RAILSCOT | Leachabhuidh No 79 Tunnel

Leachabhuidh No 79 Tunnel

Location type

Tunnel

Name and dates

Leachabhuidh No 79 Tunnel (1901-)

Opened on the Mallaig Extension (West Highland Railway).

Description

This is a single track tunnel, the western of two tunnels just west of Lech-a-vuie Platform and east of Loch Eilt. It is 66 yards long.

The distance between the tunnels is very short, Leachabhuidh No 78 Tunnel is immediately to the east.

Tags

Tunnel

Nearby stations Lech-a-vuie Platform Glenfinnan Lochailort Locheilside Beasdale Arisaig Loch Eil Outward Bound Morar Mallaig Corpach Fort William [1st] Fort William Banavie Banavie Pier Kentallen	Leachabhuidh No 78 Tunnel Allt Lon a^ Mhuidhe Pneumatic Power Station East Loch Eilt Navvy Camp Abhainn Shlatach Navvy Camp Brein Choille Navvy Camp Queen^s Tree Glenfinnan Viaduct Arienskill Bridge Craigag No 62 Tunnel Tourist/other Glenfinnan Pier St Mary and St Finnan^s Church Loch Sheil Glenfinnan Monument Loch Eilt Craigag Lodge
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.

Books

A Mallaig Boyhood (Flashbacks)

All Stations to Mallaig!: West Highland Line Since Nationalisation

Captains and Commanders: Memoirs of a Scottish West Coast Fisherman

Chapels of the Rough Bounds

Highland Steam: A Scrapbook of Images from the 'Kyle, Mallaig and Highland Lines

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

Landranger (40) Mallaig & Glenfinnan, Loch Shiel (OS Landranger Map)

Mallaig Line: An Illustrated History and Guide

Old Mallaig, Morar and Arisaig

On West Highland Lines

Railway World Special: Fort William and Mallaig

Railway World Special: West Highland Lines

Rannan Rathad Iarainn nan Eilean =: The West Highland Line

Steam to Mallaig

The Mallaig Railway

The Mallaig Railway: The West Highland Extension 1897-1901 (RCAHMS Broadsheet)

The Story of the West Highland

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

The West Highland Mallaig Extension in B.R.Days

The West Highland Railway

The West Highland Railway (Railways of the Scottish Highlands)

The West Highland Railway 120 Years

Walks from the West Highland Railway (Cicerone Guide)

West Highland Extension: 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