AUCHMACOY - ELLON
(Updated Oct. 2009)
N.B. this is a 1922 map and
the main road has changed somewhat from that time,although the country
roads
have changed little or not at all.
September
2008. Starting from the old overbridge west of Achmacoy station site.
I cycled to the new main road until I reached the junction for the
Crawhead road (18) and took that
until I came to where the railway went under the road. Sadly,
the railway bridge has been demolished with the road running over a
back-fill. You can still make out the track bed
running north towards Achmacoy and also southtowards Ellon.
It was a real surprise when
looking from the bridge to the south that the track bed
up ahead has been tarred over. This deserved a closer look!
From the Balmacassie
bridge. Southwards the track bed is well defines ans it runs
southwards towards Ellon. Right: From the opposite side of the bridge
with tared road running
towards Crawhead.
Looking south from the
road bridge the well defined track bed runs towards the now heavily
expanding Ellon. Surely the town
has expanded enough to warrant a railway one again!
A short walk north of the bridge and behind
the track bed we get back onto the track bed and the north side of the
overbridge. The way being blanked off by heavy over growth towards
Ellon.
Looking northwards with th e
tarred track bed running towards Knapps Farm and to Auchmacoy.
Left: A telephoto shot. Note the Crow
sitting on the bridge
parapet.
Right: A wide
angle shot from the same spot. You can just make out the Crow still
there! About one pixel in size, I would think!
It would be fantastic if all or most of the branch was
like this. Proving what a waste all the 'dead' railways are around the
U.K. Right: At
this point the tarmaced road turns north up to Knapps Farm. Ahead the
track bed is left to the overgrowth towards Crawhead and Auchmacoy.
From Balmacassie the track
bed drops towards Ellon. This
was a very undeveloped landscape in railway times.
It's quite a long-ish sweep and a steady
down grade. A telephoto shot of the
track bed with
the village of Broomfield in the background.
The track
bed as it comes to the end where it is cut off by the new bypass.
The actual cut-off by the bypass
David enjoys the evening sunshine on the embankment on the south side
of
the bypass.
David Towsey is having a rough search through the over growth on the
embankment.
The short embankment comes to an end by the road at
The short embankment remains.
Where the embankment id split by the road at Nockorth.
Southern side of the lost embankment.
The way to Ellon station is blocked from here by a new housing estate.
End of embankment by Knockorth.
Not a chance of a train ever coming through here again!
The line of houses follow the curve of the old track bed next to
School Road.
The Ex Goods Yard and junction with the
Fraserburgh branch on the north side of Ellon Station site.
Same spot but looking
northwards where the track bed would have ran directly through the new
houses on School Road.
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