Hard to believe this is the same viewpoint as the shot taken 41 years ago see image 29053. A 'Friends of the Far North Line' outing is about to escape the Altnabreac midges by jumping on the 13.55 departure for Thurso and Wick on 26th August 2015. In the left foreground is former Invergordon signalman Iain Macdonald (50 years’ service on the railway), on the far right is Mike Lunan (formerly Chair of the Rail Passengers Committee Scotland), while the man in the red anorak is leading Highland rail activist Richard Ardern.
Location: Altnabreac
Original line: Sutherland and Caithness Railway
Photographer: David Spaven
Contact photographer: David Spaven
Date: 26/08/2015
Image number: 52462