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Dingwall And Skye Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![View looking west at Auchterneed station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/306.jpg "Auchterneed")
![Looking west at Fodderty Junction level crossing.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/307.jpg "Fodderty Junction")
![Achnasheen station viewed from the east. The hotel building still stands.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/642.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Achnasheen station hotel viewed after the fire, view looks north.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/643.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Achnasheen station, view looking west, not long after the hotels demolition.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/644.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Achnashellach station viewed from the east.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/645.jpg "Achnashellach")
![Attadale station viewed from the west end.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/647.jpg "Attadale")
![Garve station looking west with two sprinters in snow.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/655.jpg "Garve")
![Above Glencarron Platform, looking west.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/656.jpg "Glencarron")
![Class 37 hauled ballast train running east into Achnasheen station crossing a viaduct by the station. View looks south.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/662.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Class 37 hauled ballast train running east through Stromeferry station. View looks west.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/664.jpg "Stromeferry")
![Sprinter in Stromeferry station. View looks east.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/665.jpg "Stromeferry")
![Class 37 hauled ballast train running east through Strathcarron station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/666.jpg "Strathcarron")
![View looking west at Strathcarron station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/667.jpg "Strathcarron")
![BR Standard Class 4 No.75014 approaching Garve with a special excursion to Kyle of Lochalsh.This loco is now named Braveheart.<br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/1000/1146.jpg "Garve")
![An August 1982 view of Achnasheen on the Inverness/Kyle of Lochalsh line. The signal box, semaphore signals and the goods shed no longer exist although some sidings remain for engineering use. <br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/5000/5776.jpg "Achnasheen")
![A Sprinter heading past Loch a Chuilinn heading for Lochluichart.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/8000/8872.jpg "Lochluichart")
![Southbound Sprinter racing cars by Loch Garve.<br><br>[Beth Crawford //]](/images/8000/8873.jpg "Garve")
![A sprinter at the main level crossing at Dingwall. The crossing is ungated and there have, unfortunately, been some meetings of trains and cars.<br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/9000/9365.jpg "Dingwall")
![A brief respite for this Kyle train behind 5333 in the 1970s. The train is on the short stretch of 1 in 350 gradient through Achterneed, before resuming the battle up the otherwise continuous 1 in 50 from Fodderty Junction to the 458' Ravens Rock summit. A classic climb for 'head-out-of-the-window / right-behind-the-loco' viewing, before sprinterisation took the fun away!<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //]](/images/29000/29362.jpg "Achterneed")
![A class 26 hauled train heading west towards Kyle of Lochalsh in the early 1970s about to enter the Loch Carron avalanche shelter. Located to the south west of Attadale station, the shelter was constructed following a particularly bad rock fall in November 1969. The structure protects both the road and the railway at this point. <br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //]](/images/33000/33349.jpg "Avalanche Shelter")
![A Kyle-bound <I>Hebridean Express</I> charter breasts Ravens Rock summit in the 1970s.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //]](/images/36000/36530.jpg "Ravens Rock Summit")
![View from a train westbound on the Kyle line on the approach to Achanalt around the mid 1960s [with thanks to all who responded to this query].<br><br>[R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) //]](/images/36000/36644.jpg "Achanalt")
![Bird's-eye view of a Kyle of Lochalsh - Inverness train at Ravens Rock summit, west of Achterneed, in the 1970s.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //]](/images/41000/41022.jpg "Ravens Rock Summit")
![The traditional mid-day crossing scene at Achnasheen on a dull day in the 1970s.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //]](/images/41000/41376.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Isolated Achnasheen's now sadly gone hotel dominates this lonely 1970s scene.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //]](/images/41000/41899.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Rush hour at Achanalt post office - Summer 1962.<br><br>[R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) /07/1962]](/images/36000/36552.jpg "Achanalt")
![Trains on the Kyle line pass at Achanalt in July 1962 with the photographer getting a cheery wave from passengers in the observation car [see image 25980].<br><br>[R Sillitto/A Renfrew Collection (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) /07/1962]](/images/38000/38101.jpg "Achanalt")
![Platform scene looking east at Achnasheen on 2 August 1966<br><br>[Dougie Squance (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 02/08/1966]](/images/57000/57726.jpg "Achnasheen")
![The sheer delight (even on a dull day) of the Loch Carron panorama seen from the 'Devon Belle' observation car en route to Kyle in October 1966. Not quite the same these days, looking sideways out of a 158!<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) /10/1966]](/images/41000/41640.jpg "Attadale")
![The former 'Devon Belle' observation car at the rear of the mid-morning Inverness-Kyle train as it pulls out of Garve in the summer of 1967. The overbridge in the background (carrying the Inverness-Ullapool road) has since been replaced by a level crossing.<br>
<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1967]](/images/31000/31725.jpg "Garve")
![The level crossing and closed station at Achterneed seen from the 10.40 Inverness-Kyle train on Saturday 13th April 1968, as it battles into the 1 in 50 gradient towards the Ravens Rock summit. <br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) 13/04/1968]](/images/32000/32322.jpg "Achterneed")
![<I>Scottish Grand Tour No. 9</I> was booked to pass the 11:10 from Kyle of Lochalsh at Garve, giving the opportunity to photograph the tablet exchange as the latter train, headed by D5130, entered the station. The leading locomotive on the rail tour is D5120 which along with D5117 had replaced D5071 and D5342 at Rose Street Junction in Inverness.<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 13/09/1969]](/images/48000/48570.jpg "Garve")
![D5117 and D5120 cross the River Bran between Loch Achanalt and Loch a' Chuilinn on 13 September 1969 with the returning <I>Scottish Grand Tour No. 9.</I> The pair worked the special as far as Inverness where D5342 and D5071 took over for the final leg of the journey back to Edinburgh.<br><br>[Bill Jamieson 13/09/1969]](/images/48000/48715.jpg "Achanalt")
![758 - A Kyle-Inverness train calls at Lochluichart in 1970 - the modern station building, and this new alignment for the railway, were created in 1954 when the original route was flooded for a hydro scheme.<br>
<br><br>[David Spaven //1970]](/images/26000/26911.jpg "Lochluichart")
![A Kyle - Inverness train running between Loch Carron and the then new road near Stromeferry in August 1970.<br><br>[Colin Miller /08/1970]](/images/51000/51486.jpg "Stromeferry")
![<I>Ah, look, there's the bus now... you won't have much further to carry that heavy suitcase... </I>Transport interchange at Garve in the spring of 1971, with the Highland Omnibus service for Ullapool waiting alongside the platform.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1971]](/images/31000/31963.jpg "Garve")
![A Type 2 hauling eight vehicles battles its way up the 1 in 50 to Raven's Rock summit, between Achterneed and Garve, in the spring of 1971. The train is the 10.30am Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh. The shot was used in a publicity brochure published by BR - surprisingly, as closure notices had already been posted - to promote the 1972 tourist season.<br><br>[David Spaven //1971]](/images/35000/35478.jpg "Ravens Rock Summit")
![A Class 24 draws into Achnashellach with a Kyle-bound train in late summer 1971. The attractive station building was sadly demolished a few years later. [See image 10588]<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1971]](/images/40000/40657.jpg "Achnashellach")
![A train from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh arrives at Achnasheen in 1972. The connecting bus service to Gairloch waits alongside the platform to the left.<br>
<br><br>[Colin Miller //1972]](/images/23000/23607.jpg "Achnasheen")
![A fair 'puckle' of business for this Kyle-bound train as it pulls into Strathcarron station in the summer of 1972.<br><br>[David Spaven //1972]](/images/29000/29179.jpg "Strathcarron")
![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.<br><br>[David Hindle //1972]](/images/31000/31921.jpg "Achnasheen")
![A full load for a Class 26 in Spring 1972, with two vans and seven coaches in tow. The train is en route to Inverness near Stromeferry.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1972]](/images/38000/38716.jpg "Stromeferry")
![Platform view west at Achnasheen in 1972.<br><br>[Colin Miller //1972]](/images/41000/41904.jpg "Achnasheen")
![View east from Attadale in August 1972. Note the station still has a siding and loading bank at this time.<br><br>[Colin Miller /08/1972]](/images/35000/35517.jpg "Attadale")
![Plenty of traffic for this Class 24-hauled Kyle of Lochalsh - Inverness train calling at Strathcarron in 1974.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1974]](/images/28000/28399.jpg "Strathcarron")
![Still a multi-purpose train to Kyle in the summer of 1974 - parcels and mail being offloaded from the mid-morning train ex-Inverness at Achnasheen.<br><br>[David Spaven //1974]](/images/29000/29748.jpg "Achnasheen")
![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.<br><br>[David Spaven //1974]](/images/30000/30396.jpg "Strathcarron")
![A Class 24-hauled train for Inverness gets the road to draw into Achnasheen's Up platform in summer 1974.<br><br>[David Spaven //1974]](/images/34000/34971.jpg "Achnasheen")
![A Class 26 hauled Inverness-bound train ready for the off at Strathcarron in summer 1974 - although the offside door is hanging open on the photographer's train for some reason...!<br><br>[David Spaven //1974]](/images/36000/36813.jpg "Strathcarron")
![The way it used to be - the Shieldaig minibus on the eastbound platform at Strathcarron in 1974.<br><br>[David Spaven //1974]](/images/37000/37890.jpg "Strathcarron")
![The avalanche shelter alongside a placid Loch Carron, looking back towards Strome Ferry in Summer 1974.<br><br>[David Spaven //1974]](/images/38000/38452.jpg "Avalanche Shelter")
![A train for Inverness heads up the coast by Loch Carron in summer 1974. The new section of the A890 shown led to rock falls and subsequent construction of the avalanche shelter over the railway - as well as some twisting re-alignments of the rail route further out from the rock face.<br><br>[David Spaven //1974]](/images/39000/39251.jpg "Attadale")
![The railway deviation caused by the landslip-prone new A890 road is just apparent ahead of this train east of Strome Ferry in Summer 1974.<br><br>[David Spaven //1974]](/images/41000/41232.jpg "Stromeferry")
![Achnasheen's under-populated hinterland is the backcloth to the rusting station nameboard in summer 1974.<br><br>[David Spaven //1974]](/images/41000/41562.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Eastern approach to Stromeferry in 1975, with a Howard Doris shunter [see image 28421] in the distance. The yard is a hive of activity with rail and sea freight, much of it destined for the HD oil platform construction yard at Loch Kishorn.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1975]](/images/28000/28821.jpg "Stromeferry")
![Observation car at Achnasheen 1n 1977.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1977]](/images/12000/12900.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Air-conditioned waiting area, Achnasheen, 1977.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1977]](/images/12000/12993.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Passing services on the Kyle line at Achnasheen in 1977 with the observation car in use.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1977]](/images/17000/17774.jpg "Achnasheen")
![The long wait. Achnasheen, 1977.<br><br>[Ian Dinmore //1977]](/images/20000/20018.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Part of the busy Howard Doris fabrication yard at Strome Ferry in 1977, showing one of the two resident Hudswell Clark 0-6-0DM shunters.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1977]](/images/35000/35851.jpg "Stromeferry")
![General view of sidings at the Howard Doris fabrication yard at Strome Ferry in 1977.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1977]](/images/35000/35858.jpg "Stromeferry")
![A Class 26 with a train for Kyle noses into the Loch Carron avalanche shelter on a crisp winter's morning in early 1977.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1977]](/images/41000/41357.jpg "Avalanche Shelter")
![Kyle line services cross at Achnasheen in 1977. Viewed from a BRC&W Class 26 hauled westbound service, a classmate heading for Inverness is seen. Alongside the loco is the now demolished goods shed with the station hotel (later burnt down) behind. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 13/09/1977]](/images/53000/53746.jpg "Achnasheen")
![26011 at the head of a Leeds - Kyle of Lochalsh special on 15 April 1978 crosses 26044 at Strathcarron.<br><br>[David Pesterfield 15/04/1978]](/images/23000/23743.jpg "Strathcarron")
![26033 skirts Loch Carron near Attadale with an Inverness - Kyle service. 5th August 1978.<br><br>[Graeme Blair 05/08/1978]](/images/57000/57476.jpg "Attadale")
![26042 stands at Achnasheen waiting to cross an up train in 1979. <I>(He is definitely taking a picture.)</I><br><br>[John McIntyre //1979]](/images/13000/13881.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Some finer points of the Kyle line's history doubtless being explained by Inspector Jack Rennie, who for many years was the familiar face welcoming summer visitors to the observation car. Other than the track, virtually nothing in this spring 1979 photo at Achnasheen can be seen in 2009 - no observation car, hotel burnt down, signal box and goods shed gone, even the platform is different!<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1979]](/images/26000/26591.jpg "Achnasheen")
![An unexplained movement at Achnasheen in the spring of 1979. A westbound train with observation car seems to have worked wrong line into the station - and what is the locomotive doing?<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1979]](/images/29000/29035.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Approaching Stromeferry in April 1979.<br><br>[John McIntyre /04/1979]](/images/12000/12069.jpg "Stromeferry")
![Hudswell Clarke industrial diesel at Stromeferry in April 1979.<br><br>[John McIntyre /04/1979]](/images/15000/15962.jpg "Stromeferry")
![Trains passing at Garve in 1982.<br><br>[Unknown //1982]](/images/13000/13295.jpg "Garve")
![Strathcarron on a wet August evening in 1982.<br><br>[John Gray /08/1982]](/images/13000/13590.jpg "Strathcarron")
![The avalanche tunnel near Attadale on the line to Kyle of Lochalsh. Looking west from a train in August 1982.<br><br>[John Gray /08/1982]](/images/14000/14697.jpg "Avalanche Shelter")
![Achnasheen viewed from the west in August 1982.<br><br>[John Furnevel Collection /08/1982]](/images/14000/14874.jpg "Achnasheen")
![5025 taking water at Achnasheen before continuing to Kyle of Lochalsh.<br><br>[John Robin 25/09/1982]](/images/6000/6898.jpg "Achnasheen")
![5025 takes water at Achnasheen en route from Inverness to Kyle.<br><br>[John Robin 25/09/1982]](/images/6000/6900.jpg "Achnasheen")
![26024 running into Garve with a train from Kyle of Lochalsh on 25 September 1982 crossing LMS Black 5 no 5025 standing behind the camera.<br><br>[Peter Todd 25/09/1982]](/images/25000/25131.jpg "Garve")
![5025 replenishing its tender from the River Bran at Achnasheen on 25 September 1982. The locomotive was in the process of taking the 1125 ex-Inverness <I>Raven's Rock Express</I> special on to to Kyle of Lochalsh. <br>
<br><br>[Peter Todd 25/09/1982]](/images/25000/25996.jpg "Achnasheen")
![On Saturday 25 September 1982 the Scottish Steam Railtours Group <I>Raven's Rock Express</I> ran from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh. The special was advertised as <I>'The first public steam-hauled run to Kyle after an absence of 20 years'</I>. 5025 is seen here on the bridge over the River Bran at Achnasheen, where it paused to take on water. 37184 hauled the special on the return journey to Inverness.<br><br>[John Robin 25/09/1982]](/images/48000/48908.jpg "Achnasheen")
![View west from a window of the Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh <I>Raven's Rock Express</I> shortly after passing through Lochluichart station on 25 September 1982. Black 5 no 5025 is at the head of the train [see image 48908] [Ref query 6932].<br><br>[John Robin 25/09/1982]](/images/48000/48919.jpg "Lochluichart")
![26024 arrives at Garve with a Kyle - Inverness train on 25 September 1982. Waiting to head west is Black 5 no 5025 with the Scottish Steam Railtours Group <I>Raven's Rock Express</I>. <br><br>[John Robin 25/09/1982]](/images/49000/49744.jpg "Garve")
![The <I>Raven's Rock Express</I> stands at Garve on 25 September 1982 behind 5025. The special, organised by The Scottish Steam Railtours Group, was on its way from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh. [Ref query 35482]<br><br>[John Robin 25/09/1982]](/images/52000/52321.jpg "Garve")
![Black 5 5025 on the bridge over the River Bran just west of the platform at Achnasheen, where it paused to take on water on Saturday 25 September 1982. The locomotive was hauling the Scottish Steam Railtours Group <I>'Raven's Rock Express'</I> from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh. The special was advertised as <I>'The first public steam-hauled run to Kyle after an absence of 20 years'</I>.<br><br>[John Robin 25/09/1982]](/images/53000/53218.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Waiting to head west is Black 5 no 5025 during a photostop at Garve with the <I>Raven's Rock Express</I> on 25 September 1982. The special, organised by the Scottish Steam Railtours Group, was on its way from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh. The load on the station footbridge does look a little worrying. <br><br>[John Robin 29/09/1982]](/images/52000/52609.jpg "Garve")
![Token exchange at Strathcarron in the autumn of 1982, viewed from the cab of 26 046.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) 20/11/1982]](/images/33000/33827.jpg "Strathcarron")
![The heavy rock blasting needed to take the railway on from Strome Ferry to Kyle is evident in this view taken from the cab of 26046 on a Kyle-Inverness passenger service on 20th November 1982.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) 20/11/1982]](/images/41000/41921.jpg "Stromeferry")
![5025 at Strathcarron with train for Kyle in September 1982.<br><br>[John Robin 25/9/1982]](/images/6000/6800.jpg "Strathcarron")
![The afternoon train from Kyle to Inverness pulls out of the once-imposing station at Stromeferry in the summer of 1983. Attached at the rear of the train is ex-GWR coach no 9004 which was used as an observation coach on the line during the summer in the early 1980s. <br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1983]](/images/31000/31945.jpg "Stromeferry")
![26032 and 26044 cross at Achnasheen. View looks west.<br><br>[Graeme Blair 12/04/1983]](/images/57000/57498.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Platform view looking west as a train leaves Garve station for Kyle of Lochalsh in 1984. Bringing up the rear is ex-GWR coach no 9004, in use as an observation car on the line at that time.<br><br>[Colin Miller //1984]](/images/31000/31979.jpg "Garve")
![37419 at Achnasheen in 1987.<br><br>[John McIntyre //1987]](/images/13000/13882.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Class 37 37421 heading for Inverness near Achnasheen<br><br>[Gordon Steel 23/08/1987]](/images/60000/60961.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Kyle - Inverness train at Achnasheen in 1988.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1988]](/images/15000/15662.jpg "Achnasheen")
![A reluctant trainspotter watches a Kyle-Inverness train drift east down the bank through Achterneed (closed 1965) heading for Dingwall in 1988.<br><br>[David Spaven //1988]](/images/27000/27206.jpg "Achterneed")
![Looking east to Garve Station with evidence of track renewals. The looped goods yard had been altered to only be served from the Dingwall end around the time the road bridge to the west of the station was replaced by a level crossing.<br><br>[Bill Roberton //1988]](/images/58000/58353.jpg "Garve")
![Gatebox on the Kyle line between two level crossings in Dingwall. View looks from the east (No 1) LC to the west (No 2) LC.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1989]](/images/16000/16154.jpg "Dingwall")
![Garve looking to Dingwall.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 03/01/1989]](/images/8000/8891.jpg "Garve")
![37416 approaches Achnasheen from the east at dawn.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 03/01/1989]](/images/8000/8937.jpg "Achnasheen")
![37416 at Achnasheen waiting for eastbound train.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 03/01/1989]](/images/8000/8938.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Crossing at Achnasheen<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 03/01/1989]](/images/8000/8939.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Achanalt looking east. This was a two platform station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1994]](/images/10000/10585.jpg "Achanalt")
![Attadale looking east.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1994]](/images/10000/10586.jpg "Attadale")
![Platform view at Achnashellach looking east in 1994. This was originally a two platform station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1994]](/images/10000/10588.jpg "Achnashellach")
![Achnasheen station and hotel seen on a particularly wet night in late 1994. A westbound Sprinter pauses briefly at the station. 'Field of rain' - never a place better named. The hotel was to burn down in 1995 and today it is difficult to believe it was ever there or that there was enough space for it.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 28/12/1994]](/images/41000/41949.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Kyle line services crossing in the snow at Garve on New Year's Eve 1994.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 31/12/1994]](/images/44000/44249.jpg "Garve")
![View west over the new alignment of the railway to the east of Stromeferry station in February 2002, just prior to tracklaying in the aftermath of the mudslide. The original course was very slightly closer to the hillside.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 10/02/2002]](/images/24000/24719.jpg "Stromeferry")
![Stromeferry looking towards Inverness. On the 29th of October 2001 a mudslide closed the Kyle line making Strathcarron the temporary terminus until the line was remade east of Stromeferry. The hillside was cleared, made stable and a new formation built. A temporary level crossing was made at the east end of Stromeferry station (shown here) and an enormous mound of spoil was built up at the closed Howard Doris sidings site.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 10/02/2002]](/images/24000/24720.jpg "Stromeferry")
![Just east of Stromeferry after the mud landslide of November 2001 which closed the line west of Strathcarron. A replacement bus service called at all stations except Duncraig. The original course of the line is closer to the camera, partly covered by tarpaulins. [Editors note: This is one of the images from ECs latest book <I>Kyle of Lochalsh Line : Great Railway Journeys through time</I>]<br>
<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 10/02/2002]](/images/46000/46210.jpg "Stromeferry")
![A wet November day at Garve level crossing in 2003, looking back towards the platforms.<br><br>[John Furnevel 04/11/2003]](/images/2000/2819.jpg "Garve")
![Eastbound service leaves Garve.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 22/07/2004]](/images/13000/13161.jpg "Garve")
![Heading east from Achanalt this Sprinter crosses a famous Bridge.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 22/07/2004]](/images/13000/13162.jpg "Achanalt")
![The 12:36 Kyle to Inverness leaving from platform 1 from Strathcarron after waiting for the Inverness to Kyle sprinter to pass due to the single track lines.<br><br>[Scott MacGregor 05/05/2006]](/images/9000/9102.jpg "Strathcarron")
![47 851 <I>Traction Magazine</I> stands at Strathcarron on 28 May 2006 at the head of an SRPS Railtour to Kyle of Lochalsh.<br><br>[Norman Bews 28/05/2006]](/images/22000/22434.jpg "Strathcarron")
![Waiting in the loop at Strathcarron for the northbound crossing service on 31 March 2007<br><br>[Ian Dinmore 31/03/2007]](/images/31000/31513.jpg "Strathcarron")
![In the early morning light 61994 approaching Dingwall with <I>The Great Britain</I>.<br><br>[John Gray 11/04/2007]](/images/14000/14475.jpg "Dingwall")
![Garve Station viewed from the war memorial.<br><br>[John Gray 11/04/2007]](/images/14000/14476.jpg "Garve")
![The early morning sun shines on 61994 with <I>The Great Britain</I> at Garve.<br><br>[John Gray 11/04/2007]](/images/14000/14477.jpg "Garve")
![The avalanche tunnel near Attadale on the line to Kyle of Lochalsh looking east through heavy rain.<br><br>[John Gray 22/04/2007]](/images/14000/14698.jpg "Avalanche Shelter")
![The basic facilities of Stromeferry station.<br><br>[John Gray 14/04/2008]](/images/18000/18648.jpg "Stromeferry")
![45407 is pictured running fast between Achanalt and Achnasheen with <I>The North Briton</I> on 14 April 2008.<br><br>[John Gray 14/04/2008]](/images/18000/18649.jpg "Achanalt")
![Class K4 2-6-0 No 61994 <I>The Great Marquess</I> runs along the shores of Loch Carron near Attadale with <I>The Great Britain ll</I> railtour on 11 April 2009.<br><br>[John Gray 11/04/2009]](/images/23000/23230.jpg "Attadale")
![K4 61994 <I> The Great Marquess </I> pictured east of Achanalt with <I> The Great Britain II </I>. Loch Achanalt in the background. Sgurr A Mhuilinn (860M) dominates the scene.<br><br>[John Gray 11/04/2009]](/images/23000/23317.jpg "Achanalt")
![The <i>Great Marquess</i> at Achnasheen pausing on the route west to Kyle of Lochalsh with <i>The Great Britain</i> railtour.<br><br>[Hamish Baillie 11/04/2009]](/images/23000/23349.jpg "Achnasheen")
![47786 approaching the platform at Achnashellach on 26 September 2009 at the head of an SRPS Railtour returning from Kyle of Lochalsh to Paisley Gilmour Street. To the right stands the former station master's house.<br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 26/09/2009]](/images/25000/25641.jpg "Achnashellach")
![47826 brings up the rear of an SRPS railtour returning from Kyle of Lochalsh to Paisley Gilmour Street on 26 September 2009. The train is seen here passing through Achnashellach station with 47786 on the leading end.<br><br>[John Furnevel 26/09/2009]](/images/26000/26449.jpg "Achnashellach")
![Platform view west towards Kyle of Lochalsh from Lochluichart in September 2009.<br><br>[John Furnevel 26/09/2009]](/images/26000/26910.jpg "Lochluichart")
![The road to Achnashellach station - part 1. View west, September 2009. [See image 25660]<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/09/2009]](/images/25000/25649.jpg "Achnashellach")
![The road to Achnashellach station - part 2. The level crossing reached via the unclassified road running north from the A890 [see image 25649], seen here on 27 September with the entrance to the platform on the right. The green umbrella on the other side of the crossing stands at the entrance to the drive of the former station master's house (shown in image 25641) where tea, coffee and other refreshments are now available.<br><br>[John Furnevel 27/09/2009]](/images/25000/25660.jpg "Achnashellach")
![In torrential rain a train for Kyle slows at Achnashellach but does not stop as there were no passengers waiting. Achnashellach is a request halt.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 28/09/2009]](/images/25000/25808.jpg "Achnashellach")
![Bound for Kyle Lochalsh. A 158 pulls away from Strathcarron over the open level crossing on a wet 28 September, with the weather not looking much better further west.<br><br>[John Furnevel 28/09/2009]](/images/26000/26094.jpg "Strathcarron")
![The 1203 ex-Kyle of Lochalsh meets the 1101 ex-Inverness at Strathcarron on 28 September 2009.<br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 28/09/2009]](/images/26000/26359.jpg "Strathcarron")
![A morning train for Kyle of Lochalsh arrives at Strathcarron on 28 September 2009.<br><br>[John Furnevel 28/09/2009]](/images/26000/26806.jpg "Strathcarron")
![Wet day at Strathcarron on 28 September 2009 as the 1101 ex-Inverness pulls away from the platform and crosses the A890 with approximately 20 miles to go to reach its final destination at Kyle of Lochalsh. <br><br>[John Furnevel 28/09/2009]](/images/29000/29213.jpg "Strathcarron")
![Nice day for a walk... at least it was when we set out! A fine misty rain arrives from the west near Strathcarron station on a Monday afternoon in late September 2009, just as the 11.01 ex-Inverness passes by on its way to Kyle of Lochalsh.<br><br>[John Furnevel 28/09/2009]](/images/45000/45339.jpg "Strathcarron")
![View north east from Attadale station on the south shore of Loch Carron on 29 September 2009... in the rain<br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 29/09/2009]](/images/25000/25687.jpg "Attadale")
![A Kyle bound morning train approaches Glen Carron Platform (closed) from the east. Trains look very small in this landscape.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 29/09/2009]](/images/25000/25809.jpg "Glencarron Platform")
![Looking to Inverness at the old Lochluichart station closed when the line was diverted in 1954. The platform edge ran along the trees to the right and the loading bank can be seen in the distant left. Loch Luichart is off to the right and the deviation line and new station are off to the left. The station building and stationmaster's house were demolished but the approach road to this station still exists and is now used for access to a small pier - of course it crosses the deviation railway at a level crossing today. I think the platform edge has been removed, but it's difficult to tell in all that undergrowth.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 29/09/2009]](/images/26000/26292.jpg "Lochluichart")
![Looking east from Lochluichart at the <i>two</i> Kyle lines. In the foreground is the original route abandoned when Loch Luichart was dammed (the Conon Valley power scheme) and to the left is the deviation on higher ground opened in 1954. The loch is out of shot to the right. Lochluichart station was closed and replaced by another on the deviation complete with goods siding. The older station platform remains, very overgrown, but the goods loading bank, left, is much easier to find. The present station was closed to goods in 1964 and is the third Lochluichart station, there being a private halt at a different site originally. It occurs to me that this overgrown trackbed is what the Kyle Line would now look like had it not survived the many attempts at closure.<br /><br /> It is interesting to note that today the disused trackbed is above water level, but only just.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 29/09/2009]](/images/26000/26293.jpg "Lochluichart")
![Rock falls are an ever present hazard on parts of the Kyle line. Along the shore of Loch Carron, between Attadale and Ardnarff, a particularly bad fall on 16 November 1969 resulted in closure of the line for almost 4 months. It was as a result of this incident that an avalanche shelter was constructed which now protects both the railway and the road here [see image 33349]. Note the steel <I>netting</I> which is used extensively on rock faces along stretches of the line. Scene on 29 September 2009, with a car about to enter the shelter heading west towards Stromeferry. <br><br>[John Furnevel 29/09/2009]](/images/26000/26319.jpg "Avalanche Shelter")
![The 1203 Kyle of Lochalsh - Inverness train restarts from Stromeferry on 29 September 2009.<br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 29/09/2009]](/images/26000/26467.jpg "Stromeferry")
![Happy hikers arriving at Achnashellach off the 1715 ex-Kyle of Lochalsh on 29 September 2009. The smiles are probably a mixture of surprise and recognition on seeing the eejit with the camera. The 2 ladies had arrived from Cambridge the previous Saturday for a week and had left their cars at home. (We were in neighbouring holiday cottages near the station.) Apart from walking extensively each day, they resorted to trains and hitch-hiking as required - weather was no dererrent to this pair!<br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 29/09/2009]](/images/26000/26766.jpg "Achnashellach")
![The 'road' approach to Achnashellach station from the north in September 2009 with the foot-crossing much used by walkers.<br><br>[John Furnevel 29/09/2009]](/images/31000/31714.jpg "Achnashellach")
![Protecting rail and road traffic. The avalanche shelter alongside Loch Carron, south west of Attadale station, seen here on 29 September 2009, looking east. [See image 26319]<br><br>[John Furnevel 29/09/2009]](/images/35000/35516.jpg "Avalanche Shelter")
![A westbound service approaches the closed Glencarron Platform on 30 September as it passes by Loch Sgamhain. <br><br>[Ewan Crawford 30/09/2009]](/images/26000/26023.jpg "Glencarron Platform")
![The 11.01 Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh train pulls away from Achnasheen station under threatening clouds on 1 October 2009 and heads west onto the bridge across the River Bran.<br><br>[John Furnevel /10/2009]](/images/31000/31461.jpg "Achnasheen")
![158708 on the level crossing over the A835 about to run into Garve station during a downpour on 1 October 2009. The train is the 1443 Kyle of Lochalsh - Inverness.<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/10/2009]](/images/25000/25670.jpg "Garve")
![An Inverness bound train approaches Attadale. The tiny halt can just be seen in the distant left of centre. At one stage this was the intended western terminus of the line. Loch Carron is not particularly deep here and fortunately the line was continued further west to Stromeferry.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 01/10/2009]](/images/25000/25806.jpg "Attadale")
![The 1101 service from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh drifts into Achnasheen station on 1 October 2009.<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/10/2009]](/images/25000/25906.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Afternoon train leaving Achnasheen for Kyle of Lochalsh on 1 October 2009 crossing the bridge over the River Bran just west of the station.<br>
<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/10/2009]](/images/25000/25995.jpg "Achnasheen")
![Sign language, Achanalt, 1 October 2009.<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/10/2009]](/images/26000/26184.jpg "Achanalt")
![The 1101 ex-Inverness about to leave Achnasheen on 1 October for Kyle of Lochalsh.<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/10/2009]](/images/26000/26207.jpg "Achnasheen")
![The 1443 Kyle of Lochalsh - Inverness stands at Garve on 1 October 2009.<br><br>[John Furnevel 01/10/2009]](/images/26000/26727.jpg "Garve")
![Entrance to Achanalt station in October 2009. View south over the car park alongside the A832 road. <br><br>[John Furnevel 01/10/2009]](/images/31000/31515.jpg "Achanalt")
![Approaching Strathcarron from the west is this unusual and eyecatching information sign. The engine depicted is definitely not a Skye Bogie and could be of Churchward origin.<br><br>[John Gray 12/04/2010]](/images/28000/28491.jpg "Strathcarron")
![After a water stop at Achnasheen on 19 April, K4 no 61994 <I> The Great Marquess </I> nears the summit of the long climb west from the station with <I> The Great Britain IV </I> special on its way to Kyle of Lochalsh.<br><br>[John Gray 19/04/2011]](/images/33000/33727.jpg "Achnasheen")
![West of Lochluichart Station the railway crosses a bridge where the River Bran meets Loch Luichart. On 19 April K4 61994 <I> The Great Marquess </I> takes <I> The Great Britain IV </I> over the bridge on its way to Kyle of Lochalsh.<br><br>[John Gray 19/04/2011]](/images/33000/33730.jpg "Lochluichart")
![The driver of K4 61994 <I>The Great Marquess</I> shuts off steam as he nears Raven's Rock Summit west of Achterneed on 19 April with the GBIV excursion to Kyle of Lochalsh.<br>
<br><br>[John Gray 19/04/2011]](/images/33000/33845.jpg "Ravens Rock Summit")
![Sparkling Deltic no 55 022 <I>Royal Scots Grey</I> climbs the 1 in 50 gradient between Fodderty Junction and Achterneed on 28 May hauling the SRPS <I>Kyle Crusader</I> railtour to Kyle of Lochalsh.<br><br>[John Gray 28/05/2011]](/images/34000/34266.jpg "Achterneed")
![Sunday 18 March was a pleasant early Spring day and, with the sun lighting up the landscape, 158708 is pictured near Achanalt on its way to Kyle of Lochalsh.<br><br>[John Gray 18/03/2012]](/images/38000/38236.jpg "Achanalt")
![A Kyle of Lochalsh - Inverness service arriving at Achnasheen on 9 April 2012.<br><br>[Kevin McCartney 09/04/2012]](/images/38000/38318.jpg "Achnasheen")
![A break in the clouds allows the sun to shine on Black 5 No 45305 as it nears Luib Summit with the <I>Great Britain V</I> on 23 April. (The locomotive is missing the GB V headboard.)<br><br>[John Gray 23/04/2012]](/images/38000/38666.jpg "Luib Summit")
![158702 approaches the station at Achnasheen on 7th July on a service for Kyle. There is a passing loop here and both platforms are in use. In the foreground the bed of the River Bran can be seen, evidence of the prolonged dry weather in NW Scotland in 2012. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 07/07/2012]](/images/39000/39666.jpg "Achnasheen")
![158715 on a Kyle to Inverness service crosses the A890 at Balnacra between Strathcarron and Achnashellach. A railwaymen's halt was located here at one time but no public station.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 07/07/2012]](/images/39000/39751.jpg "Balnacra Level Crossing")
![The evening Sunday service from Inverness to Kyle passes tiny Attadale station as it runs alongside the head of Loch Carron. As the 158 ran along the jointed track it could be clearly heard all over the glen.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 08/07/2012]](/images/39000/39553.jpg "Attadale")
![A Kyle bound Class 158 approaches the avalanche shelter near Attadale, as seen from the north shore of Loch Carron. There are only two trains each way on this line on Sundays and this unit will stay at the terminus overnight before forming the early morning service to Inverness on Monday.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 08/07/2012]](/images/39000/39557.jpg "Attadale")
![The 1715 from Kyle to Inverness approaches Stromeferry negotiating the sharp curves along the shore of Loch Carron. 158705 was photographed from the ruined Strome Castle on the opposite bank, near where the car ferry crossed the loch narrows until the new A road was built alongside the southern shore in the late 1960s.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 10/07/2012]](/images/39000/39561.jpg "Stromeferry")
![Stromeferry station, as seen across tidal Loch Carron, from Strome Castle on the north bank. 158705 has just called on its way to Inverness with the 1715hrs from Kyle. In front of the station is the slipway of the old car ferry, replaced by the A-road from Strathcarron in the 1960s. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 10/07/2012]](/images/40000/40540.jpg "Stromeferry")
![Strathcarron station, a lovely spot, sees trains cross twice a day. This view in July 2012 shows 158715 heading for Kyle with 158719 eastbound for Inverness. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 11/07/2012]](/images/39000/39581.jpg "Strathcarron")
![A Kyle to Inverness service heading east alongside Loch Carron in July 2012. 158715 enters the avalanche shelter at Attadale, with the station of the same name in the inlet just around the next headland.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 11/07/2012]](/images/39000/39845.jpg "Avalanche Shelter")
![Loch Carron is <I>mill pond smooth</I> at high tide as 158715 approaches the avalanche shelter near Attadale. The train is running on the reclaimed land which pushed the railway further out into the loch when the road was built between it and the cliff face in the 1960s. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 11/07/2012]](/images/40000/40219.jpg "Avalanche Shelter")
![Inverness based 158715 crosses the A890 main road as it leaves Strathcarron heading for Kyle of Lochalsh. From here the road runs alongside the railway almost all the way to Stromeferry with a number of vantage points. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 11/07/2012]](/images/40000/40669.jpg "Strathcarron")
![The small request stop at Attadale, near the shore of Loch Carron, often sees trains passing straight through but on this occasion 158707 has stopped to allow passengers to alight. The Class 158 is on an Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh service. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 11/07/2012]](/images/40000/40948.jpg "Attadale")
![Kyle of Lochalsh bound 158707 heads away from the camera after calling at Attadale Halt with an afternoon service from Inverness in July 2012. Taken from the north (sea loch) side, with the A890 road on the other side of the line. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 11/07/2012]](/images/43000/43138.jpg "Attadale")
![The 1757 Inverness to Kyle service runs alongside the A890 just west of Strathcarron station. 158707 was photographed in between courses at the (recommended) Carron Restaurant that overlooks the line at this point. The unit will stable overnight in Kyle and form the early morning service back to Inverness.<br><br>[Mark Bartlett 13/07/2012]](/images/39000/39636.jpg "Strathcarron")
![There may not be much traction variety on the Kyle line but there are plenty of opportunities to get close to the lineside, not least around Strathcarron and Attadale. 158707 runs between the road and tidal Loch Carron as it heads for Kyle with the last train of the day, the 1757 from Inverness, on 13 July 2012. <br><br>[Mark Bartlett 13/07/2012]](/images/41000/41141.jpg "Strathcarron")
![A Kyle to Inverness Sprinter service approaching Strathcarron on a wet and overcast 14 March 2013.<br><br>[Brian Smith 14/03/2013]](/images/43000/43369.jpg "Strathcarron")
![After a lengthy pause at Achnasheen the Great Britain continues east. The train is seen here at the east end of Loch a' Chuillinn midway between Achanalt and Lochluichart.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/04/2013]](/images/43000/43301.jpg "Lochluichart")
![Thirsty? A water tanker meets Black 5 44871 with <I>Great Britain VI</I> at Achnasheen station on 26 April 2013.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 26/04/2013]](/images/44000/44727.jpg "Achnasheen")
![A view of the avalanche shelter alongside Loch Carron which protects both the road and railway line. Taken whilst waiting to access the single track road tunnel in June 2013. <br><br>[David Pesterfield 20/06/2013]](/images/43000/43514.jpg "Avalanche Shelter")
![<I>The Highlands and Islands Explorer</I> photographed west of Achnasheen on Sunday 11 May, with the rain continuing to sheet down. Black Five No.45407 is leaving for Kyle of Lochalsh after a water stop.<br><br>[John Gray 11/05/2014]](/images/47000/47334.jpg "Achnasheen")
![DRS 37607 and 37218 pile on the power as they start the climb out of Garve over the level crossing on 4 April 2015 with the 1Z69 Pathfinder Tour to Kyle of Lochalsh.<br><br>[John Gray 04/04/2015]](/images/50000/50900.jpg "Garve")
![A cheery toot of the horn and a thumbs up from the cab of 66104 as it climbs away from the site of Fodderty Junction on 21 June with five ballast hoppers for Garve.<br><br>[John Gray 21/06/2015]](/images/51000/51773.jpg "Fodderty Junction")
![Black 5 No.44871 is pictured between Achanalt and Achnasheen with the GB IX trip to Kyle of Lochalsh.The River Bran in the background.<br><br>[John Gray /05/2016]](/images/55000/55414.jpg "Achanalt")
![Black 5 No.44871 heading west to Kyle of Lochalsh with The Great Britain IX ,nearing the summit at Luib.<br><br>[John Gray 02/05/2016]](/images/55000/55476.jpg "Luib Summit")
![A Kyle of Lochalsh service crawling towards Dingwall middle crossing on 15th March 2017.<br><br>[Brian Smith 15/03/2017]](/images/58000/58480.jpg "Dingwall Middle Level Crossing")
![K1 No.62005 heads * The Great Britain X * to Kyle of Lochalsh.Pictured<br>
approaching Achnasheen.The peaks in the background are Sgurr<br>
a'Choire-Rainich 848M and Sgurr a'Ghlas Leathaid 844M.<br><br>[John Gray 06/05/2017]](/images/59000/59196.jpg "Achnasheen")
![K1 No.62005 hauls * The Great Britain X * up the gradient towards Luib<br>
Summit on the way to Kyle of Lochalsh. Loch Gowan is in the background.<br><br>[John Gray 06/05/2017]](/images/59000/59200.jpg "Luib Crossing")
