Auchindaul Ballast Siding

Location type

Sidings

Name and dates

Auchindaul Ballast Siding

Opened on the West Highland Railway.
Opened on the Ballast Sidings.

Description

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).

The siding was on the south side of the line and approached from the east. A lineside cottage was between the siding and main line.

Tags

Siding Ballast siding

Aliases

Auchnadaull Ballast Siding
10/02/2021


Nearby stations
Gairlochy
Spean Bridge
Banavie Pier
Banavie
Corpach
Fort William
Roy Bridge
Fort William [1st]
Invergloy Platform
Loch Eil Outward Bound
Tulloch
Fersit Halt
Locheilside
Corrour
Invergarry
Bridge 41 Allt an t-Sneachda
Bridge 42 Allt an t-Sneachda
Bridge 40
Adit 9 loop
Allt Criche
Bridge 43 Allt Daim
Adit 10 junction
Bridge 38
Bridge 37 Allt na h-Aire
Bridge 36
Spean Viaduct [IFA]
Bridge 35
Tourist/other
Nevis Range Mountain Resort
High Bridge
Sgurr Finnisg-aig
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Books

All Stations to Mallaig!: West Highland Line Since Nationalisation
Argyll and the Highlands Last Days of Steam

Argyll and the Highlands' Lost Railways

Ben Nevis and Fort William, The Mamores and The Grey Corries, Kinlochleven and Spean Bridge (OS Explorer Map)

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: West Highland Railway v. 1

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: West Highland Railway v. 1

Iron Road to the Isles: A Travellers and Tourist Guide to the West Highland Lines

Iron Roads to the Isles: A Travellers and Tourists Souvenir Guide to the West Highland Lines

Mountain Moor and Loch on the Route of the West Highland Railway

On West Highland Lines

Railway World Special: West Highland Lines

Rannan Rathad Iarainn nan Eilean =: The West Highland Line

Road To The Isles Dvd: Part One The West Highland Line Between Crianlarich to Fort William, From the Drivers Cab Of A Class 37, With The Caledonian Sleeper
The Mallaig Railway: The West Highland Extension 1897-1901 (RCAHMS Broadsheet)
The New Railway: The Earliest Years of the West Highland Line

The Story of the West Highland

The Story of the West Highland: The 1940s LNER Guide to the Line

The West Highland Railway

The West Highland Railway (Railways of the Scottish Highlands)

The West Highland Railway 120 Years

Trossachs and West Highlands: Exploring the Lost Railways (Local History Series)

Victorian Travel on the West Highland Line: By Mountain, Moor and Loch in 1894

Walks from the West Highland Railway (Cicerone Guide)

West Highland Line: Great Railway Journeys Through Time

West Highland Railway
West Highland Railway (History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands v. 1): West Highland Railway v. 1
West Highland Railway: Plans, Poltics and People