Keith and Dufftown Railway

This article is about the heritage railway. For the historic railway, see Keith and Dufftown Railway (GNoSR).

Keith and Dufftown Railway
The Whisky Line
Class 108 diesel multiple unit "Spirit of Speyside".
Locale	Keith, Moray
Terminus	Dufftown railway station
Commercial operations
Built by	Keith and Dufftown Railway (GNoSR)
Original gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Preserved operations
Owned by	The Keith & Dufftown Railway Association
Stations	3
Length	11 miles (18 km)
Preserved gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Commercial history
Preservation history

Keith and Dufftown Railway
Legend Strathspey Railway (GNoSR) Dufftown Mortlach branch Drummuir Curler's Platform Drummuir Towiemore Auchindachy Keith Town Strathisla Mills Aberdeen to Inverness Line Keith Aberdeen to Inverness Line

The Keith and Dufftown Railway ("The Whisky Line") is a heritage railway in Scotland, running for 11 miles (18 km) from Keith Town railway station, Keith (Ordnance Survey grid reference NJ429508) to Dufftown railway station, Dufftown (NJ322414) via Drummuir (NJ378442).

Originally the former Great North of Scotland Railway Keith and Dufftown Railway which was part of the link Aberdeen with Elgin (with the Strathspey Railway and Morayshire Railway), the line was latterly a freight-only branch for British Rail, truncated at Dufftown, although in latter years it hosted a series of Northern Belle summer Sunday lunch specials from Aberdeen.

Motive Power

• Diesel Multiple Units
  • BR Class 108 units 51568+52053 ("Spirit of Banffshire") and 53628+54223 ("Spirit of Speyside") plus spare DTCL 56224
  • BR Class 140 unit 140001 (formed of 55500+55501)

External links

• Media related to Keith and Dufftown Railway at Wikimedia Commons
• The Railway website