Milton of Crathes Railway Station - Milton of Crathes Station

Milton of Crathes Station

Milton of Crathes station is the headquarters of the Royal Deeside Railway Preservation Society. The station is the start of the rebuilt Royal Deeside Railway which will eventually run for over 2 miles west into the town of Banchory. The station itself consists of a single platform and two tracks (which form a locomotive run-round loop and headshunts). At the east end of the station, the former Oldmeldrum station building is being re-erected and restored by the volunteers of the Royal Deeside Railway Preservation Society.

Passenger services are operated using a selection of rolling stock including British Rail Class 03 diesel shunters, a pair of British Rail Mark 2 coaches in BR Crimson and Cream livery and the carriages which form the British Rail BEMU "Gemini" Battery Railcar.

Other rolling stock includes a Class 14 diesel locomotive D9551, Barclay 415 (an 0-4-0 diesel shunter), a Dogfish ballast hopper wagon, a LMS General Utility Van (GUV) used for storing permanent way tools, a BR Lomac well wagon, a tube wagon, a Wickham trolley and a Smith-Rodley Diesel Rail Crane.

Milton of Crathes is also home to the former Aberdeen Gas Works steam locomotive: 0-4-0 "Bon Accord", which is presently stopped for repair.

Attractions: Crathes Castle (opposite), various heritage rolling stock items.