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Highland Railway, the Glossary

The Highland Railway (HR) was one of the smaller British railways before the Railways Act 1921, operating north of Perth railway station in Scotland and serving the farthest north of Britain.^[1]

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1865 establishments in Scotland
1923 disestablishments in Scotland
British companies established in 1865
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Railway companies established in 1865

A82 road

The A82 is a major road in Scotland that runs from Glasgow to Inverness via Fort William. Highland Railway and A82 road are transport in Highland (council area).

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Aberdeen

Aberdeen (Aiberdeen,; Obar Dheathain; Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous Scottish city.

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Aberdeen–Inverness line

The Aberdeen–Inverness line is a railway line in Scotland linking and. Highland Railway and Aberdeen–Inverness line are transport in Highland (council area).

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Aeneas William Mackintosh

Aeneas William Mackintosh (7 September 1819 – 18 June 1900) was a Scottish Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1874.

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Alexander Newlands

Alexander Newlands CBE M.Inst.C.E., (11 January 1870 - 28 August 1938) was chief engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway from 1927 to 1933.

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Ardersier

Ardersier (Àird nan Saor) is a small former fishing village in the Scottish Highlands on the Moray Firth near Fort George, between Inverness and Nairn.

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Banffshire

Banffshire (Coontie o Banffshire; Siorrachd Bhanbh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.

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Birnam, Perth and Kinross

Birnam is a village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.

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Black Isle

The Black Isle (an t-Eilean Dubh) is a peninsula within Ross and Cromarty, in the Scottish Highlands.

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Board of Trade

The Board of Trade is a British government body concerned with commerce and industry, currently within the Department for Business and Trade.

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Bogie

A bogie (or truck in North American English) is a chassis or framework that carries a wheelset, attached to a vehicle—a modular subassembly of wheels and axles.

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British Rail

British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997.

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Brora

Brora (Brùra) is a village in the east of Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland.

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Buckie

Buckie (Bucaidh) is a burgh town (defined as such in 1888) on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland.

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Caledonian Canal

The Caledonian Canal connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William in Scotland. Highland Railway and Caledonian Canal are transport in Highland (council area).

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Caledonian Railway

The Caledonian Railway (CR) was a major Scottish railway company. Highland Railway and Caledonian Railway are 1923 disestablishments in Scotland and pre-grouping British railway companies.

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Caledonian Sleeper

Caledonian Sleeper is the collective name for overnight sleeper train services between London and Scotland, in the United Kingdom. Highland Railway and Caledonian Sleeper are transport in Highland (council area).

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Carrbridge

Carrbridge (Carrbrig, Drochaid Chàrr) is a village in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands.

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Clyde Locomotive Company

The Clyde Locomotive Company was a firm of locomotive manufacturers in Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland.

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County of Moray

The County of Moray, (Moireibh) or Morayshire, called Elginshire until 1919, is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland, bordering Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east.

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Craigendoran

Craigendoran (Gaelic: Creag an Dòbhrain) is a suburb at the eastern end of Helensburgh in Scotland, on the northern shore of the Firth of Clyde.

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Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland

Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 4th Duke of Sutherland, (20 July 1851– 27 June 1913), styled Lord Cromartie Sutherland-Leveson-Gower until 1858, Earl Gower between 1858 and 1861 and Marquess of Stafford between 1861 and 1892, was a British peer and politician from the Leveson-Gower family.

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Cullen, Moray

Cullen (Inbhir Cuilinn) is a village and former royal burgh in Moray but historically in Banffshire, Scotland, on the North Sea coast east of Elgin.

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Culrain railway station

Culrain railway station serves the village of Culrain in Kyle of Sutherland in the Highland council area of Scotland.

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Dalguise

Dalguise (Scottish Gaelic Dàil Ghiuthais) is a settlement in Perth and Kinross, Scotland.

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Dava Way

The Dava Way is a long-distance path that mostly follows the route of the former Highland Railway between Grantown and Forres.

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David & Charles

David & Charles Ltd is an English publishing company.

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David Jones (railway)

David Jones (25 October 1834 - 2 December 1906) was born in Manchester, England, where his father was an engineer.

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David MacBrayne

David MacBrayne is a limited company owned by the Scottish Government. Highland Railway and David MacBrayne are transport in Highland (council area).

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Dübs and Company

Dübs & Co. was a locomotive manufacturer in Glasgow, Scotland, founded by Henry Dübs in 1863 and based at the Queens Park Works in Polmadie.

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Dornoch

Dornoch (Dòrnach; Dornach) is a town, seaside resort, parish and former royal burgh in the county of Sutherland in the Highlands of Scotland.

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Dunphail railway station

Dunphail railway station was opened with the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway in 1863.

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Dunrobin Castle

Dunrobin Castle (mostly 1835–1845 — present) is a stately home in Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland, as well as the family seat of the Earl of Sutherland, Chief of the Clan Sutherland.

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Dunrobin Castle railway station

Dunrobin Castle railway station is a railway station on the Far North Line in Scotland, serving Dunrobin Castle near the village of Golspie in the Highland council area.

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Elgin, Moray

Elgin (Ailgin; Eilginn) is a historic town (former cathedral city) and formerly a royal burgh in Moray, Scotland.

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Elizabethan Express

Elizabethan Express is a 1954 British Transport Film that follows The Elizabethan, a non-stop British Railways service from London King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley along the East Coast Main Line.

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Family seat

A family seat, sometimes just called seat, is the principal residence of the landed gentry and aristocracy.

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Far North Line

The Far North Line is a rural railway line entirely within the Highland area of Scotland, extending from Inverness to Thurso and Wick. Highland Railway and Far North Line are transport in Highland (council area).

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Fochabers

Fochabers (Fachabair or Fothabair) is a village in the Parish of Bellie, in Moray, Scotland, east of the cathedral city of Elgin and located on the east bank of the River Spey.

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Fochabers Town railway station

Fochabers Town railway station served the village of Fochabers, Moray, Scotland from 1893 to 1966 on the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway.

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Fort William, Scotland

Fort William is a town in Lochaber in the Scottish Highlands, located on the eastern shore of Loch Linnhe.

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Fortrose

Fortrose is a town and former royal burgh in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Fredrick George Smith

Fredrick George Smith was a British mechanical engineer.

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George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland

George Granville William Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland, (19 December 1828 – 22 September 1892), styled Viscount Trentham until 1833, Earl Gower in 1833 and Marquess of Stafford between 1833 and 1861, was a British politician from the Leveson-Gower family.

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German Empire

The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.

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Glasgow and South Western Railway

The Glasgow and South Western Railway (G&SWR) was a railway company in Scotland. Highland Railway and Glasgow and South Western Railway are 1923 disestablishments in Scotland, pre-grouping British railway companies and railway companies disestablished in 1923.

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Golspie railway station

Golspie railway station is a railway station serving the village of Golspie in the Highland council area of Scotland.

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Grampian Mountains

The Grampian Mountains (Am Monadh) is one of the three major mountain ranges in Scotland, that together occupy about half of Scotland.

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Grand Fleet

The Grand Fleet was the main battlefleet of the Royal Navy during the First World War.

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Grantown-on-Spey

Grantown-on-Spey (Baile nan Granndach) is a town in the Highland Council Area, historically within the county of Moray.

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Grantown-on-Spey (West) railway station

Grantown-on-Spey (West) railway station was opened with the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway in 1863.

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Great Glen

The Great Glen (An Gleann Mòr), also known as Glen Albyn (from the Gaelic Gleann Albainn "Glen of Scotland") or Glen More (from the Gaelic Gleann Mòr), is a glen in Scotland running for from Inverness on the edge of the Moray Firth, in an approximately straight line to Fort William at the head of Loch Linnhe.

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Great North of Scotland Railway

The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) was one of the two smallest of the five major Scottish railway companies prior to the 1923 Grouping, operating in the north-east of the country. Highland Railway and Great North of Scotland Railway are 1923 disestablishments in Scotland, pre-grouping British railway companies and railway companies disestablished in 1923.

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Headstock (rolling stock)

A headstock of a rail vehicle is a transverse structural member located at the extreme end of the vehicle's underframe.

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Helmsdale

Helmsdale (Helmsdal, Bun Ilidh) is a village on the east coast of Sutherland, in the Highland council area of Scotland.

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Helmsdale railway station

Helmsdale railway station is a railway station serving the village of Helmsdale in the Highland council area, northern Scotland.

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Henry John Wynne

Henry John Wynne (1864-1950) was a railways signals engineer in Scotland, the Netherlands and New Zealand.

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Highland Chieftain

The Highland Chieftain is a named British passenger train operated by London North Eastern Railway.

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Highland Railway Ben Class

The Highland Railway Ben Class were small 4-4-0 passenger steam locomotives.

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Highland Railway Clan Class

The Highland Railway's Clan Class was a class of passenger 4-6-0 steam locomotives designed by Christopher Cumming.

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Highland Railway Drummond 0-6-0 Class

The Highland Railway K class were the only class of 0-6-0 tender locomotives built for the Highland Railway.

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Highland Railway Jones Goods Class

The Highland Railway Jones Goods class was a class of steam locomotive, and was notable as the first class with a 4-6-0 wheel arrangement in the British Isles.

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Highland Railway L Class

The Highland Railway L class, also known as ‘Skye Bogies’ due to their association with the Kyle of Lochalsh Line.

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Highland Railway Loch Class

The Highland Railway Loch class locomotives were large 4-4-0s normally used north of Inverness.

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Highland Railway River Class

The Highland Railway River class was a class of steam locomotive with a 4-6-0 wheel arrangement.

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Highland Railway Strath Class

The Highland Railway Strath Class were 4-4-0 steam locomotives introduced in 1892, to the design of David Jones.

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Highland Railway X Class

The Highland Railway Drummond 0-6-4T or X class were large tank engines originally intended for banking duty.

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History of rail transport in Great Britain 1948–1994

The history of rail transport in Great Britain 1948–1994 covers the period when the British railway system was nationalised under the name of 'British Railways', latterly known as British Rail until its eventual privatisation in 1994.

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Huntly

Huntly (Srath Bhalgaidh or Hunndaidh) is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, formerly known as Milton of Strathbogie or simply Strathbogie.

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Invergordon

Invergordon (Inbhir Ghòrdain or An Rubha) is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland.

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Inverness

Inverness (Innerness; from the Inbhir Nis, meaning "Mouth of the River Ness") is a city in the Scottish Highlands, having been granted city status in 2000.

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Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway

The Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway (I&AJR) was a railway company in Scotland, created to connect other railways and complete the route between Inverness and Aberdeen. Highland Railway and Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies.

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Inverness and Nairn Railway

The Inverness and Nairn Railway was a railway company that operated between the burghs in the company name.

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Inverness and Perth Junction Railway

The Inverness and Perth Junction Railway (I&PJR) was a railway company that built a line providing a more direct route between Inverness and the south for passengers and goods.

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Inverness and Ross-shire Railway

The Inverness and Ross-shire Railway was a Scottish railway company formed in 1860 to build a line from Inverness to Invergordon.

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Inverness-shire

Inverness-shire (Siorrachd Inbhir Nis) or the County of Inverness is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland (the latter of which though only goes by the name Inverness).

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Invershin railway station

Invershin railway station is a railway station in the Highland council area of Scotland.

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Isle of Lewis

The Isle of Lewis (Eilean Leòdhais) or simply Lewis (Leòdhas) is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides archipelago in Scotland.

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Isle of Skye

The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or Eilean a' Cheò), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

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John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe

Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, (5 December 1859 – 20 November 1935) was a Royal Navy officer.

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Keith, Moray

Keith (Scottish Gaelic: Baile Chèith, or Cèith Mhaol Rubha (archaic)) is a small town in the Moray council area in north east Scotland.

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Kildonan railway station

Kildonan railway station is a railway station near Kildonan Lodge in the Highland council area in the north of Scotland.

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Kildrummie Platform railway station

Kildrummie railway station served the village of Cawdor, Highland, Scotland, from 1855 to 1858 on the Inverness and Nairn Railway.

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Kingussie

Kingussie (Ceann a' Ghiùthsaich) is a small town in the Badenoch and Strathspey ward of the Highland council area of Scotland.

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Kyle of Lochalsh

Kyle of Lochalsh (Caol Loch Aillse, "strait of the foaming loch") is a village in the historic county of Ross & Cromarty on the northwest coast of Scotland, located around west-southwest of Inverness.

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Kyle of Lochalsh line

The Kyle of Lochalsh line is a primarily single-track railway line in the Scottish Highlands, from to. Highland Railway and Kyle of Lochalsh line are transport in Highland (council area).

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Kyle of Lochalsh railway station

Kyle of Lochalsh railway station is the terminus of the Kyle of Lochalsh Line in the village of Kyle of Lochalsh in the Highlands, northern Scotland.

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Kyle of Sutherland

The Kyle of Sutherland (An Caol Catach) is a river estuary that separates Sutherland from Ross-shire.

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LB&SCR A1 class

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) A1 class is a class of British steam locomotive.

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Level crossing

A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel.

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Light railway

A light railway is a railway built at lower costs and to lower standards than typical "heavy rail": it uses lighter-weight track, and may have more steep gradients and tight curves to reduce civil engineering costs.

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List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1846

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1846.

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List of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1865

This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1865.

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List of Highland Railway stations

The Highland Railway was one of the smaller British railways before the Railways Act 1921, operating north of Perth railway station in Scotland and serving the farthest north of Britain.

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Listed building

In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection.

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Loch Ness

Loch Ness (Loch Nis) is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness.

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London and North Western Railway

The London and North Western Railway (LNWR, L&NWR) was a British railway company between 1846 and 1922. Highland Railway and London and North Western Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies and railway companies disestablished in 1923.

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London, Brighton and South Coast Railway

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR (known also as the Brighton line, the Brighton Railway or the Brighton)) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922. Highland Railway and London, Brighton and South Coast Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies.

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London, Midland and Scottish Railway

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally used in historical circles. The LMS occasionally also used the initials LM&SR.

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Lybster

Lybster (Liabost) is a village on the east coast of Caithness in northern Scotland.

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Mallaig

Mallaig (Malaig) is a port in Morar, on the west coast of the Highlands of Scotland.

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Master-at-arms

A master-at-arms (US: MA; UK and some Commonwealth: MAA) may be a naval rating, responsible for law enforcement, regulating duties, security, anti-terrorism/force protection (AT/FP) for a country's navy; an army officer responsible for physical training; or a member of the crew of a merchant ship (usually a passenger vessel) responsible for security and law enforcement.

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Melbourne

Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.

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Midland Railway

The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. Highland Railway and Midland Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies.

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Moray Firth

The Moray Firth (An Cuan Moireach, Linne Mhoireibh or Caolas Mhoireibh) is a roughly triangular inlet (or firth) of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland council area of the north of Scotland.

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Morayshire Railway

The Morayshire Railway was the first railway to be built north of Aberdeen, Scotland. Highland Railway and Morayshire Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies.

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Moy, Highland

The village of Moy (A' Mhòigh) is situated between the villages of Daviot and Tomatin, in the Highland region of Scotland.

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Muir of Ord railway station

Muir of Ord railway station is a railway station on the Kyle of Lochalsh Line and the Far North Line, serving the village of Muir of Ord in the Highland council area of Scotland.

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Murdoch Paterson

Murdoch Paterson (September 1826 – 9 August 1898) was an engineer and architect based in Inverness, Scotland, who was chief engineer of the Highland Railway.

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Nairn

Nairn (Inbhir Narann) is a town and former royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland.

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Neilson and Company

Neilson and Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Glasgow, Scotland.

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Network Rail

Network Rail Limited is the owner (via its subsidiary Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, which was known as Railtrack plc before 2002) and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain.

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North British Locomotive Company

The North British Locomotive Company (NBL, NB Loco or North British) was created in 1903 through the merger of three Glasgow locomotive manufacturing companies; Sharp, Stewart and Company (Atlas Works), Neilson, Reid and Company (Hyde Park Works) and Dübs and Company (Queens Park Works), creating the largest locomotive manufacturing company in Europe and the British Empire and the second largest in the world after the Baldwin Locomotive Works in the United States.

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North British Railway

The North British Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Highland Railway and North British Railway are 1923 disestablishments in Scotland, pre-grouping British railway companies and railway companies disestablished in 1923.

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Office of Public Sector Information

The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is the body responsible for the operation of His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and of other public information services of the United Kingdom.

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Pass of Drumochter

The Pass of Drumochter (Druim Uachdair) meaning simply 'high ridge' is the main mountain pass between the northern and southern central Scottish Highlands.

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Pass of Killiecrankie

Three miles north of Pitlochry by the A9 road, the Pass of Killiecrankie (Gaelic: Coille Chneagaidh), is a gorge lying between Ben Vrackie and Tenandry Hill in Perth and Kinross on the River Garry.

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Perth and Dunkeld Railway

The Perth and Dunkeld Railway was a Scottish railway company.

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Perth railway station (Scotland)

Perth railway station is a railway station located in the city of Perth, Scotland, on both the Glasgow to Dundee line and the Highland Main Line.

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Peter Drummond (engineer)

Peter Drummond (1850–1918) was a Scottish Locomotive Superintendent with the Highland Railway from 1896 to 1911 and with the Glasgow and South Western Railway from 1912 to 1918.

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Portessie

Portessie (Peterhythe or The Sloch) is a small fishing village east of Buckie, on the north-east coast of Scotland.

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Portree

Portree (Port Rìgh) is the capital and largest town of the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.

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Princess Helena of the United Kingdom

Princess Helena (Helena Augusta Victoria; 25 May 1846 – 9 June 1923), later Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, was the third daughter and fifth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

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Pullman train (UK)

Pullman trains in Great Britain were mainline luxury railway services that operated with first-class coaches and a steward service, provided by the British Pullman Car Company (PCC) from 1874 until 1962, and then by British Railways from 1962 until 1972.

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R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company

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Railway Correspondence and Travel Society

The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) is a national society founded in Cheltenham, England in 1928 to bring together those interested in rail transport and locomotives.

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Railway Mania

Railway Mania was a stock market bubble in the rail transportation industry of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the 1840s.

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Railways Act 1921

The Railways Act 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 55), also known as the Grouping Act, was an Act of Parliament enacted by the British government and intended to stem the losses being made by many of the country's 120 railway companies, by "grouping" them into four large companies dubbed the "Big Four".

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Richard Beeching

Richard Beeching, Baron Beeching (21 April 1913 – 23 March 1985), commonly known as Dr Beeching, was a physicist and engineer who for a short but very notable time was chairman of British Railways.

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River Findhorn

The River Findhorn (Uisge Éire) is one of the longest rivers in Scotland.

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River Spey

The River Spey (Uisge Spè) is a river in the northeast of Scotland.

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River Tay

The River Tay (Tatha,; probably from the conjectured Brythonic Tausa, possibly meaning 'silent one' or 'strong one' or, simply, 'flowing' David Ross, Scottish Place-names, p. 209. Birlinn Ltd., Edinburgh, 2001.) is the longest river in Scotland and the seventh-longest in Great Britain.

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Riverside Museum

The Riverside Museum (replacing the preceding Glasgow Museum of Transport) is a museum in the Yorkhill area of Glasgow, Scotland, housed in a building designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, with its River Clyde frontage at the new Pointhouse Quay.

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Robert Urie

Robert Wallace Urie (22 October 1854 – 6 January 1937) was a Scottish locomotive engineer who was the last chief mechanical engineer of the London and South Western Railway.

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Rosemarkie

Rosemarkie (Rossmartnie, from Ros Mhaircnidh meaning "promontory of the horse stream") is a village on the south coast of the Black Isle peninsula in Ross-shire (Ross and Cromarty), northern Scotland.

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Royal assent

Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Scapa Flow

Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray,S.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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ScotRail (brand)

ScotRail (Rèile na h-Alba) has been the brand name used for all Scottish regional and commuter rail services, including some cross-border services, since September 1983, as well as many of the country's intercity services.

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Scottish North Eastern Railway

The Scottish North Eastern Railway was a railway company in Scotland operating a main line from Perth to Aberdeen, with branches to Kirriemuir, Brechin and Montrose. Highland Railway and Scottish North Eastern Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies.

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Scottish Railway Preservation Society

The Scottish Railway Preservation Society is a registered charity, whose principal objective is the preservation and advancement of railway heritage in Scotland.

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Scottish Region of British Railways

The Scottish Region (ScR) was one of the six regions created on British Railways (BR) and consisted of ex-London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) and ex-London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) lines in Scotland.

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Scrabster

Scrabster (Scraibster, Sgrabastair/Sgrabstal) is a small settlement on Thurso Bay in Caithness on the north coast of Scotland.

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Sharp, Stewart and Company

Sharp, Stewart and Company was a steam locomotive manufacturer, initially located in Manchester, England.

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Shin Railway Viaduct

The Shin Railway Viaduct (also known as the Invershin Viaduct or Oykel Viaduct) is a railway viaduct that crosses the Kyle of Sutherland.The viaduct carries the Far North Line between Inverness and Wick and Thurso.

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Sir Alexander Matheson, 1st Baronet

Sir Alexander Matheson, 1st Baronet, JP, DL (16 January 1805 – 26 July 1886) was a British China merchant, Liberal Member of Parliament, and railway entrepreneur.

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Sir George Macpherson-Grant, 3rd Baronet

Sir George Macpherson-Grant, 3rd Baronet DL (12 August 1839 – 5 December 1907) was a Scottish landowner, cattle breeder and Liberal politician.

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Spean Bridge

Spean Bridge (Drochaid an Aonachain) is a village in the parish of Kilmonivaig, in Lochaber in the Highland region of Scotland.

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Spean Bridge railway station

Spean Bridge railway station is a railway station serving the village of Spean Bridge in the Highland region of Scotland.

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Stornoway

Stornoway (Steòrnabhagh; Stornowa) is the main town, and by far the largest town, of the Outer Hebrides (or Western Isles), and the capital of Lewis and Harris in Scotland.

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Strathpeffer

Strathpeffer (Srath Pheofhair) is a village and spa town in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland, with a population of 1,469.

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Strathspey Railway (preserved)

The Strathspey Railway (SR) in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland, operates a heritage railway from Aviemore to Broomhill, Highland via Boat of Garten, part of the former Inverness and Perth Junction Railway (later part of the Highland Railway) which linked Aviemore with Forres. Highland Railway and Strathspey Railway (preserved) are transport in Highland (council area).

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Stromeferry

Stromeferry (Port an t-Sròim) is a village, located on the south shore of the west coast sea loch, Loch Carron, in western Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland.

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Superheater

A superheater is a device used to convert saturated steam or wet steam into superheated steam or dry steam.

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Sutherland Railway

The Sutherland Railway was a railway company authorised in 1865 to build a line from Bonar Bridge station to Brora, a distance of nearly 33 miles, in the north of Scotland. Highland Railway and Sutherland Railway are railway companies established in 1865.

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Tank locomotive

A tank locomotive is a steam locomotive which carries its water in one or more on-board water tanks, instead of a more traditional tender.

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Tender (rail)

A tender or coal-car (US only) is a special rail vehicle hauled by a steam locomotive containing its fuel (wood, coal, oil or torrefied biomass) and water.

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Thomas Charles Bruce

Thomas Charles Bruce (15 February 1825 – 23 November 1890) was a British barrister and a Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1885.

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Thurso

Thurso (pronounced; Thursa, Inbhir Theòrsa) is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland.

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Thurso railway station

Thurso railway station is a railway station located in Thurso, in the Highland council area in the far north of Scotland.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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West Highland Railway

The West Highland Railway was a railway company that constructed a railway line from Craigendoran (on the River Clyde west of Glasgow, Scotland) to Fort William and Mallaig. Highland Railway and west Highland Railway are pre-grouping British railway companies and transport in Highland (council area).

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Wick railway station

Wick railway station is a railway station located in Wick, in the Highland council area in the far north of Scotland.

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Wick, Caithness

Wick (Inbhir Ùige; Week) is a town and royal burgh in Caithness, in the far north of Scotland.

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William Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland

William John Arthur Charles James Cavendish-Bentinck, 6th Duke of Portland, (28 December 1857 – 26 April 1943), known as William Cavendish-Bentinck until 1879, was a British landowner, courtier, and Conservative politician.

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William Stroudley

William Stroudley (6 March 1833 – 20 December 1889) was an English railway engineer, and was one of the most famous steam locomotive engineers of the nineteenth century, working principally for the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR).

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William Whitelaw (Perth MP)

William Whitelaw (15 March 1868 – 19 January 1946) was a Conservative politician in Scotland and a long serving railway director and chairman.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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2-2-2

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-2-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, two powered driving wheels on one axle, and two trailing wheels on one axle.

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2-4-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles and no trailing wheels.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Railway

Also known as Highland Railway (Additional Powers) Act 1897, Highland Railway (Further Powers) Act 1890, Highland Railway (New Lines) Act 1890, Highland Railway (Steam Vessels) Act 1877, Highland Railway Act 1865, Highland Railway Act 1892, Highland Railway Act 1895, Highland Railway Act 1896.

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