Tyndrum Summit

Location type

Place

Name and dates

Tyndrum Summit (1877-)

Where: Stirling
Opened on the Callander and Oban Railway.

Description

This summit, of 840 ft, is west of Tyndrum Lower on the Oban portion of the West Highland Line, formerly the Callander and Oban Railway.


Nearby stations
Tyndrum Lower
Tyndrum [1st]
Upper Tyndrum
Crianlarich Lower
Crianlarich
Bridge of Orchy
Loch Dochart [Private]
Glen Falloch Platform
Ardlui
Luib
Dalmally
Gorton [WHR]
Loch Awe
Killin Junction
Inveruglas
Tyndrum Lead Shed and Mill
Tyndrum Mines Loading Point [1st]
Tyndrum Incline
Tyndrum Lead Mines Tip [1st]
Tyndrum Lead Mines [Lower] [1st]
Tyndrum Lead Mines [Upper] [1st]
Tyndrum Goods Junction
Glengarry Lead Smelter
Cononish Viaduct
County March Summit [West Highland]
Auchtertyre Viaduct
Tourist/other
Lochan na Bi
Meall Buidhe
Dalrigh [Tyndrum]
Beinn Odhar
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Books


A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North of Scotland v. 15 (Regional railway history series)

Birth and Death of a Highland Railway: Ballachulish Line

Caledonian Railway

Caledonian Routes 3: Stirling to Crianlarich - DVD - Oakwood Press

Callander & Oban Railway Through Time

Callander and Oban Railway (Library of Railway History)

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: Callander and Oban Railway v. 4

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: Callander and Oban Railway v. 4

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

Oban 1898: Argyllshire Sheet 98.07 (Old Ordnance Survey Maps of Argyllshire)

On West Highland Lines

Railway World Special: West Highland Lines

Scotland’s Lost Branch Lines: Where Beeching Got It Wrong

Scottish Central Railway (Oakwood Library of Railway History)

The Birth and Death of a Highland Railway: Ballachulish Line

The Caledonian, Scotland's Imperial Railway: A History

Trossachs and West Highlands: Exploring the Lost Railways (Local History Series)

Walks from the West Highland Railway (Cicerone Guide)