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The Keith and Dufftown Railway ("The Whisky Line") is a heritage railway in Scotland, running for from , Keith (Ordnance Survey grid reference ) to () via (). 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. The line is open and a regular service runs throughout the Keith and Dufftown Railways operating season from March to September. Special events are also run including Santa Specials, Scots Nights. These services are run on the Class 108 DMUs. Dufftown is the main centre of operation of the railway where there is a booking office, waiting room and licensed cafe called the Buffer Stop, which is open during operating season. There are two headshunts and a loop, work is being undertaken to install a new loop at Dufftown so that there can be two tracks going into the new engine shed. There is nothing at Drummuir Station except the platform, although there may be something there in the future. At Keith there is a booking office and a shop which sells railway memrobilia, books, Thomas the tank engine items and model railway items which are sold by members of the association. This shop too is also only open during operating season. At present there is no connection to the mainline, there are two 60 ft sections of track uplifted. However, there are long term plans to reconnect to the mainline but this is a long time away in the future. ==Rolling Stock== The railway also owns two BR Mk1 Coaches No81295 and No975758, and a Mk2f TSO. The 2f arrived to replace the two pullman coaches that were returned south. The Keith and Dufftown also have 3 Canadian Sprinters which could be used to inspect the line, on top of all this the railway also has a variety of Permanent Way wagons, some of this includes, 2 Grampus Wagons, a dogfish wagon, a salmon wagon and a guards van. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Keith and Dufftown Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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