Where in Moray?

"If not the prettiest, one of the most durable and substantial in the kingdom."

That's how the Elgin Courant newspaper described the brand new Spey Viaduct back in the year 1886.

Constructed in three spans measuring a total length of 947ft, its central 350ft span was the second widest of any bridge yet built in Britain.

True to the Courant's original estimation, the sturdy bridge continued to bear trains safely over the River Spey for more than three-quarters of a century until 1963 when, like so many others, the rail line to Garmouth became a victim of the infamous Beeching cuts.

For a while during the early 1970s there was talk of turning it into a road bridge to give a more direct route to Buckie, but at an estimated cost of £100,000 this idea was dismissed as too expensive.

Photo by Jann Gray.

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