposed on the satellite imagery from railmaponline.com. [9]
Looking North alongside Glenfiddich Distillery from Castle Road (B975), the line can be seen in a shallow cutting on its approach to Dufftown Railway Station. A DMU can be made out in the middle left of the photograph. [Google Streetview, September 2025]

A remarkable number of distillery buildings survive in the 21st century in the immediate vicinity of Dufftown. The most famous of these is the Glenfiddich Distillery which continues to produce a significant volume of Whisky. [37]

Parkmore Distillery buildings are no longer used for producing Whisky. They were operational from 1894 but mostly silent from 1931, closing officially in 1988; its well-preserved buildings are now used by Edrington Group for whisky warehousing, with its rare existing whisky valued by collectors and its grounds sometimes hosting whisky experiences. [38]

Glendullan Distillery is a significant but often behind-the-scenes producer of single malt Scotch whisky, primarily for Diageo’s blends like Johnnie Walker, though it also contributes to The Singleton range. Founded in 1897, it operates a larger, modern facility built next to the original, which now serves as storage and workshops after its closure in 1985. [39]

And Mortlach also remains active. It was founded in 1823 and is now owned by Diageo. Its Whisky is a key component in several Johnnie Walker bottlings,and Diageo also markets four Mortlach single malts. [40]

Balvenie Distillery, owned by William Grant & Sons Ltd., sits to the Northeast of the Glenfiddich Distillery on the East side of Dufftown Station. Grant left his employment at Mortlach Distillery to set up his own company in 1886 when the foundations of the new distillery were laid. The distillery remains active. “David Stewart MBE, Balvenie’s Malt Master, is one of the industry’s most experienced experts and began working with William Grant & Sons in 1962. He was the first to create the process that would later be known as wood finishing, whereby whiskies are matured in one type of cask, such as ex-Bourbon barrels, then transferred into a second cask type (such as ex Sherry, Port or Rum), resulting in a greater depth and complexity of the final flavour of the whisky. He received his MBE from Queen Elizabeth II on the 5th of July, 2016, for his services to the Scotch Whisky Industry.” [42]

Kininvie Distillery is a Speyside single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Dufftown, owned by William Grant & Sons, built in 1990 primarily to supply their popular blends like Grant’s and Monkey Shoulder, though it now releases its own single malts, often using shared facilities (mash/fermentation) with its sister distillery, The Balvenie. [43]

Dufftoen Railway Station at the turn of the 20th century. [36]
Dufftown Railway Station in the 21st century. It is now the terminus of the preservation line. [9]

Dufftown Railway Station “first opened on 21st February 1862 by the Keith and Dufftown Railway. There was a goods yard to the southwest, which is used for stock storage nowadays. The station closed on 6th May 1968 to passengers. The line for westbound trains was lifted shortly after. Goods traffic ceased around 1991. In 2003, the Keith and Dufftown Association reopened the station and the line as a preserved railway and set up their headquarters at the station.” [44]

Some images of Dufftown Station can be found here [45] and here. [47]

Dufftown Railway Station, looking along the line towards Keith, © Rosser1954 and authorised for reuse under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-SA 4.0). [46]

We complete this leg of the journey standing on the platform of the preservation railway at Dufftown Railway Station. The next leg of the journey will take us over the watershed into Strathspey.

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