I visited here on 17th August and the situation is as follows:

There are, in fact, 3 Fairmont Speeders here. The only one listed on the website is Car 1 and this was in the shed under repair. Car 3 was outside, at the end of the platform, next to the buffet / tea shop which is ex-electrification coach 975758. Cars 1 and 3 are owned by the railway.

Car 2 is in a shed which was opened up for me and is privately owned.

Unfortunately, I couldn't get build numbers for 2 or 3. Car 2 was under major repair with nothing on the "dashboard", that for Car 3 is on its "dashboard" but too small to read when peering in.

The Akerman H3MB was not seen and presumed to have left. I wish I'd asked about it but it certainly wasn't at Dufftown as I was shown into the repair shed and all of the yard was clearly visible.

Sorry, should also have said that I traveled the line to the K&DR station at Keith Town which is (sadly) just under half a mile short of the NR limit at Keith and just over half a mile from Keith National Rail. No sign of the Akerman on that trip, nor are there any sheds it could be in along the way. I think it unlikely it would be between the 2 Keith stations as that stretch is getting lost in undergrowth with NR wanting a large sum of money which the railway doesn't have to re-connect the 2 stubs.

Andrew - When i visited back in 2016 the Akerman was OOU, i'm pretty certain that they were trying to find a replacement engine for it. It was parked up near the station car park you wouldn't have missed it.

The builders number for Car 2 is still unknown, but the number for Car 3 is 252180.

Thanks. They still need to show up in the lists of Speeders and for the KDR.

To add onto the K&DR Fairmont's, a further three exist, at one time all at Statfold Barn Railway :

14/03 2705-A9 Fairmont 252319

CN 168-31 Fairmont (w/n unknown) - currently off site

Fairmont (carries engine No.114866) - currently at a private site in Tamworth

Cheers

Alex

Saw the Akerman at Ballochford recently. This is a non rail connected site and just happened to notice it as driving past.

It would appear there is a replacement RRV at Dufftown, having arrived in Sep 2020 according to the K&D website. Does anyone have more details of it? There was certainly an RRV visible from the road when driving past recently, but unfortunately a detour to investigate wasn't made.

https://keith-dufftown-railway.co.uk/road-rail-vehicle/

Regards

Chris

The Keith & Dufftown Railway has kindly confirmed to me that the RRV I saw was purchased from Strathspey, plus type & build year, so it is 970035.

I have added sightings of it. Perhaps someone could also update its listing from Strathspey to K&DR please?

Regards

Chris

Thanks Chris, done!