SALES ITEMS
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The Railway has a number of books and other items for sale - these can be purchased at our shop at Keith Town station (when open). Keith Town station shop now has new items for sale. These include, mouse mats, mugs and photographs of the Keith & Dufftown, Great North of Scotland Railway Company enamel badges and DVDs of diesels in action. A new range of postcards featuring scenes from the Keith and Dufftown Railway are also now available either individually or in sets of 16 See below for further details..
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Keith Town station shop now has a range of pre owned model railway and related items in various gauges / scales for sale.
On 15th August 2008 these included:
Dapol OO gauge Class 66s:- 66716 & 66703 @ £44.00 each
Farish N gauge vans Fyffes:- Terrys, Knorr, John West, Bass, Sportsman, SR Cattle and Gibbs SR all @ £3.00
Farish N gauge GUVs 3 of @ £4.50 each
LGB G scale 0-4-0 steam outline loco
Hornby OO:- Virgin HST @ £60.00 - Virgin coaches 2 of @ £10.00 each - Class 50 @ £60.00 - Pullman Coach @ £7.00 - LNER Teak Coach @ £9.00 - EEC Wagon @ £6.50
Bachman:- Class 25 25087 @ £37.00 - Class 37 37678 @ £48.00 - Steel Wagon @ £4.75 - Guards Van @ £5.00 - ECS Wagon @ £20.00
Lima OO:- West Highland set @ £150.00 - Class 37s 37420 @ £38.00 - 37698 @ £45.00
Peco OO/HO:- Train Shed @£17.00
Model Buses:- WA livery @ £22.00 - Blackpool livery @ £12.00- - Lothian livery @ £29.00 - Lincolnshire livery @ £20.00 - National Express livery @ £20.00 - Go Ahead livery @ £14.00 .
In addition the following postcards and books can be purchased by post.
BOOKS BY POST
Postcard Set
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Individual cards need to be bought at Keith or Dufftown Station. Complete sets of 16 full colour postcards depicting various scenes from the Keith and Dufftown Railway are available by post
£4.80p – P&P 50p
The Way It Was – J Anderson
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A personal look at the KDR and surrounding railway, originally written by John Anderson, a retired railwayman, as a series for the KDRA “Express” magazine. It draws on John’s wealth of local history and practical experience as a railwayman to give the reader a true feel for “The Way It Was”. The book contains 20 B&W images of local railway interest.
£4.25p – P&P 50p
The Railways of Keith – Keith Fenwick
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The first 150 years.
£4.95p – P&P 50p
Iron Road to Whisky Country – Michael Pearson
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A Travellers & Tourist Guide to the Aberdeen to Inverness Line.
£4.99p – P&P 50p
Class 140 – R. I. Smith
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A highly informative, A5 booklet covering the life of a unique prototype rail vehicle. It gives a brief, illustrated history of the vehicle along with technical specification and layout drawing. This DMU is historically important as the precursor of the Pacers, Sprinters and Super Sprinters operating on our railways today. It was tested in the North of Scotland in early ‘80s and is now awaiting preservation at Dufftown station on the KDR.
£2.90– P&P 50p
The Railways Of The Banff And Moray Coast - G.R.Maxtone
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An excellent photographic album covering the former GNSR coastal routes from Elgin to Cairnie Junction and including the Lossiemouth and Banff branches. There are over 84 pages of B&W and colour photos, mostly taken after nationalisation. Of special interest are the signal box diagrams accompanying the pictures and giving the layouts and signal positions. This book will bring back many nostalgic memories to those who travelled on the line. It will also be a great boon to railway modellers covering this area.
£9.99 Special Offer for limited period – P&P £1.00
The Railway Spirit – Train Life In Whisky Country - R.I.Smith
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A fascinating record of railway operations in the Speyside area in steam and early diesel days. It covers what it was like to work on the railway, driving the locomotives, operations around Keith and, of course, the all important transportation of whisky. All the above are enriched with anecdotes from those actually involved. The book has many B&W illustrations including photographs of our own line at Keith Town, Drummuir, Loch Park and Dufftown in BR days.
£5.99 – P&P 75p
The Travellers Joy – John Ross
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The story of the Morayshire Railway from its opening in 1852 till its closure in 1968.
£3.50 Special Offer – P&P £1.00
Great North of Scotland Railway Locomotives – Hugh Gordon
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The steam locomotives of North-East Scotland’s own railway. Profusely illustrated with black & white photos and line drawings.
£19.95 – P&P £1.00
Railways of Buchan - Keith Fenwick, Douglas Flett and Dick Jackson
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An excellent record of the railways in Formartine and Buchan. From construction in GNSR days through LNER and BR operation and final closure with a glimpse of a possible future. The book has many B&W and some colour illustrations..
£6.50 – P&P 75p
Fumac The Good – Ron Smith
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A children’s book about “a very kind and gentle hermit” who lived at Dummuir very close to where the station now is. Fumac had many interesting adventures and the book tells of some of them. The book has many colour illustrations by Hazel Hadden.
£4.99 – P&P 50p
Tracking Across Switzerland – Diana Nial
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After her first book, “Swiss Meals On Wheels”, the author shares more of her interesting train experiences including dealing with well oiled guests trying to bring their overloaded bicycles into the dining car and coping with all the individual demands of so many different nationalities. An armchair travel story about getting around Switzerland without a car.
£3.00 Special Offer – P&P 50p
Rigibahen – Ron Smith
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A colour photograph album of the Rigibahnen railway in Switzerland.
£5.00 Special Offer – P&P 50p
Orders to:-
Keith & Dufftown Railway (Book Sales),
Dufftown Station,
Dufftown,
Banffshire,
AB55 4BA
Payment by cheque or Postal Order only, made payable to:-
Keith & Dufftown Railway Association
If ordering more than one book please include full post and package for all books, and any excess will be refunded.
© 2007, the Keith & Dufftown Railway Association
