Old Photograph Loading Milk Churns Railway Station Dingwall Scotland

Old photograph of staff loading milk churns at the railway station in Dingwall, Scotland. A milk churn is a tall, conical or cylindrical container for the transportation of milk. It is sometimes referred to as a milk can. The station was built by the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway and opened on 11 June 1862 when the company's line was opened from Inverness to Dingwall. The extension to Invergordon came on 23 March 1863. The I&RR was consolidated with the Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway on 30 June 1862. The operating name became the Highland Railway on 29 June 1865. Under Highland Railway ownership the current station buildings were erected in 1886 by architect Murdoch Paterson. The HR became a constituent of the London Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. The main passenger services through the station were to Wick and Thurso and to Kyle of Lochalsh. Between 1885 and 1946 there was a branch line service to Strathpeffer. The Highland Railway built a small steam locomotive shed near the station and this continued in use by the LMSR and British Railways until closure at the end of steam locomotive operations in the area in the early 1960s.



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