Horseshoe Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Horseshoe Viaduct (1894-)Opened on the West Highland Railway.
Description
This is a single track girder viaduct on a curve of 576 ft, consisting of nine spans of 60 ft. The viaduct is on the Horseshoe Curve, south of Bridge of Orchy and north of County March Summit [West Highland].
The viaduct crosses Allt Kinglass and a land rover track to Loch Lyon familiar to many walkers.
The 'Horseshoe Curve' is well known for the huge meander the railway takes to keep to the same contour, a long curve where, on the way north, the route ahead can be seen on the left and the train will be travelling in exactly the reverse direction, so tight is the curve.
Tags
Viaduct Allt KinglassExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
| Nearby stations Bridge of Orchy Upper Tyndrum Tyndrum [1st] Tyndrum Lower Crianlarich Lower Crianlarich Loch Dochart [Private] Gorton [WHR] Glen Falloch Platform Luib Dalmally Ardlui Killin Junction Loch Awe Rannoch | Gleann Viaduct Lineside Cottage Lineside Cottage County March Summit [West Highland] Tyndrum Summit Tourist/other Beinn Dorain Beinn Odhar Rob Roy^s Putting Stone Beinn Chaorach Meall Buidhe Beinn an Dothaidh Stob nan Clach Beinn a^Chuirn Lochan na Bi Creag Mhor |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
