Peterhead Harbour of Refuge Works Railway Carriage (body only) built 1915
 | | Peterhead Harbour of Refuge Works Railway Carriage (body only) built 1915 |
| Present Location | Crimond | | County Location | Aberdeenshire | | Designed For | Peterhead Harbour of Refuge Works Railway | | Gauge | 4ft 8 1/2in | | Wheel Arrangement | Body only | | Original Underframe | No | | Original Bogies/Wheelsets | No | | Additional Notes | 1 of 5 convict carriages built for Peterhead Harbour of Refuge Works Railway to transport convicts to Stirling Hill Quarry from HM Convict Prison, Peterhead. All 5 have survived: this one as a store shed at Netherton of Logie, nr Crimond, Aberdeenshire (built to a different detail design later than the others for the North Breakwater phase of the works); one in the garden of a private residence at Inveran, Castle Road, Maud (qv); one formerly at the prison but now restored at Maud Railway Museum (qv); and two further grounded bodies at Keyhead (qv). The fate of two other vehicles - an officers' inspection saloon (nicely varnished) and a prison guards' van (similar to the prisoners' vans but with larger windows short cabin and end verandas - is unknown.
10/18: confirmed still in situ. | | Grid Reference | NK 044571 | | Rarity | Few | | Historical Importance | Some Importance | | Storage | Open | | Operating | No | | Photo Date | 02/06/2017 | | Photo by | Steve West | | At Risk | No | | Date Record Last Updated | 14/01/2019 |
 | | Steve West 02/06/2017. View from other end |
 | | John Bishop 28/05/2006. Earlier condition |
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