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Great North of Scotland Railway

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Great North of Scotland railway line viaduct remains at calcots, morayshire

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Scotland Shorts - Scotland's great rail journeys

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Scotland with Great Rail Journeys

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Great North Eastern Railway

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STREAMLINERS RACE TO THE NORTH: LMS "Coronation Scot" vs LNER "Coronation"

The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR/GNoSR) was one of the two smallest of the five major Scottish railway companies prior to the 1923 Grouping, operating in the north-east of the country. Formed in 1845, it carried its first passengers the 39 miles (63 km) from Kittybrewster, in Aberdeen, to Huntly on 20 September 1854. By 1867 it owned 226 1⁄4 route miles (364.1 km) of line and operated over a further 61 miles (98 km).
  • Establishment and construction 

  • Opening 

  • Waterloo, Keith and Inverness 

  • Formartine and Buchan Railway 

  • Alford Valley Railway 

  • Banff, Macduff and Turriff Railways 

  • Keith and Dufftown Railway 

  • Strathspey Railway 

  • Morayshire Railway 

  • Aberdeen joint station 

  • Deeside Railway 

  • Austerity, 1866–1879 

  • Renewal and extension 

  • Subbies and hotels 

  • Maturity, 1900–1914 

  • War and grouping, 1914–1922 

  • London and North Eastern Railway 

  • British Railways 

  • Legacy 

  • Early locomotives 

  • Class S and later 

  • Carriages 

  • Constituent railways