Toggle navigation
News
Latest
Queries
Articles
Slideshows
On this day
Locations
Companies
Contributors
Maps
Slideshows
On this day
Locations
Companies
Maps
More
Queries
Articles
Slideshows
On this day
Locations
Companies
Contributors
Maps
Arrochar And Tarbet
All photographs of this location in date order.
![Class 37 hauled sleeper entering Arrochar and Tarbet station from the south.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/905.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![Last Aluminium train passes south through Arrochar and Tarbet.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/1000/1743.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![Northbound at Arrochar and Tarbet.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/7000/7347.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![An NBL Type 2 waits at Arrochar and Tarbet with a train for Oban in July 1967, as the Fort William sleeper approaches from the north with through coaches for Kings Cross.<br><br>[Colin Miller /07/1967]](/images/41000/41161.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![The 18.35 Glasgow Queen Street - Oban, with an NBL Type 2 in charge, approaching Arrochar and Tarbet in July 1967. Here it will cross the up Fort William - Kings Cross sleeper [see image 41183].<br><br>[Colin Miller /07/1967]](/images/41000/41177.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![In June 1998 the morning Oban service waits to to pass the southbound train at Arrochar. Although into the privatisation era the Regional Railways livery was still to be seen for a while yet, though the double arrows were removed. <br><br>[David Panton /06/1968]](/images/50000/50471.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![Glasgow bound train enters Arrochar and Tarbet in 1973 behind 5362.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1973]](/images/11000/11442.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![View south from Arrochar & Tarbet in September 1973.<br><br>[John McIntyre /09/1973]](/images/15000/15807.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![An Oban service runs in to Arrochar and Tarbet from the south behind an unidentified BRCW Class 27. At this time the station was still controlled by semaphore signals. [See image 30115] for a modern day view of the same location.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 15/09/1977]](/images/30000/30114.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![A West Highland goods heading north near Arrochar in 1980.<br><br>[Colin Miller //1980]](/images/41000/41819.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![West Highland Line, interior view of signal cabin at Arrochar and Tarbet Station.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 01/10/1981]](/images/14000/14119.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![West Highland Line, Arrochar & Tarbet Station, passenger underpass.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 01/10/1981]](/images/14000/14727.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![West Highland Line Arrochar & Tarbet Station.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 01/10/1981]](/images/14000/14728.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![West Highland Line, Arrochar & Tarbet Station signal cabin.<br><br>[Alistair MacKenzie 01/10/1981]](/images/14000/14729.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![View from the Glasgow end of Arrochar and Tarbet station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8106.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![View looking to Glasgow showing the goods yard at Arrochar and Tarbet. It was in use for timber traffic. The platform has subsequently been extended to by the pole.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8107.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![Looking to Fort William by the building, now demolished.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8108.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![Looking to Glasgow at Arrochar and Tarbet.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1987]](/images/8000/8109.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![Brrrr, sniffles. Frost still lying at noon.<br><br>[Brian Forbes /03/1988]](/images/11000/11117.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![37 heading south from Arrochar and Tarbet with a paper train.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1989]](/images/16000/16352.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![An exuberant driver of a snowplough at Arrochar and Tarbet station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1989]](/images/22000/22411.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![A trolley waits to be passed at Arrochar and Tarbet.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8652.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![The lunchtime speedlink to Crianlarich enters Arrochar and Tarbet. Hauled by 37 403<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8691.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![The lunchtime speedlink to Crianlarich enters Arrochar and Tarbet. Hauled by 37 403.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/8000/8692.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![One evening in 1990 a 37 drops off an empty oil train from Oban in the sidings at Arrochar and Tarbet before returning to Oban light engine.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1990]](/images/20000/20452.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![View towards Glasgow at Arrochar and Tarbet station in 1991. To the left are the former railway cottages. The station building, very disappointingly, has not survived.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1991]](/images/55000/55955.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![Grounded signs at Arrochar and Tarbet in the summer of 1991.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore /07/1991]](/images/41000/41754.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![Ex-LNER K4 no 3442 and K1 no 2005 pause at Arrochar and Tarbet with the SRPS <I>West Highland Centenary Special</I> to Fort William on 7 August 1994.<br>
<br><br>[John McIntyre 07/08/1994]](/images/29000/29711.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![Platform view at Arrochar & Tarbet Station, looking south in April 2005.<br><br>[John Furnevel 10/04/2005]](/images/3000/3654.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![View south from Arrochar and Tarbet on 10 April 2005 showing the timber loading terminal on the left.<br><br>[John Furnevel 10/04/2005]](/images/41000/41183.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![<I>'The flowers that bloom in the spring tra-la...'</I><br/> View north along the platform at Arrochar and Tarbet on the morning of 10 April 2005.<br><br>[John Furnevel 10/04/2005]](/images/54000/54318.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![Rush hour at Arrochar & Tarbet- sleeper waits for southbound Royal Scotsman to clear the loop before proceeding<br><br>[Paul D Kerr 04/09/2006]](/images/12000/12279.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![Ex-Hastings line Slim Jim Class 33 brings <i>Royal Scotsman</i> into Arrochar. (Very) late running sleeper waits in the loop; we should have passed at Crianlarich...<br><br>[Paul D Kerr 04/09/2006]](/images/12000/12472.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![Glasgow bound train about to restart from Arrochar and Tarbet on 28 May 2007.<br><br>[John McIntyre 28/05/2007]](/images/15000/15310.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![Glasgow bound train running into Arrochar and Tarbet station in 28 May 2007.<br><br>[John McIntyre 28/05/2007]](/images/15000/15330.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![Glasgow Queen Street train leaving Arrochar and Tarbet on 28 May passing the timber loading area on the left.<br><br>[John McIntyre 28/05/2007]](/images/15000/15334.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![Train for Glasgow Queen Street about to leave Arrochar and Tarbet on 28 May 2007.<br><br>[John McIntyre 28/05/2007]](/images/15000/15420.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![A southbound service departs from Arrochar and Tarbet on 28 May 2007 heading for Glen Douglas and the next station stop at Garelochhead.<br><br>[John McIntyre 28/05/2007]](/images/62000/62822.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![Looking north at Arrochar and Tarbet on 2 June 2009.<br><br>[David Panton 02/06/2009]](/images/23000/23957.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![Looking south from the end of the platform at Arrochar and Tarbet on 2 June 2009, showing running lines, sidings and headshunt.<br><br>[David Panton 02/06/2009]](/images/24000/24006.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![The subway at Arrochar & Tarbet on 2 June 2009. Turn right and up the steps for the platforms, straight ahead for the forest walks.<br><br>[David Panton 02/06/2009]](/images/24000/24038.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![The Arrochar and Tarbet approach road and forecourt in between trains on a sunny morning. The subway entrance to the elevated island platform can be seen as can the former railway cottage next to the goods yard entrance. That yard has sidings that are still in use by railway engineering teams. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 26/05/2010]](/images/29000/29193.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![Looking south at Arrochar and Tarbet. [See image 30114] for a view of the same location in 1976. Since that time the platform has been extended and radio signalling has removed the need for semaphores but the green engineers hut appears unchanged.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 26/05/2010]](/images/30000/30115.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![The southbound <I>Jacobite</I> stock working from Fort William to Carnforth pounds away from Arrochar and Tarbet behind two <I>Black 5s</I>. 45407 was leading 44871 and in tow were 9 coaches and a Class 37 diesel. [Photo by Sue Chattwood.] <br><br>[Malcolm Chattwood 31/10/2011]](/images/36000/36232.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![44871 (leading) and 45407 begin the climb southwards from Arrochar up to Glen Douglas. This was the southbound leg of an SRPS excursion from Polmont to Fort William.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 27/10/2012]](/images/40000/40799.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![An unidentified railway enthusiast stands on a remote hillside in the pouring rain in order to photograph a passing freight train.<br><br>[Beth Crawford 27/10/2012]](/images/40000/40803.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![44871 and 45407 round the curve immediately south of Arrochar and Tarbet station with a return SRPS train from Fort William to Polmont.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 27/10/2012]](/images/40000/40809.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![Black 5s 44871+45407 photographed at Arrochar on 27 October on their way from Fort William to Polmont with an SRPS special.<br><br>[Malcolm Chattwood 27/10/2012]](/images/40000/40810.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![A GBRf class 66 with alumina tanks near Arrochar and Tarbet on 27 October 2012.<br><br>[Malcolm Chattwood 27/10/2012]](/images/40000/40824.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![66740 heads south with the empties from the Lochaber Smelter in July 2016. Ben Lomond rises in the background.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 29/07/2016]](/images/55000/55989.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![On 5th January 2018 Scotrail 156477 arrives at Arrochar and Tarbet with a train for Oban passing a GBRf Class 66 awaiting clearance for its onward journey hauling empty alumina tanks from Fort William to North Blyth.<br><br>[Malcolm Chattwood 05/01/2018]](/images/62000/62442.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
![The hills surrounding Arrochar and Tarbet were covered with a fresh dusting of snow as the stock for the season’s Jacobite paused on March 28th 2018. 44871 and 45407 (running as 45157 The Glasgow Highlander) were in charge with 37518 bringing up the rear.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[Malcolm Chattwood 28/03/2018]](/images/63000/63402.jpg "Arrochar and Tarbet")
