Date: 30/01/2011

PASSENGERS on Scotland's best-loved railway who are already enduring long delays at stations and trees obscuring the views have been hit with a new discomfort - freezing carriages.

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Chill wind blows on Highland rail line

Scotland on Sunday

PASSENGERS on Scotland's best-loved railway who are already enduring long delays at stations and trees obscuring the views have been hit with a new discomfort - freezing carriages.

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