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Auchtertyre Viaduct

Location type

Bridge

Name and dates

Auchtertyre Viaduct (1894-)

Opened on the West Highland Railway.

Description

This is a 300 ft single track lattice girder viaduct on a gentle curve. The viaduct has a 101 ft central span and four 40 ft spans.

The viaduct is between Upper Tyndrum and Crianlarich, closer to Tyndrum.

Local

St Fillan's Priory, long ruined, was to the south east of the viaduct.

Tags

Viaduct

Nearby stations Upper Tyndrum Tyndrum [1st] Tyndrum Lower Crianlarich Lower Crianlarich Glen Falloch Platform Bridge of Orchy Luib Ardlui Killin Junction Gorton [WHR] Dalmally Glenoglehead Crossing Inveruglas Killin [2nd]	Ewich Viaduct Cononish Viaduct Glengarry Lead Smelter Tyndrum Goods Junction Inverhaggernie Viaduct Tyndrum Summit Tyndrum Lead Mine Crianlarich West Box Lower Crianlarich Junction County March Summit [West Highland] Tourist/other St Fillan's Priory Dalrigh Tyndrum Ben Challum South peak Ben Challum Lochan na Bi
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