Rannoch Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Rannoch Viaduct (1894-)Opened on the West Highland Railway.
Description
This is a single track lattice girder viaduct just north of Rannoch station.
The viaduct has an overall length of 684 ft, consisting of 9 girder sections of 70.5 ft. It is the longest viaduct on Craigendoran Junction to Fort William line. The viaduct is on a gentle curve.
The viaduct crosses a deep bog to the north of the station, a viaduct being preferred to attempting to fill the bog for an embankment. The stone for the piers was extracted from the Cruach Cutting, now covered as a protection against drifting snow (Cruach Rock Shed.
Tags
ViaductExternal links
Canmore site recordNLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
| Nearby stations Rannoch Corrour Gorton [WHR] Fersit Halt Bridge of Orchy Tulloch Dalnaspidal Roy Bridge Loch Tay Killin [2nd] Upper Tyndrum Tyndrum [1st] Tyndrum Lower Spean Bridge Luib | Cruach Rock Shed Gaur Viaduct Abhainn Duibhe Viaduct Lubnaclach Lineside Cottage Lubnaclach Gravel Pit Tourist/other Rannoch Hotel Fish Ladder Loch Laidon Soldiers^ Trenches Corrour Old Lodge Lubnaclach Carn Dearg Rannoch Barracks Rannoch Lodge Sgor Gaibhre |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
