Steam locomotives in the snow

In the big freeze of early 1947, the railways kept the country's lifelines open. This picture shows the progress of an LMS Stanier Black Five locomotive on a highly scenic Scottish journey from Perth to Aviemore and Forres, Moray Firth, on the old Highland Railway across the snow-covered north east Grampian Mountains. The southern 10 miles of this line from Aviemore to Boat of Garten and Broomhill form the preserved Strathspey Railway, but the northern section is closed.
A train makes its way along the snow covered tracks as it travels from Perth northwards to the Forres in Morayshire, Scotland. Circa 1950

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