Bridge of Dun railway station
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Bridge of Dun is a privately owned station in Angus
, and home to LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0
No. 46464. The adjacent platforms and line are independently operated as a preserved railway by the Caledonian Railway (Brechin)
Ltd. They also operate preserved diesel locomotives including Type 2 examples - 26014 and 27024.
, on the what became the northern stage of the Caledonian Railway
Route to the North from London to Aberdeen.
Angus
Angus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City...
, and home to LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0
LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 is a class of steam locomotive designed for light mixed traffic.-Design:...
No. 46464. The adjacent platforms and line are independently operated as a preserved railway by the Caledonian Railway (Brechin)
Caledonian Railway (Brechin)
The Caledonian Steam Railway Ltd is a private limited company formed by a group of steam railway enthusiasts, the Brechin Railway Preservation Society, with the object of operating a railway service on the former Caledonian Railway line between Brechin and Montrose, Angus, Scotland...
Ltd. They also operate preserved diesel locomotives including Type 2 examples - 26014 and 27024.
History
The station was originally opened by the Aberdeen RailwayAberdeen Railway
The Aberdeen Railway was a railway that ran mainly along the North East coast of Scotland south from Aberdeen to on the Arbroath and Forfar Railway. There were branches to Montrose and Brechin...
, on the what became the northern stage of the Caledonian Railway
Caledonian Railway
The Caledonian Railway was a major Scottish railway company. It was formed in the early 19th century and it was absorbed almost a century later into the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, in the 1923 railway grouping, by means of the Railways Act 1921...
Route to the North from London to Aberdeen.