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Oil transport switch from rail to road slammed [Press and Journal]

Date: 05/04/2017

In a cost-cutting move announced yesterday, oil will now be brought to the Scottish Fuels depot in Fort William by road instead of rail, resulting in tankers making hundreds of deliveries each year using the notorious trunk road.
The oil for the local depot mainly comes from Grangemouth and the decision to switch from rail to road has been slammed by a local transport group, claiming the A82 can not cope with the present volume of traffic.

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The last train transporting oil to Lochaber has pulled into the sidings - paving the way for more traffic on the A82.

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156476 heads for Glasgow Queen Street, having reversed at Fort William, on a late afternoon service from Mallaig. On the left 66090 has just drawn four tanks out of the oil terminal yard and is waiting to reverse back onto the main line prior to following the Sprinter over the West Highland line.
Location: Fort William Junction
Company: West Highland Railway
18/05/2010 Mark Bartlett

156453 and 156447 run past the oil depot on their approach to Fort William station on the 10.10 ex Mallaig to Glasgow service on 25 June.
Location: Fort William Junction
Company: West Highland Railway
25/06/2013 David Pesterfield

Across the Wasteland: the northbound bauxite and oil tanks for Fort William run north towards Corrour (an hour earlier than scheduled). Viewed from just south of Lubnaclach.
Location: Corrour
Company: West Highland Railway
15/02/2010 Ewan Crawford

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