Invergordon Aluminium Smelter
The newly completed freight sidings and British Aluminium smelter at Invergordon in 1971. At its peak the smelter generated traffic for three trains daily, bringing in butane and taking out aluminium blocks, plus alumina for the Fort William smelter - won by rail despite requiring a 330-mile haul compared to the direct road distance of less than 100 miles!
Location: Invergordon Aluminium Smelter (former)
Original line: Inverness and Ross-shire Railway
Photographer: Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven)
Contact photographer: Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven)
Date: 1971
Image number: 40247
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