Aberdeenshire's Railways

This new book is centred on previously unpublished photographs by the late ENC Haywood. Although a native of Nottingham, he visited Aberdeen at least once a year as he had family connections there. These holidays had a dual purpose, as he would also use the opportunity to photograph trams and railways en route and at his destination. Mr Heywood was a good photographer who could compose a photograph well. More than this, he understood what he was looking at, so while there are many photos of locos at station, there are also images like old GNSR signs being used to edge a potato field! By the time of his visits, most of the county branches had closed except for the Deeside Line and the Fraserburgh and Peterhead Branch. Locations include Ballater Station and Signal Box, Aberdeen, Schoolhill, Kittybrewster, the Waterloo Branch, Aberdeen Gas Works, Woodside, Bucksburn, Kintore, Inverurie, Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Cairnbulg and St Combs. The front cover image is Inverurie Works scrapyard in June 1962.