Kyle line archaeology explored [Railscot]





Date: 30/03/2011

INITIAL findings of a project to explore the archaeology of the Inverness-Kyle of Lochalsh line are now on display at Kyle of Lochalsh and Achnasheen.


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Kyle line trains, hauled by BRCW Type 2 Class 26 locos, cross at Achnasheen in the summer of 1972. View from the Kyle bound train as the driver of the Inverness working hands over the single line token.
Location: Achnasheen
Company: Dingwall and Skye Railway
//1972 David Hindle
Trains crossing at Strathcarron station following a shower of rain in the summer of 1974. Approaching the camera is a Class 26 hauled service from Kyle of Lochalsh bound for Inverness.
Location: Strathcarron
Company: Dingwall and Skye Railway
//1974 David Spaven


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