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The inescapable lure and nostalgia is on your doorstep here as the little steam train pays its daily visits 'our own station' in front of the hotel
Strathspey
You may remember travelling to school or work or going on holiday behind a steam engine, when you were younger. You may be too young to remember when steam ran the trains throughout the country. Whatever your age come aboard The Strathspey Railway and relive the sights and sounds of the steam age - it is part of your past, your heritage. Travel on a memorable little journey from the hotel to the beautifully restored Aviemore Station, the largest on the Highland Railway system outside Inverness. Relax, enjoy a snack or a dram or simply view the heather moorland and the Cairngorm Mountain range from the carriage window; scenes almost unchanged in a hundred years. Pass the large locomotive shed (not open to the public) built in 1897 which is the railway's main workshop
This is where the line's engines are lovingly restored and maintained by the Company's craftsmen and volunteers of the Strathspey Railway Association, using the traditional skills of the engineer. You may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of some of the other locomotives as you pass by. At Boat of Garten see the driver and fireman tend to their engine. They may take on water and the fireman will prepare his fire for the journey onto Broomhill known to many as Glenbogle from the BBC TV Series "Monarch of the Glen".
Others Nearby
The Keith and Dufftown Railway (WINNERS OF THE 2001 HERITAGE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL AWARD) - an eleven mile line linking the World's Malt Whisky Capital, Dufftown, to the market town of Keith. It passes through some of Scotland's most picturesque scenery, and the first five-mile section from Dufftown to Drummuir began operating passenger services in June 2000, while the remainder of the line to Keith Town opened on August 18th 2001. Services running every weekend until mid October:
Alford Valley Railway is still run through the efforts of volunteers, operating alongside paid drivers, guards and line maintenance crew. The centre of activity today is around the Alford Valley Railway Museum, which lies just to the north of the centre of Alford. This serves as the railway station as well as a museum: and it also houses Alford's Tourist Information Centre.
Maud Railway Museum - near Aberdeen - See a fantastic exhibition of Railway memorabilia related to the days of Steam travel in the Scotland's North East.
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