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===Renaissance, 1880–=== |
===Renaissance, 1880–=== |
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In 1879 the Chairman, Lord Provost Leslie, died and was replaced by William Ferguson of Kinmundy. |
In 1879 the Chairman, Lord Provost Leslie, died and was replaced by William Ferguson of Kinmundy.<ref group="lower-alpha">William Ferguson (1823 - 1904) was an Aberdeen businessman who had joined the board of the GNoSR in 1867 and elected deputy chairman in 1878.<ref name="FOOTNOTEH90">[[#CITEREFH|H]], p. 90.</ref></ref> The following year the Secretary and General Manager both resigned and William Moffatt appointed to fill both posts, and A.G. Reid became Superintendent of the Line. The railway was now paying a dividend and seeing increased traffic, but rolling, track, signals and stations all needed replacing in project that was to cost £250,000. By June 1880 the main line was doubled as far as Kintore, and in the next five years {{convert|142+1/2|mi}} of iron rail track, much of it without [[fishplates]], was replaced with steel rails and the main line doubled to Inveramsay.<ref name="FOOTNOTEB-H89–90">[[#CITEREFB-H|B-H]], pp. 89–90.</ref> |
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A bill was introduced to parliament in 1881 to extend the line from Portsoy along the [[Moray Firth]] to [[Buckie]], to be opposed by the Highland and rejected. |
A bill was introduced to parliament in 1881 to extend the line from Portsoy along the [[Moray Firth]] to [[Buckie]], to be opposed by the Highland and rejected.<ref name="FOOTNOTEB-H92–93">[[#CITEREFB-H|B-H]], pp. 92–93.</ref> The following year both the Great North and Highland permission permission for lines, the Great North for a {{convert|25+1/4|mi}} line from Portsoy along the coast through Buckie and Portessie, and the Highland for a branch from Keith to Buckie and Cullen. |
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On 27 November 1882 a train was passing over the Inverythan Bridge on the Macduff line near Auchterless and it collapsed. The locomotive was hauling five goods wagons, a brake van, two third class carriages, a first class carriage and brake third class carriage. The locomotives and tender crossed the bridge, but wagons and carriages fell {{convert|30|ft}} to the road below. Five people who had been travelling in the first and second carriages died and fifteen were injured.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_Inverythan1882.pdf?PHPSESSID=dc58e10ed26474515accce846f52| format=PDF| title=Great North of Scotland Report| publisher=Board of Trade| year=1882| last=Marindin|first=Major F A |accessdate=13 June 2013|page=85|ref=harv}}</ref> The Board of Trade report found that the collapse was due to an internal fault in a cast iron beam that had been fitted when the bridge had been built in 1857. |
On 27 November 1882 a train was passing over the Inverythan Bridge on the Macduff line near Auchterless and it collapsed. The locomotive was hauling five goods wagons, a brake van, two third class carriages, a first class carriage and brake third class carriage. The locomotives and tender crossed the bridge, but wagons and carriages fell {{convert|30|ft}} to the road below. Five people who had been travelling in the first and second carriages died and fifteen were injured.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BoT_Inverythan1882.pdf?PHPSESSID=dc58e10ed26474515accce846f52| format=PDF| title=Great North of Scotland Report| publisher=Board of Trade| year=1882| last=Marindin|first=Major F A |accessdate=13 June 2013|page=85|ref=harv}}</ref> The Board of Trade report found that the collapse was due to an internal fault in a cast iron beam that had been fitted when the bridge had been built in 1857.<ref name="FOOTNOTEB-H94">[[#CITEREFB-H|B-H]], p. 94.</ref> |
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Revision as of 03:51, 14 June 2013
History
Renaissance, 1880–
In 1879 the Chairman, Lord Provost Leslie, died and was replaced by William Ferguson of Kinmundy.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).</ref> The following year the Secretary and General Manager both resigned and William Moffatt appointed to fill both posts, and A.G. Reid became Superintendent of the Line. The railway was now paying a dividend and seeing increased traffic, but rolling, track, signals and stations all needed replacing in project that was to cost £250,000. By June 1880 the main line was doubled as far as Kintore, and in the next five years 142+1⁄2 miles (229.3 km) of iron rail track, much of it without fishplates, was replaced with steel rails and the main line doubled to Inveramsay.[1]
A bill was introduced to parliament in 1881 to extend the line from Portsoy along the Moray Firth to Buckie, to be opposed by the Highland and rejected.[2] The following year both the Great North and Highland permission permission for lines, the Great North for a 25+1⁄4 miles (40.6 km) line from Portsoy along the coast through Buckie and Portessie, and the Highland for a branch from Keith to Buckie and Cullen.
On 27 November 1882 a train was passing over the Inverythan Bridge on the Macduff line near Auchterless and it collapsed. The locomotive was hauling five goods wagons, a brake van, two third class carriages, a first class carriage and brake third class carriage. The locomotives and tender crossed the bridge, but wagons and carriages fell 30 feet (9.1 m) to the road below. Five people who had been travelling in the first and second carriages died and fifteen were injured.[3] The Board of Trade report found that the collapse was due to an internal fault in a cast iron beam that had been fitted when the bridge had been built in 1857.[4]
| 1865 | Highland Railway formed |
| 1866 | Deeside Line |
| 1866/7 | Financial difficulties |
| 1867 | Aberdeen Joint station |
| 1875 | GNoSR starts paying a dividend again |
| 1880-5 | Double tracking, steel rails |
| 1881 | Morayshire Railway |
| 1886 | Central section of Coast Line |
| 1887 | Aberdeen suburban services |
| 1889 | Manson's Tablet Exchange Apparatus |
| 1890 | GNoSR attempt (and fail) to reach Inverness |
| 1891/3 | Hotel business, Cruden Bay |
| 1898-1905 | Works move to Inverurie |
| 1903 | St Combs branch open |
| 1904 | Motor omnibus services |
| 1914-18 | World War I |
| 1923 | Becomes part of the LNER |