Date: 26/04/2014

BALLOCHMYLE Viaduct, the UK’s highest railway bridge, which featured in the Tom Cruise film Mission Impossible, won a major award today from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). The 177ft (54m) Ayrshire crossing, whose track is higher than the Forth Bridge’s, has been designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark after being upgraded to carry heavier coal trains. [From John Yellowlees]

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BALLOCHMYLE Viaduct, the UK’s highest railway bridge, which featured in the Tom Cruise film Mission Impossible, won a major award today from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).

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A view of the 1848 Ballochmyle viaduct, seen here looking back from the brake van of the Catrine goods on 30 September 1963. [See image 59257]
Location: Ballochmyle Viaduct
Company: Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
30/09/1963 John Robin

The Ballochmyle Viaduct civil engineering landmark plaque unveiled by Provost Jim Todd and ICE President Geoff French on 25 April 2014 [see image 59257].
Location: Ballochmyle Viaduct
Company: Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
25/04/2014 John Yellowlees