Steam operates services on the Fort William to Mallaig Line





Date: 02/10/2001

Sprinter services were replaced by steam services to mark the centenary of the Mallaig Extension Line. Sadly the weather was not all it could have been.


External links

RAILSCOT | Mallaig Extension Railway

Mallaig Extension Railway

BBC Website

Steam-hauled locomotives take passengers on a trip back in time to mark 100 years of a Scottish rail line.

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