Month: December 2025

A historic former railway bridge has been cordoned off by police after a section of it collapsed into the River Spey in Moray. The Spey Viaduct, an iron girder structure near Garmouth, was completed in 1886 and while no longer used for trains, was popular with cyclists and walkers.
— BBC News

Oh, the fair Railway Viaduct ‘tween Garmouth and Spey!
Has fallen in the river, I am very sad to say,
On the thirteenth of December in the year twenty twenty five
And any person caught on it would have been lucky to survive!
For many years it carried goods and persons on its rails,
And today it is part of many important trails,
But sadly done is all of that if some strong repairs,
Cannot be made swiftly, to ease the people’s cares,
Did the Moray Council carry out their duty,
To maintain the Garmouth Viaduct of such usefulness and beauty?
Propriety demands a full investigation,
And all I pray should join in righteous indignation,
Should signs be found of malfeasance or prestidigitation,
Or any other such things as would dismay the nation,
If necessary maintenance the Council did not carry out,
And let the noble viaduct fall into ruin and into rout,
They must resolve a remedy, for this we all do pray,
And quickly repair the viaduct without doubt or dismay,
For a bridge across a river that does not fully span,
Is of no use to beast and is neither of use to man,
And such a bridge, I’m sure that none would judge it petty,
Is much less like a bridge, and much more like a jetty,
So Moray Council hurry, to fix the broken span,
And restore the viaduct just as fast as you possibly can,
To rejoin the sundered communities of Garmouth and Spey,
So they can again communicate in their habitual way,
Oh, the fair Railway Viaduct ‘tween Garmouth and Spey!
Has fallen in the river, I am very sad to say,
On the thirteenth of December in the year twenty twenty five,
And any person caught on it would have been lucky to survive!