Old Photograph Railway Station Newtonmore Scotland

Old photograph of the railway station in Newtonmore, Scotland. The station was opened by the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway on 9 September 1863. The original station buildings were constructed of wood and destroyed in a fire in April 1893. A replacement station building in stone was erected in 1893. A serious accident occurred on 2 August 1894 when the morning passenger train from Perth to Inverness collided with a goods train. One passenger was killed and several were badly injured. On 13 September 1900, James Ormiston, a brakesman was killed in a shunting accident at the station.



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