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drove the first train on the opening day of the railway in 1903 started the engine for the last trip on 1 April 1944. A large party of people gathered at
Lybster station for the last train which was decked with flags for the occasion. By September the Ministry of Transport had begun the process of dismantling the line.
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The terrain is rocky and hilly, and gradients on the line were stiff. From Wick the line rose almost continuously, with a ruling gradient of 1 in 50, to a summit 100 metres (328 ft) above sea level just before the 7 milepost (i.e. 11 km). Undulations followed with equally severe gradients,
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Highland Railway line approaches from the west.) The Lybster line started at a junction just outside the station and curved to the south; it then ran south one mile (1.5 kilometres) or so
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William Roberts, engineer-in-chief to the Highland Railway. The line was subject to an interim inspection by Major Druitt on 20 August 1902 when he surveyed the first 10 miles (16 km) of the line in a fish-wagon propelled by one of the light
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in the 1930s was a boost to the area but it spelt the end of the railway; the distance from
Lybster to Helmsdale by rail via Wick was 74 miles (119 km), but by the new road it was just over 20 miles (32 km). The line closed completely after the last train on 1 April 1944. John Skene who
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In 1903 an 0-4-4 tank locomotive that had been working on the
Strathpeffer branch was transferred to work the Wick and Lybster Light Railway. It had been built in 1890 by David Jones as a saddle tank; it was given a second-hand boiler, and in 1901 it had been altered to a side-tank configuration.
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Lybster lies 13 miles (21 km) to the south of Wick, and up to the end of the nineteenth century was relatively inaccessible on land. As early as 1864 a railway from Wick through Lybster to Dunbeath had been proposed, but nothing came of the idea at that time.
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Lybster station, which was at a higher elevation (65 m or 214 ft) than Wick (12 m or 38 ft). The station was located at the north end of the main street and was some distance from the harbour.
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The order was granted on 27 November 1899. The capital of the railway company was £30,000, but the anticipated construction cost was considerably more; grants were anticipated from the County
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The Wick and Lybster Light Railway Company was simply a financial shell, receiving the working charge from the Highland Railway. The
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734:"The Wick and Lybster Light Railway. The Opening Ceremony"
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2298:London, Midland and Scottish Railway constituents
1854:Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Company
839:History of the Far North of Scotland Railway Line
1787:Independent lines worked by the Highland Railway
1062:Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway
1113:Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
759:H A Vallance, C R Clinker, Anthony J Lambert,
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706:"Inspection of the Wick and Lybster Railway"
1052:Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company
583:The construction of a modern road over the
93:13 miles 39 chains (21.7 km)
2177:Campbeltown and Machrihanish Light Railway
1949:Glasgow, Bothwell, Hamilton and Coatbridge
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1919:Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction
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2273:Railway companies disestablished in 1923
1148:Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway
1037:North and South Western Junction Railway
982:Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith Railway
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2116:Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction
1909:Edinburgh, Loanhead and Roslin Railway
1547:Caledonian and Dumbartonshire Junction
1022:Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway
825:– via British Newspaper Archive.
797:– via British Newspaper Archive.
749:– via British Newspaper Archive.
721:– via British Newspaper Archive.
693:– via British Newspaper Archive.
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1904:Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway
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1198:Historical Scottish railway companies
885:Constituent railway companies of the
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2050:North British, Arbroath and Montrose
1577:Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr
1324:General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour
887:London, Midland and Scottish Railway
850:Railscot on Wick and Lybster Railway
35:Remains of Thrumster railway station
2278:Standard gauge railways in Scotland
2182:Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway
1814:Aberlady, Gullane and North Berwick
1645:Banff, Macduff and Turriff Junction
1374:Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie
957:Brechin and Edzell District Railway
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546:London Midland and Scottish Railway
2308:1923 disestablishments in Scotland
2156:Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint
1959:Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh
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1819:Anstruther and St Andrews Railway
1675:Inverury and Old Meldrum Junction
1299:Dumfries, Lochmaben and Lockerbie
1216:Glasgow and South Western Railway
1118:Furness and Midland Joint Railway
1108:Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway
1067:Tottenham and Forest Gate Railway
1032:Mold and Denbigh Junction Railway
911:Glasgow and South Western Railway
782:"Drove First Train: Started Last"
2258:Early Scottish railway companies
2253:Closed railway lines in Scotland
2212:Perth, Almond Valley and Methven
1384:Perth, Almond Valley and Methven
1098:Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway
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1419:Symington, Biggar and Broughton
1221:Great North of Scotland Railway
1103:Citadel Station Joint Committee
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2202:Lealt Valley Diatomite Railway
2004:Leven and East of Fife Railway
1989:Kirkcaldy and District Railway
1964:Glasgow and Milngavie Junction
1796:Wick and Lybster Light Railway
1572:Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle
1359:Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire
1143:Preston and Wyre Joint Railway
1072:Wick and Lybster Light Railway
439:Wick and Lybster Light Railway
233:Sutherland & Caithness Rly
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1379:Paisley and Barrhead District
1339:Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock
1314:Dundee and Perth and Aberdeen
1304:Dunblane, Doune and Callander
1138:Preston and Longridge Railway
1027:Maryport and Carlisle Railway
817:. Scotland. 28 September 1944
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2095:West of Fife Mineral Railway
2085:Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway
1969:Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank
1756:Inverness and Perth Junction
2172:Brechin and Edzell District
2070:Strathendrick and Aberfoyle
1874:Dunfermline and Queensferry
1716:Buckie and Portessie Branch
1552:Castle Douglas and Dumfries
1294:Crieff and Methven Junction
1159:(Full list of constituents)
952:Arbroath and Forfar Railway
936:North Staffordshire Railway
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997:Dundee and Newtyle Railway
962:Callander and Oban Railway
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713:. Scotland. 22 August 1902
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2136:Glasgow and Paisley Joint
1954:Glasgow City and District
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1761:Inverness and Ross-shire
1517:Ayr and Maybole Junction
1444:CR Cleland and Midcalder
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1128:Lancashire Union Railway
972:Charnwood Forest Railway
789:. Scotland. 3 April 1944
685:. Scotland. 5 April 1901
2151:Kilsyth and Bonnybridge
2060:The St. Andrews Railway
1839:Border Counties Railway
1829:Bathgate and Coatbridge
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1334:Glasgow Central Railway
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1082:Yorkshire Dales Railway
1057:Solway Junction Railway
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479:Light Railways Act 1896
1914:Edinburgh and Northern
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1884:Edinburgh and Bathgate
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1537:Bridge of Weir Railway
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1984:Kinross-shire Railway
1974:Kelvin Valley Railway
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1670:Formartine and Buchan
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992:Dornoch Light Railway
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1879:East of Fife Railway
1869:Devon Valley Railway
1844:Border Union Railway
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761:The Highland Railway
711:John o’Groat Journal
683:John o’Groat Journal
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637:The Highland Railway
571:There were numerous
2222:Skye Marble Railway
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1944:Gifford and Garvald
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1607:Paisley and Renfrew
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1279:Clydesdale Junction
1264:Arbroath and Forfar
1133:North Union Railway
1781:Sutherland Railway
1726:Duke of Sutherland
1700:Strathspey Railway
1680:Keith and Dufftown
1635:Aboyne and Braemar
1612:Paisley Canal Line
1602:Maybole and Girvan
1597:Maidens and Dunure
1493:Glasgow and South
1479:Callander and Oban
1459:CR Hamilton Branch
1369:Lesmahagow Railway
1319:Forfar and Brechin
1211:Caledonian Railway
901:Caledonian Railway
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2019:Monkland Railways
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1502:Ardrossan Railway
1469:CR The Switchback
1454:CR Douglas Branch
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1274:Cathcart District
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810:"Lybster Railway"
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1924:Esk Valley
1824:Ballochney
1690:Morayshire
1240:Caledonian
612:References
556:Topography
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745:15 August
521:engines.
366:Occumster
322:Mid Clyth
256:Thrumster
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41:Overview
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579:Closure
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