Lochluichart [2nd]
Looking east from Lochluichart at the two Kyle lines. In the foreground is the original route abandoned when Loch Luichart was dammed (the Conon Valley power scheme) and to the left is the deviation on higher ground opened in 1954. The loch is out of shot to the right. Lochluichart station was closed and replaced by another on the deviation complete with goods siding. The older station platform remains, very overgrown, but the goods loading bank, left, is much easier to find. The present station was closed to goods in 1964 and is the third Lochluichart station, there being a private halt at a different site originally. It occurs to me that this overgrown trackbed is what the Kyle Line would now look like had it not survived the many attempts at closure.
It is interesting to note that today the disused trackbed is above water level, but only just.
Location: Lochluichart [2nd] (former)
Original line: Dingwall and Skye Railway
Photographer: Ewan Crawford
Contact photographer: Ewan Crawford
Date: 29/09/2009
Image number: 26293
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