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- ↑ "Findhorn Railway" . Elgin Courier. Scotland. 20 April 1860. Retrieved 30 August 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "It is announced that the Findhorn Railway will not be worked after tomorrow" . Dundee Courier. Scotland. 28 January 1869. Retrieved 31 August 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
- ↑ "Accident on the Findhorn Railway" . Elgin Courier. Scotland. 1 February 1861. Retrieved 31 August 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
