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population in 1864 was 7,475 and Wick had 3,426. It applied for an extension of time in the 1871 session of
Parliament, but was opposed by a Bill from the Sutherland and Caithness Railway, which proposed connecting the Duke of Sutherland's Railway at Helmsdale to Wick and Thurso. This was obviously much more in the public interest, and it was the Sutherland and Caithness Railway which was authorised; the Caithness Company powers were cancelled.
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was now brought in, and he provisionally agreed that he would construct the line and take £100,000 in shares as part payment. This still left a considerable sum to be found, and interests in
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The Wick line stopped at the town boundary of Wick, and the Thurso branch at the edge of town, without giving access to Wick harbour or Scrabster pier. Joseph Mitchell had criticised the fact. Once again the Duke of Sutherland supplied money: he put £60,000 into the new line, and the
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the sum that has been expended on them, I should have obtained a direct return on this large sum which I have laid out for the benefit of my estates and of the people in those remote districts. As it is I shall suffer considerable loss."
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pushing on the works as they have done. I refer to the workmen on the line'.
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1894:Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway
1532:Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction
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2035:North British, Arbroath and Montrose
1562:Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr
1309:General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour
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1799:Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick
1630:Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction
1359:Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie
2141:Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint
1944:Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh
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1201:Glasgow and South Western Railway
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2197:Perth, Almond Valley and Methven
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1974:Kirkcaldy and District Railway
1949:Glasgow and Milngavie Junction
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1557:Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle
1344:Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire
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1299:Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen
1289:Dunblane, Doune and Callander
1131:The Railways of the Future II
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2070:Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway
1954:Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank
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1874:Edinburgh and Dalkeith
1869:Edinburgh and Bathgate
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1854:Devon Valley Railway
1829:Border Union Railway
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1572:Kilmarnock and Troon
1314:Garnkirk and Glasgow
1121:Ross, pages 64 to 69
1087:The Highland Railway
1085:H E Vallance et al,
1045:The Highland Railway
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2009:Montrose and Bervie
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1478:Glasgow and South
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1454:CR The Switchback
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1527:Cairn Valley
1434:CR Main Line
1424:Balerno line
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2150:Other lines
2094:Joint lines
1670:Moray Coast
1142:M E Quick,
876:; 708 feet;
491:Salzcraggie
259:Scotscalder
63:Track gauge
2258:Sutherland
2227:Categories
2106:City Union
1909:Esk Valley
1809:Ballochney
1675:Morayshire
1225:Caledonian
948:References
656:Background
291:Altnabreac
2253:Caithness
2060:Slamannan
1008:9 January
983:9 January
890:Georgemas
850:Locations
829:Col. Rich
726:When the
713:Scrabster
709:Caithness
639:Inverness
635:Caithness
619:Helmsdale
525:Helmsdale
323:Forsinard
57:Technical
47:Successor
498:Platform
464:Kildonan
437:Platform
430:Borrobol
386:Kinbrace
316:Bilbster
82: in
33:Scotland
24:Overview
1792:Railway
1645:Deeside
1227:Railway
782:on the
682:Golspie
573:Duke of
227:Halkirk
77:⁄
631:Thurso
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284:Watten
147:Thurso
135:Legend
29:Locale
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