Left: Bridge over a burn. Right: Farm access over bridge.
MINTLAW TO PETERHEAD
(25th Sept 2015)
LONGSIDE TO NEWSEAT
Back into open country again and over the hills towards Newseat. Passing numerous over and under bridges. You follow the northern parimeter of the Golf course,
which is quite large, starting from the north eastern edge of the village to the most westerly edge, towards Newseat. It also runs south wards to the village, which is
a good half mile to the south of the station.
Left:
Bridge over a
burn.
Right: Farm access over bridge.
Over
bridge by Strawberry Bank Farm.
Left:
Strawberry Bank Farm on the south side of the
bridge.
Right: Northwards from the bridge.
Left:
farm to the Right:
Bridge
over the South Ugie Water.
Ex
over bridge carrying a farm road, north to south to the Bridge of
Buthlaw and to Cairngall..
I
hoped to get up onto the bridge for some photos but found it
well fenced off at the north end.
Telegraph
wire fittings still in place. View looking westwards back to
Mintlaw.
Left:
Ditto.
Right: View towards Newseat.
Looking
back to the over bridge, towards Mintlaw.
Bridge
over the Burn of Faichfield. First towards Newseat then towards
Mintlaw.
The
long straight from the bridge to the next crossing where another over
bridge
once
stood.
Towards
the site of a demolished over bridge. N.B. The track bed has been
raised to meet the level that the road crossed the railway on the
bridge.The road runs between
Mains
of Buthlaw, Cadger Hill, West Longhill and Thunderton.
A
strange metal object that may have had something to do with the
railway or,
perhaps
not! Anyone recognise this object?
The
track bed heading towards Newseat from the road where the bridge
stood.
From
the same spot showng the track bed, first running to
Newseat and then towards Mintlaw.
Views
from the road level. Left: Back towards Mintlaw and to Peterhead,
respectfully. N.B. The ground dropping back mdown to track bed level.
The
track bed appears to rise eastwards.
From
the same spot showng the track bed, first running to
Newseat and then towards Mintlaw.
Views
from the road level. Left: Back towards Mintlaw and to Peterhead,
respectfully. N.B. The ground dropping back mdown to track bed level.
The
track bed appears to rise eastwards.
The
view along each side at road level, first southwards to West
Longhill and then northwards
to the Mains Of Buthlaw.
The
gradiant is quite obvious at this point but was probably more level,
with the track be being gradually lowered form the old bridge.
Looking
back towards Mintlaw.
Towards
Peterhead and view over the fields on the south side of the track bed.
Left:
Back towards Mintlaw. Right: Towards Peterhead with the over bridge up
ahead, at the south end of Newseat station site.
NEWSEAT STATION
This was a single platform with
the buildings on the Down side of the track, There appears to have
been a single line bay
platform with a Goods Shed at the over bridge end. (NLS Maps).
The station was in a remote situation but with a number of scattered
Hamlets within a mile or two. There was also an
Airport, RAF Longside within a mile to the south, which may have
used the use for the station during WW2. The
airport is used by the Buchan Aero Club to day.
Newseat Stn.
Looking towards Peterhead. (Google Earth Photo).
A long straight that seems to go on forever when walking.
Both: The remains of the station from the
over bridge. (April 2017).
This
country road runs to the Village of Newseat (Northwards) and
joins the main road near
Torterston Farm and village to the south.
Left:
Newseat station from just below the over bridge. Right: Taken
from the last freght train movement over the railway, with
the brake van just passing through the over bridge.
(Video film screen grab).
The
station House is now a fully refurbished dwelling house, aftrer many
years of being in a very delapitated condition.
Close
to above right. Passing the station building, southwards. The station
name board posts, still
standing today.
(Video film screen grab).
Left:
Towards
Longside.
Right: Towards Peterhead.
From
the north end of the station platform ramp, towards Longside.
Gates
of a once farm access crossing at the north end of
Newseat station.
From
north of Newseat stn site to the next over bridge towards Peterhead.
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Video
Screen grabs from the The
Railways Of Scotland Volume 4 "Aberdeen and the Grampians".
An excellent video available on DVD, from
Cinerail at:
http://www.cinerail.com/
There
are many great archive scenes
of almost every Scottish route you can think of. Well worth a look.
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