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Visitors to the West Highland Line can step off the train and back in time thanks to a series of walks from stations based on an audio play. 'Benighted on the Moor' was commissioned by the West Highland Community Rail Partnership (CRP) to highlight how the coming of the railway to Fort William brought not ...
(Permalink) Benighted on the Moor Bridge of Orchy Corrour Gorton Loch Treig Loch Tulla Rannoch Rannoch Moor Tulloch West Highland Community Rail Partnership


Corrour Summit: B1 No. 61306 'Mayflower' and 37685 'Loch Arkaig' top and tail the southbound 'Steam Dreams - Highlands and Islands Explorer', nearing Corrour Summit. Corrour Station is in the distance. 15th May 2019. ...
John Gray 15/05/2019


Rannoch Viaduct: 37408 and 402 cross Rannoch Viaduct with a southbound service. The camping coach, left of the station, is on the site of a former long siding.
Bill Roberton //1987


Gorton Bothy: The shepherd's cottage at Gorton where, in 1889, Charles Forman, James Bulloch, J.E. Harrison, John Bett, Major Martin and N.B. McKenzie were to take shelter after the party walking the route of the p ...
Ewan Crawford //1994

Network Rail engineers have completed a £7m project to improve the West Highland Line for passengers.
(Permalink) Bridge of Orchy Corrour Gorton Nevis Viaduct Rannoch Tulloch Upper Tyndrum


Rowantree Lineside Cottage: Network Rail engineers have completed a £7m project to improve the West Highland Line for passengers. Over the course of 9 days, our engineering teams worked round-the-clock to replace more t ...
Network Rail /04/2022

Argyll and Bute Council is looking for a buyer for the former Bridge of Orchy Primary School and Schoolhouse. Situated on a prominent 0.41-acre site close to the villages railway station, the property offers an ideal base for a residential or commercial development. The main property consists of the schoolhouse and annex. [The original school building opened in 1898, following a population rise with the opening of the West Highland Railway. -RS]
(Permalink) Bridge of Orchy

A landslide has shut part of a world-renowned Scottish rail line - a day after another slip has lead to the closure of an iconic Highlands road.
(Permalink) Bridge of Orchy Caledonian Sleeper Landslide ScotRail Weather West Highland Railway cancellations

ScotRail, Caledonian Sleeper and freight services on the West Highland Line have been affected.
(Permalink) Bridge of Orchy Caledonian Sleeper Landslide ScotRail Weather West Highland Railway cancellations

Two Highlands railway lines remain shut today due to severe weather yesterday and overnight.
(Permalink) Attadale Bridge of Orchy Landslide

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