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30/11/2021 Highland train passengers told to expect delays due to heavy rain speed restrictions [Press and Journal] Passengers have been told to expect travel delays as speed restrictions are put in place on certain Highland train routes. (Permalink) Glenfinnan Kyle Line Kyle of Lochalsh Loch Awe Lochailort Rain Speed restrictions Stromeferry Taynuilt Weather West Highland Lines Lochailort: Damage at a remote location near Lochailort station. Network Rail /06/2020 Press and Journal
09/04/2021 Here are 12 beautiful views you can see from train journeys around Scotland [Scotsman] There's a certain romance to train travel and in Scotland we are lucky enough to have some of the worlds most picturesque rail journeys. (Permalink) Beasdale Bowland Connel Ferry Forth Bridge Glen Falloch Glenfinnan Kyle of Lochalsh Loch Awe Picturesque ScotRail Taynuilt Tyndrum Scotsman
29/06/2014 Rail warning system 'ears' can hear landslide [Scotsman] Electronic 'ears' have been installed along one of Scotland's most landslide-prone train lines in a pioneering project that could protect rail tracks and roads across Scotland. The fibre-optic cables are a modern-day replacement for a Victorian rockfall warning system in the steep-sided Pass of Brander on the Glasgow-Oban line. The UK first is being tested on the route below Ben Cruachan, where in 2010 a ScotRail train nearly plunged down a 50ft embankment after hitting a fallen boulder and derailing. A tripwire system built by engineer John Anderson in 1882, in which falling rocks trigger line-side signals, did not detect the boulder because it fell from lower down the slope. (Permalink) Derailment Landslide Loch Awe Pass of Brander Rockfall ScotRail West Highland Lines Pass of Brander Stone Signals: View from the roadside of the stone signals at the Pass of Brander. Should a rock fall occur then a series of wires that run along this stretch of line automatically throw the semaphore signals to Dan ... Colin Harkins 15/02/2009 Awe Crossing: 37 405 heading west from Loch Awe to the Pass of Brander. The signals are part of Anderson's Piano which detects rockfalls. Ewan Crawford //1990 Loch Treig: GBRf 66734 'The Eco Express' lying alongside Loch Trieg on 4 July 2012 following derailment in the aftermath of a landslip on 28 June. The locomotive will be particularly difficult to recover f ... John Gray 04/07/2012 Scotsman
18/07/2012 Passengers escape uninjured in two separate landslide incidents on Scotlands railways [Scotsman] Nearly 70 passengers and crew escaped uninjured when their ScotRail train hit a landslide beside Loch Awe in Argyll on the Oban-Glasgow line at lunchtime today. - Oban-Glasgow train hits landslide by Loch Awe - Passengers returned to Oban - Train carriage derails in separate incident in Fife (Permalink) Landslide Loch Awe Pass of Brander ScotRail West Highland Lines Loch Awe: View west from Loch Awe station footbridge in February 2009. Norman Bews /02/2009 Falls of Cruachan: The lonely looking platform bench at Falls of Cruachan Station in April 2005. Loch Awe can be glimpsed below through the trees on the left. John Furnevel 15/04/2005 Falls of Cruachan: Rock fall detection signal at Falls of Cruachan, part of the Anderson's Piano system. Ian Dinmore // Scotsman Mail BBC News
14/07/2011 Rock fall calls after Argyll train derailment [BBC News] Rail accident investigators have said procedures for identifying and guarding against rock falls should be tightened after a train derailment in Argyll. (Permalink) Derailment Falls of Cruachan Loch Awe Pass of Brander Rock Fall Falls of Cruachan: Falls of Cruachan after re-opening showing the old station shelter. Ewan Crawford //1988 Falls of Cruachan: The lonely looking platform bench at Falls of Cruachan Station in April 2005. Loch Awe can be glimpsed below through the trees on the left. John Furnevel 15/04/2005 Falls of Cruachan: Rock fall detection signal at Falls of Cruachan, part of the Anderson's Piano system. Ian Dinmore // BBC News
26/04/2011 Thank you ceremony for staff from Loch Awe train crash [Oban Times] A ceremony to thank the train driver and railway assistant in the Loch Awe train derailment last year will be held in Oban on the anniversary of the crash. (Permalink) Derailment Falls of Cruachan Loch Awe Oban Pass of Brander Rock Fall Oban Times
19/11/2010 Argyll train derailment driver honoured [BBC] A train driver has been honoured for his part in securing the safety of 60 passengers following a derailment in Argyll earlier this year (Permalink) Derailment Falls of Cruachan Loch Awe Pass of Brander Rock Fall Falls of Cruachan: Soggy passengers look east at Falls of Cruachan. Note semaphore signal part of Andersons Piano - a rockfall protection system. Ewan Crawford //1988 Falls of Cruachan: The lonely looking platform bench at Falls of Cruachan Station in April 2005. Loch Awe can be glimpsed below through the trees on the left. John Furnevel 15/04/2005 Falls of Cruachan: Rock fall detection signal at Falls of Cruachan, part of the Anderson's Piano system. Ian Dinmore // BBC
14/06/2010 Track reopens after derailment [BBC News] Rail services in Argyll return to normal after a section of track closed by last week's train derailment reopens. (Permalink) Derailment Falls of Cruachan Loch Awe Pass of Brander Rock Fall Falls of Cruachan: Falls of Cruachan after re-opening showing the old station shelter. Ewan Crawford //1988 Falls of Cruachan: The lonely looking platform bench at Falls of Cruachan Station in April 2005. Loch Awe can be glimpsed below through the trees on the left. John Furnevel 15/04/2005 Falls of Cruachan: Rock fall detection signal at Falls of Cruachan, part of the Anderson's Piano system. Ian Dinmore // BBC News