Grampian Transport Museum can trace its history back to the early 1970's when a number of local enthusiasts became conscious of the fact that there was a very active interest in historic transport in the North East of Scotland. They began to discuss the possibilities of establishing a permanent museum of transport to focus this interest and energy.
In 1978 at a well attended public meeting in Aberdeen, the Grampian Transport Museum Association was formed. The new Association's main objective was to work towards the establishment of a Transport Museum and thereafter to administer and develop the Museum.
Sites in Aberdeen were rejected in favour of the offer of a unit in rural Aberdeenshire at Alford, 25 miles west of Aberdeen, after the Grampian Regional Council expressed an interest in the new association. The Council also agreed to make available an area of uncultivated land and the remains of a railway station for use by the association.
Fundraising then began in earnest, most notably in the form of the annual Alford Cavalcade (now 'Motorvation'), an ambitious vintage vehicle rally, held during July.
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Alford Valley Railway