Two individuals have been taken to hospital after a collision between two trains in northern Scotland.
The crash occurred at Aviemore Railway Station, within the Cairngorms, at 7.10pm on Friday.
One of the locomotives concerned is the enduring Flying Scotsman, in line with native reviews.
A Police Scotland spokesperson stated: “Emergency services are in attendance, and two people have been taken to Raigmore Hospital.
“Plenty of different passengers are being handled on the scene and enquiries are ongoing.”
A spokesperson for Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) stated: “We sent eight appliances to the scene, where firefighters worked to support partners.
“Two casualties have been transported to Raigmore Hospital.
“Three casualties were treated at the scene but did not require to be taken to hospital.”
The crash occurred on Strathspey Railway, a heritage line, and concerned a stationary carriage and one other prepare which was within the station.
Scottish Greens transport spokesperson Mark Ruskell MSP stated: “It is too early to know what has caused this incident, but clearly a full investigation will have to take place.
“From reviews it seems this has been on the heritage monitor, the Strathspey Railway line, involving the Flying Scotsman and that close by providers on the primary line have been quickly impacted to permit emergency efforts to proceed.
“We are thinking of all those involved at this challenging time and thanks all those who have taken part in the emergency response.”
A spokesman for Network Rail stated: “It’s on a heritage railway line, it’s not our infrastructure. The main line is shut while emergency services respond.
“We are saying to passengers to test earlier than travelling.”
Flying Scotsman – the steam locomotive which made historical past in 1934 by changing into the primary to formally attain 100mph – was scheduled to be working journeys this weekend.
The locomotive, inbuilt Doncaster in 1923, is because of return to South Yorkshire metropolis on Monday as a part of its one centesimal anniversary celebrations.
Source: information.sky.com”