Lochy Viaduct [Fort William]: Black 5 5305 crosses the Lochy Viaduct in 1990 with The Jacobite. Ben Nevis provides the backdrop and Inverlochy Castle is behind the locomotive.
Ewan Crawford //1990
Lochy Viaduct [Fort William]
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Lochy Viaduct [Fort William] (1895-)Note: text in square brackets is added for clarity and was not part of the location's name.
Opened on the West Highland Railway.Description
This is a single track girder viaduct with four 80ft girders crossing the River Lochy just outside Fort William. A footbridge on the side of the viaduct connects Lochyside and Caol on the north bank to Inverlochy on the south bank. The stone piers are castellated to match the nearby Inverlochy Castle.
The next station south is the terminus at Fort William and to the north is Banavie by the Caledonian Canal.
The viaduct is older than the Mallaig line, being part of the now closed branch to Banavie [1st] station which was extended to Mallaig. Banavie Junction [2nd] was a short distance to the north.
The neighbouring footbridge, just to the west, is on top of the pipe bridge built for the Scottish Pulp and Paper Mills.
Tom-na-Faire Depot is a short distance to the south.
0.5 miles from Fort William Junction.
Local
The bridge crosses at the Castle Pool, named for Old Inverlochy Castle to the immediate east on the south bank.
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Viaduct
| Nearby stations Banavie Banavie Pier Fort William Corpach Fort William [1st] Loch Eil Outward Bound Gairlochy Spean Bridge Locheilside Roy Bridge Invergloy Platform Ballachulish Ferry Ballachulish (Glencoe) Kentallen Glenfinnan | Tom-na-Faire Depot Base Camp Lochaber Aluminium Smelter Ground Frame Inverlochy Footbridge Lochaber Carbon Factory Fort William Junction Yard Lochaber Aluminium Works Fort William Junction Banavie Junction [2nd] Lochaber Smelter Shed Bridge 53 Pipes D, E Tourist/other Old Inverlochy Castle Tom na Faire Viewpoint Ben Nevis Distillery Inverlochy Farm Level Crossing |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
