The pier platform lines met the Helensburgh line east of Craigendoran station. This was remodelled in 1894 into a junction proper when the West Highland Railway opened. This was a double track junction, the West Highland becoming single track north of Craigendoran Upper station.
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This was an island platform station of the West Highland Railway Swiss chalet style directly alongside the station on the Helensburgh line and pier station. The West Highland joins the Helensburgh line just to the east of the station at Craigendoran Junction.
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The west box was a tall structure, which was described as looking like a pagoda - a six sided building approached by a walkway from the West Highland Railway trackbed. It controlled the northern approach to the West Highland Craigendoran station. The box was closed in 1937 when Craigendoran Junction box took over.
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A set of sidings above Craigendoran Junction approached from the junction were associated with the construction of the West Highland Railway. Lucas and Aird's Depot.
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This goods yard, a simple single siding with a loading bank approached from the west, was immediately east of Helensburgh Upper. A typical West Highland railway cottage stands to the north of the site. ...

This station is open. It is located in the north of Helensburgh, up above the town centre (better served by Helensburgh Central).
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This level crossing is west of Helensburgh Upper. The farm was to the south, this crossing giving access to the farmland to the north of the line.
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This level crossing with Glenoran Road is east of Rhu. It gives to Ardencaple Farm from the south, and access from the farm to farmland to the south. A former crossing keeper's cottage is on the north side of the line, east of the crossing - it was added after the line's opening.
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This was a two platform station, more typical of the stations on the northern section of the line. The main station building was on the west/northbound platform. To its west was the footbridge connecting to the eastbound platform with the taller than usual signal box.
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This junction was installed in the Second World War. It was a double track junction as a long loop was put in on the West Highland Railway and the connection to the Military Port Number 1 Railway yard was double track. Faslane Junction Yard was just to the north on the branch.
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This was a single platform halt. It was built in connection with the nearby Faslane Military Port. The halt was also used to facilitate the transport prisoners of war to Inveruglas which was a halt for the Loch Sloy Hydroscheme (construction of Inveruglas Power Station and Loch Sloy Dam). There was a hutted encampment of Nissen Huts at the Stuckenduff Farm by the halt. A train for ...

This was an island platform station in the typical West Highland Swiss Chalet style, passenger access was by subway (north end, entry from by the railway cottage). There was a loading bank siding on the east side of the line, served from the Helensburgh direction. The signal box was on the platform, at its south end. The tablet instruments were in the station building.
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This level crossing is just off the A814 above Faslane. It gives access to High Balernock Farm, off to the east. The location is used as an access point by railway maintenance teams.
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This is an island platform station with an original West Highland Railway chalet-style building and signal box ('B' listed, closed 1986). A parcels building and short platform (both demolished 2017) were on the west side of the station. Access to the station is by means of a subway. The ironmongery typical of West Highland station subways remains intact - fencing round the pit of the subway ...

This three span single track lattice girder viaduct is between Garelochhead (to the south) and the former Whistlefield (to the north) stations.
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This was a single platform station with a station building different to others on the line designed by James Miller, more akin to those on the Callander and Oban Railway. It was an unsuitable location for a station with a cramped location and the line on a gradient.
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This is a three girder viaduct carrying a single track over the Allt Darach. The viaduct is above Finnart Oil Terminal on Loch Long. ...

This summit is south of the former Glen Douglas station loop. It is a summit of 564 ft where, going north, the line crosses from Gleann Culanach to the west end of Glen Douglas before the long run downhill to Arrochar.
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This was a halt on the West Highland Railway, opening one year after the line opened. For many years it was private. The loop remains here but the platform and building have been removed. The island platform was to the north of the signal box. There was a signal box and building such as those found at Corrour and, formerly, Gorton [WHR]. The building was, as a the others, on the far side ...

This government munitions depot is located in Glen Douglas. It is rail served and a private road connects it to Glen Mallan Jetty.
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This railway cottage was between Glen Douglas Halt and Arrochar and Tarbet station. It was located on the west side of the line. Down below, to the south west, was the small settlement of High Morlaggan. The hillside on the west side of the line drops down to Loch Long. On the east side there are cliffs.
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This single track girder viaduct of three spans crosses the An t-Sreang. The viaduct is above the Tighness in the south of Arrochar.
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This is an island platform station, typical of the West Highland Railway. The station building was removed in the late 1990s/early 2000s after several years of being vacant. This was of the Swiss chalet style typical of the line. Access is via a subway and this also gives access to the hillside to the west.
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This girder viaduct, a little south of the former wartime hydroscheme construction Inveruglas station, crosses over the Inveruglas Water. It will be familiar to many road users as there is a very sharp bend on the neighbouring A82 with a brief view of the viaduct off to the left.
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This was a one platform workman's halt, with the platform on the east side of a passing loop. The West Highland Railway is still open but there is no station here today. The site was on the west side of Loch Lomond north of the Inveruglas Water and just west of Upper Inveruglas farm. There were three sidings in the yard with a loading bank, approached from the north, on the west side. This ...

This is an 8 arch castellated single track 396 ft long viaduct on the west side of Loch Lomond. It is 58 ft high.
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This was the only tunnel on the main line of the West Highland Railway. It is 147 ft long and located just north of the Craigenarden Viaduct.
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This is an island platform station, typical of the West Highland line. The station is near the north end of Loch Lomond. The station building was demolished due to subsidence but was of the 'Swiss chalet' style typical of the line. Before demolition the building had developed a distinct lean to the east. Access is via a subway from the east (road) side. The signal box (closed 1986) remains in ...

This was a single platform halt. Traces of the foundations of the platform remain. It was located south of Glen Falloch Viaduct. The halt was associated with the building of the Loch Sloy hydro scheme and it was served by unadvertised trains from Faslane Platform serving stations north such as the private Inveruglas (where Loch Sloy Power Station was built) and picking up ...

This is a 426 ft 7 span single track lattice girder viaduct crossing the Dubh Eas, 144ft below (see trivia, right). The viaduct is on a curve. It is located between Ardlui and Crianlarich.
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This single track girder viaduct crosses the Eas Eonan.
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This is an island platform station on the West Highland Railway where the lines to Oban (to the west) and Fort William divide. It is famous for its tearoom. Crianlarich Station Tearoom . The station is in Perthshire. Entry is by a subway at the north end of the station. The former signal box (closed 1985) is also at the north end of the ...

This junction is immediately north of Crianlarich station. Here the the lines to Oban and Fort William separate. The junction faces south. Just to the north, on the Fort William route, is the Glenbruar Viaduct.
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This single track girder viaduct is just north of Crianlarich station and Crianlarich Junction where the lines to Oban and Fort William divide. Just to the north is the Fillan Viaduct.
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This lattice girder bridge is just north of the Glenbruar Viaduct, Crianlarich Junction and Crianlarich station on the West Highland Railway. The viaduct crosses the River Fillan and has two spans of 55 ft and four spans of 40 ft.
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This is an occupational crossing with the West Highland Railway at Inverhaggernie Farm, which is just to the south. There is a footbridge just to the north west and immediately Inverhaggernie Viaduct.
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This single track girder viaduct, between Crianlarich and Upper Tyndrum, is to the north of Inverhaggernie Farm. It crosses the Inverhaggernie Burn. Just to the south east is a footbridge over the line and, beyond that, Inverhaggernie No 2 Level Crossing.
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This occupational crossing is north of Kirkton Farm. Auchtertyre Viaduct is to the north west.
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This is a 300 ft single track lattice girder viaduct on a gentle curve. The viaduct has a 101 ft central span and four 40 ft spans.
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This is an island platform station in the West Highland 'Swiss Chalet' style. The station building, signal box (closed 1984, 'B' listed and restored), stationmaster's cottage and railwaymen's cottage survive. Entry to the station is by a subway. There is a very small parking area. The station is east of Tyndrum, a small settlement at the west end of Strath Fillan. It is high above the village, as ...

This is a summit at 1,024 ft between Tyndrum Upper and Bridge of Orchy.
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This is a single track five span girder viaduct of 318 ft on a curve, a viaduct with five 60 ft spans. The viaduct is on the 'Horseshoe Curve', south of Bridge of Orchy and north of County March Summit [West Highland].
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This is a single track girder viaduct on a curve of 576 ft, consisting of nine spans of 60 ft. The viaduct is on the Horseshoe Curve, south of Bridge of Orchy and north of County March Summit [West Highland].
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This is an island platform station in the West Highland Swiss Chalet style. At the south end of the platform is the disused signal box, closed 1985, which is 'B' listed. The station master's house and railwaymen's cottage also survive. Entry to the station is by a subway.
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This single track girder viaduct is above Achallader, which is to its north. The viaduct is located between Bridge of Orchy (south west) and Gorton [WHR]. It crosses the Allt Coire Achaladair.
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This viaduct crosses the Allt na Crannaich just west of Crannach Forest between Bridge of Orchy (south west) and Gorton [WHR] (north east).
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This lineside cottage was south west of the former Gorton [WHR] and south of Gorton Bothy, about midway between the two. The cottage was on the south side of the line. A long distance track passes under the line just to the west of its site.
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This former station is now Gorton Crossing (also known as Gorton CE Siding) a passing place on the line with ground frames to operate the points. It is used for engineering trains or machines only. Its location is remote, with no road access, on the southern edge of Rannoch Moor at Tom nam Broc near Gorton Bothy. It was a private station with an island platform.
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This is a single track steel single span girder viaduct between Gorton [WHR] (to the south) and Gaur Viaduct (a viaduct south of Rannoch).
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This is a five girder single track viaduct south of Rannoch station. Also known as Garbh Ghaoir Viaduct. Loch Laidon, to the west, drains east (passing under the viaduct) to Loch Eigheach (Gaur Reservoir) which itself drains to the east to Loch Rannoch.
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This island platform station retains its original building and signal box (closed 1985 and 'B' listed) to the north of the station building. Access is by means of a footbridge, not the original footbridge but a replacement (from Corrour) installed in the 1980s after entry was by means of a pedestrian level crossing to the south end of the platform for several years. Parking is on the east side ...

This is a single track lattice girder viaduct just north of Rannoch station.
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This is deep cutting with a roof to prevent drifting snow from blocking the line.
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This small station on the West Highland Railway is only accessible by train, or via a very long private road. In summer the station is a B+B and restaurant Corrour Station House Restaurant . This replaced the former stationmaster's cottage in 1998, which had in any case been altered.
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This occupational level crossing is immediately to the north of Corrour station, just south of Corrour Summit.
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Corrour Summit, 1,350 ft, is immediately north west of Corrour station.
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This viaduct is about half way along Loch Treig, it is the largest of the many bridges (and culverts) carrying the line over streams in the area. The line crosses the Allt Coire Mheadhoin / Allt an Dubh-chamais Mòr here. (Just to the north it crosses the Allt an Dubh-chamais Beag.)
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The Ordnance Survey map of 1899 shows a signal box on the west side of the line at a location near (a little to the south of) today's Loch Treig Tunnel but on the original, now flooded, course of the line. The box is shown having signals to both north and south. To its south a lineside cottage is shown.
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This single platform halt was at the north end of Loch Treig. It had a single platform of 220ft on the esst side of the line. It was a workman's halt built during the construction of Laggan Dam, just to the east, and associated tunnels. The dam is part of the scheme which provides the head of water for electricity generation at the Lochaber Aluminium Works in Fort William. There was a ...

This siding predated the construction of the Lochaber Aluminium Works and the Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway. Its original purpose was to serve a gravel pit, located on the east side of the line and served from the north. There was a railway cottage directly east of the line, with the siding to its east.
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This single track girder viaduct is south east of Tulloch station, the railway crossing over the River Spean downstream of Laggan Dam. It is a three span viaduct on a gentle curve, approximately 170 ft long. The middle girder is the largest, a lattice.
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This is a two platform station typical of the northern portion of the West Highland Railway. The main building, on the up (southbound) platform is Swiss Chalet in style. The north side of the building has been modified with the addition of three small wings - two being extensions of gables and the third being wholly new.
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This was a two platform station, now reduced to one platform with the loss of the southbound line (the 'up' loop) in 1964. The southbound (up) platform, disused, remains and the site of the station building and goods yard has been built over. These houses are built close to the platform.
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This is a two platform station with a passing loop. The main station building on the eastbound platform (for the south), altered at the road side, remains standing. There is a disused signal box ('C' listed) dating from 1949.
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This ballast siding was installed in the late period of construction of the line. It was located between Fort William and Spean Bridge at Auchindaul (or Auchnadaull as per contemporary Ordnance Survey maps).
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This goods siding was on the west side of the railway at Torlundy, east of Fort William. The siding was approached from the north or Glasgow direction, the approach from the north being due to the railway from Glasgow entering Fort William from the north east after passing Spean Bridge. There was a short loading bank and the line is crossed by a minor road bridge immediately to the south.
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This is a occupational level crossing for Inverlochy Farm.
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This distillery is in Fort William at the foot of Ben Nevis. The distillery was formerly railway served.
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This ground frame is north east of Fort William Junction on the route south to Glasgow. It provides access to the aluminium smelter, Lochaber Aluminium Works, by Fort William which is on the south side of the line. The sidings are entered from the west. A short dead end siding provides provides protection against runaway wagons for the line.
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This is the junction between the Glasgow to Fort William line and the Mallaig Extension (West Highland Railway) (originally the Banavie Branch of the West Highland Railway).
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This disused double track bridge crosses the West Highland Railway directly west of Fort William Junction (and east of the Fort William Oil Sidings). It carried the Lower Works Railway portion of the Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway. Only one track was laid over the bridge, what would have been the southern of the two tracks.
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This distillery was just east of central Fort William, on the north bank of the River Ness. It was served by a short siding from the West Highland Railway. The siding was on the south side of the line and served from the west (by the Nevis Viaduct).
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This is a single track, single span, lattice girder viaduct crossing the River Nevis. It carries the West Highland Railway. It is between Fort William station and Fort William Junction.
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This distillery predated the opening of the West Highland Railway. It was located on the north side of the line on the west bank of the River Nevis near the Fort William town centre. The distillery closed around 1908 but remained in use as warehousing for Ben Nevis Distillery. There was a series of buildings.
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This is a terminus with an island platform. The station replaced Fort William [1st] when the line was cut back in 1975. The platform is canopied at the buffer end.
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This shed was built within the fortifications at Fort William. The loading bank was to the south and south of that the line ran, via a number of loops, to the station.
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This goods yard was east of Fort William [1st], terminus of the West Highland Railway. Today it is, approximately, the site of Fort William station.
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This was a three platform terminus alongside the seafront and steamer pier in Fort William. It was replaced by Fort William when the line was cut back in 1975. Nothing remains of the station and the site is now a dual carriageway. It is ironic that the townsfolk were disappointed the railway separated the town from the beach and now a substantial road does.
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The West Highland Railway terminated alongside the southern of the two town piers in Fort William, the line running south west from the station alongside Loch Linnhe to reach the pier where there was a loop.
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This is the junction between the Glasgow to Fort William line and the Mallaig Extension (West Highland Railway) (originally the Banavie Branch of the West Highland Railway).
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A pair of sidings in Fort William are served from the loop on the Mallaig line at Fort William Junction. These oil sidings have seen irregular use with the flow from Grangemouth New Oil Terminal starting and ceasing several times. At present, 2018, the sidings are not used, oil travels by road. ...

This yard consists of several looped and single ended sidings on the Mallaig route at Fort William Junction running alongside the loop. There is a turntable and it gives access to Tom-na-Faire Depot. Sometimes referred to as Inverlochy Yard.
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This footbridge was erected by the British Aluminium Company to give access from the housing at Inverlochy (west) to the Lochaber Aluminium Works (east) over the Mallaig Extension (West Highland Railway).
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This yard and locomotive shed replaced the original Fort William Shed when the line was cut back to the present Fort William station.
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This is a single track girder viaduct with four 80ft girders crossing the River Lochy just outside Fort William. A footbridge on the side of the viaduct connects Lochyside and Caol on the north bank to Inverlochy on the south bank. The stone piers are castellated to match the nearby Inverlochy Castle.
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The signal box here controlled the junction between the Banavie [1st] branch (closed) and the West Highland's extension west to Mallaig (open). Both lines were single track.
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This station was the terminus of a short branch built by the West Highland Railway to the Caledonian Canal at Banavie. The branch allowed interchange with the steamers operating on the route to Inverness. The station was intentionally above Neptune's Staircase to minimise the number of locks in the onward journey to Inverness, Muirtown Basin.
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This junction is immediately north of Crianlarich station. Here the the lines to Oban and Fort William separate. The junction faces south. Just to the north, on the Fort William route, is the Glenbruar Viaduct.
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This junction remains open - just. A short somewhat grassy siding runs east.
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This ground frame is north east of Fort William Junction on the route south to Glasgow. It provides access to the aluminium smelter, Lochaber Aluminium Works, by Fort William which is on the south side of the line. The sidings are entered from the west. A short dead end siding provides provides protection against runaway wagons for the line.
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This is the only remaining aluminium smelter in the United Kingdom. This smelter was built by contractors Balfour, Beatty & Co Ltd to the east of Fort William, opening in 1929.
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