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(From Aberdeen Press & Journal (UK))
Railway enthusiasts are being offered a rare glimpse of bygone Buchan's once bustling train service this weekend when a village's transport museum reopens for the first time in nearly a year.
Maud's vast collection of railway memorabilia and photographs charts the rise and fall of the north-east's rural train network.
The village was once home to a busy railway centre with trains heading to and from Aberdeen, Ellon, Peterhead and Fraserburgh.
The railway opened in Maud in the 1860s with the last goods train to and from Fraserburgh running until 1979.
Passenger trains were withdrawn some 14 …