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Invergarry And Fort Augustus Railway
All photographs of this railway in date order.
![Looking north at the former Aberchalder station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/566.jpg "Aberchalder")
![Cutting between Fort Augustus station and Fort Augustus Pier station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/567.jpg "Fort Augustus Pier")
![Looking east towards Fort Augustus station where the Caledonian Canal was crossed via a swing bridge by the Fort Augustus Pier branch. The canal is drained for annual maintenance in the view.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/568.jpg "Fort Augustus")
![Looking south over the former Gairlochy station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/569.jpg "Gairlochy")
![Looking north at the site of Invergloy platform.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/570.jpg "Invergloy")
![Looking north at the site of Invergarry station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/571.jpg "Invergarry")
![Looking north at the site of Letterfinlay passing loop.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/572.jpg "Letterfinlay")
![Looking north over Fort Augustus Pier station and pier by Loch Ness.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/573.jpg "Fort Augustus Pier")
![Only remaining section of platform at Fort Augustus station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/574.jpg "Fort Augustus")
![Looking north beside Gairlochy along the former trackbed of the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/575.jpg "Gairlochy")
![Looking south towards the former viaduct at Fort Augustus on the Fort Augustus Pier branch.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/0/576.jpg "Oich Viaduct")
![Cattle creep near Aberchalder, 28/07/05.<br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/4000/4885.jpg "Aberchalder")
![An aqueduct for diverting water away from the line. There are two of these. The state of the trackbed can also be seen.<br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/4000/4886.jpg "Aberchalder")
![Top view of aqueduct, 28/07/05.<br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/4000/4887.jpg "Aberchalder")
![North east portal of Loch Oich Tunnel, 28/07/05.<br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/4000/4888.jpg "Loch Oich Tunnel")
![Interior of Loch Oich Tunnel, 28/07/05.<br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/4000/4889.jpg "Loch Oich Tunnel")
![Ornate Bridge almost half way between Invergarry Station site and Aberchalder, 28/07/05.<br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/4000/4890.jpg "Aberchalder")
![Bridge near Altrua, 28/07/05.<br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/4000/4891.jpg "Altrua")
![Top view of bridge near Altrua. The trackbed further west is virtually impassable due to the rhododendrons, 28/07/05.<br><br>[John Gray //]](/images/4000/4892.jpg "Altrua")
![Invergarry south end; contrast with the older photograph.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/7000/7034.jpg "Invergarry")
![The road on the causeway leading from Invergarry station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/7000/7035.jpg "Invergarry")
![The old exit ramp at Invergarry. Think West Highland Railway island platform.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //]](/images/7000/7037.jpg "Invergarry")
![H.R. No. 48 at Fort Augustus during the period (1903-1907) that the Highland Railway operated the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway. The main platforms are shown here with the goods yard off to the right and through platform to the pier station on Loch Ness to the left (disused 1906). A small portion of that platform survives to this day [see image 574]. The publisher of this postcard took an interesting approach to sky colourisation.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford Collection //]](/images/53000/53189.jpg "Fort Augustus")
![The remains of Fort Augustus's main station in 1938. Courtesy of F. Archer.<br><br>[F Archer Collection //1938]](/images/1000/1741.jpg "Fort Augustus")
![The solum of the Fort Augustus branch high above Loch Lochy in Summer 1966. The weekly coal train, which continued after passenger closure in 1933, survived until 1947 and the line was lifted in the 1950s. Had attempts to push the branch on through the Great Glen to Inverness not been blocked in Parliament by the Highland Railway, then this route might well have survived as one of Scotland's great scenic railways.<br><br>[Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1966]](/images/42000/42423.jpg "Letterfinlay Crossing")
![Gairlochy viewed from the south in 1991, east side of the former station.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1991]](/images/62000/62048.jpg "Gairlochy")
![During maintenance of the Caledonian Canal locks in 1996 it was possible to see the detail of the pier which once supported the swing bridge for the line between Fort Augustus station and 'Pier' on Loch Ness. The pivot point was the right end of the pier, which has since been removed. The end of the through platform is marked by a yellow generator on the right.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //1996]](/images/53000/53216.jpg "Fort Augustus")
![View of the former RNAD depot, and its platform, at Fort Augustus. This was just south of the station on the east side of the line. This view looks south in 2000.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford //2000]](/images/53000/53993.jpg "Fort Augustus RNAD Depot")
![The remains of the old viaduct at Fort Augustus rising Excalibur - like (sorry about that) from the River Oich in November 2002.<br><br>[John Furnevel 02/11/2002]](/images/6000/6156.jpg "Oich Viaduct")
![The station yard throat at Fort Augustus, photographed on 10 April 2003. Sleeper indentations are still obvious some 55 years after closure.<br><br>[Bill Roberton 10/04/2003]](/images/38000/38139.jpg "Fort Augustus")
![Site of Gairlochy station looking north towards Fort Augustus in September 2005. The original line has been replaced by the roadway to the right. <br><br>[John Furnevel 28/09/2005]](/images/5000/5478.jpg "Gairlochy")
![Looking north along the trackbed of the Fort Augustus branch as it passes the remains of the bridge at the south end of the former Gairlochy station site - now a large caravan park, seen here in September 2005.<br><br>[John Furnevel 28/09/2005]](/images/6000/6175.jpg "Gairlochy")
![Viaduct over the Calder Burn.This is now part of The Great Glen Way and has been given a wooden deck, 28/07/05.<br><br>[John Gray 28/7/2005]](/images/4000/4884.jpg "Aberchalder")
![Close-up of one of the viaduct columns over the River Oich. No wonder there was no money left for rolling stock.<br><br>[John Gray 29/04/2007]](/images/14000/14774.jpg "Oich Viaduct")
![The support columns of the viaduct that carried the railway over the River Oich to the pier on Loch Ness.<br><br>[John Gray 29/04/2007]](/images/14000/14775.jpg "Oich Viaduct")
![This bridge once carried the line from Fort Augustus Station to the pier. Nothing remains of the swing bridge accross the canal and the station site has been totally obliterated by a school.<br><br>[John Gray 29/04/2007]](/images/14000/14776.jpg "Fort Augustus")
![Aberchalder Station site. The trackbed is partialy filled in and an attractive timber house now occupies the platform.<br><br>[John Gray 29/04/2007]](/images/14000/14777.jpg "Aberchalder")
![The Fort Augustus Pier station and pier viewed across Loch Ness from the slopes of the Borlum Hill. This station closed in 1906. It rejoiced in a sign saying simply <i>Pier</i>.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 21/09/2008]](/images/21000/21354.jpg "Fort Augustus Pier")
![This is the southern abutment of the I&FA's bridge over the River Spean. It is roughly half way between the present road bridge over the Spean, at Spean Bridge, and Wade's High Bridge. After closure of the route the stub of the line from near here to the station was retained for some years as a long siding.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 21/09/2008]](/images/63000/63153.jpg "Spean Viaduct [IFA]")
![On the the central piers of the I&FA's bridge over the River Spean.<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 21/09/2008]](/images/63000/63165.jpg "Spean Viaduct [IFA]")
![Remains of the subway entrance to Invergarry Station on 7 November 2011.<br><br>[John Gray 07/11/2011]](/images/36000/36321.jpg "Invergarry")
![Looking south west over the remains of Invergarry Station on 7 November 2011.<br><br>[John Gray 07/11/2011]](/images/36000/36332.jpg "Invergarry")
![An information board alongside the remains of the platform at the site of Invergarry station in November 2011. The board includes a picture showing the station as it was in the 1930s.<br><br>[John Gray 07/11/2011]](/images/36000/36343.jpg "Invergarry")
![For some of the way between Invergarry and Aberchalder the line ran alongside Loch Oich on a shelf blasted out from rock.This retaining wall protects the trackbed from landslip about a mile and a half from Invergarry.<br><br>[John Gray 07/11/2011]](/images/36000/36352.jpg "Invergarry")
![Sustrans is developing the old trackbed into a cycle path and have fenced off some parts for refurbishment. This bridge is under repair about two miles from Invergarry.<br><br>[John Gray 07/11/2011]](/images/36000/36361.jpg "Invergarry")
![Tree felling at Invergarry station, April 2013.<br>
<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 24/04/2013]](/images/42000/42926.jpg "Invergarry")
![The cleared subway entrance to the former Invergarry station, seen here in April 2013. [See image 36321]<br><br>[Ewan Crawford 24/04/2013]](/images/42000/42936.jpg "Invergarry")
![The Invergarry Station Project continuing to make progress on 23 September 2014, with more of the site cleared and the first track panel in place. [See image 42926]<br><br>[John Gray 23/09/2014]](/images/48000/48805.jpg "Invergarry")
![The Invergarry Station Project continues to make progress. Further site clearing has taken place and the foundations for the signal box are in place on the platform. Since my last visit the track has been extended and a Ruston 4W diesel shunter has appeared. [See image 48805]<br><br>[John Gray 23/10/2015]](/images/53000/53006.jpg "Invergarry")
![A general view of the Invergarry station site with new platform edging waiting to be installed. The signal box foundations, mid way along the platform, are marked by barrier tape.<br><br>[John Gray 23/10/2015]](/images/53000/53041.jpg "Invergarry")
![Progress at the Invergarry Station site. The foundations of the signal box are in place and part of the platform has been gravelled. A lamp post and station sign have been added.<br><br>[John Gray 02/08/2016]](/images/56000/56130.jpg "Invergarry")
![Heritage Railway Association visit today to Invergarry showing the re-instated track and repaired platform.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 02/04/2017]](/images/58000/58703.jpg "Invergarry")
![The information board seen on a Heritage Railway Association visit today to Invergarry.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 02/04/2017]](/images/58000/58838.jpg "Invergarry")
![The pedestrian entrance to the island platform at the former Invergarry station.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 02/04/2017]](/images/58000/58844.jpg "Invergarry")
![Lamp and station sign on the island platform at Invergarry. The view looks to Spean Bridge and the pedestrian exit ramp is seen at the end of the platform.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 02/04/2017]](/images/58000/58851.jpg "Invergarry")
![Base of the former signal box at Invergarry in a view which faces north to Fort Augustus.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 02/04/2017]](/images/58000/58860.jpg "Invergarry")
![Remains of the station building on the island platform at Invergarry.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 02/04/2017]](/images/58000/58869.jpg "Invergarry")
![A closer view of the locomotive at Invergarry taken during a Heritage Railway Association visit.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 02/04/2017]](/images/59000/59044.jpg "Invergarry")
![Heritage Railway Association visit to Invergarry: view of the station from the Fort Augustus end.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 02/04/2017]](/images/59000/59304.jpg "Invergarry")
![Heritage Railway Association visit to Invergarry: view from the end of the island platform looking to Fort Augustus.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 02/04/2017]](/images/59000/59362.jpg "Invergarry")
![Heritage Railway Association visit to Invergarry: lamppost.<br><br>[John Yellowlees 02/04/2017]](/images/59000/59516.jpg "Invergarry")
![A surviving bridge in Fort Augustus, where the railway crossed the canal and this adjacent structure. <br>
<br><br>[Alan Cormack 09/07/2017]](/images/60000/60188.jpg "Fort Augustus")
![This is where the old line crosses the main road out of Fort Augustus down to the pier on Loch Ness. If only the line had been built linking Fort William and Inverness, the trains would be filled with tourists now. July 2017.<br>
<br><br>[Alan Cormack 17/07/2017]](/images/63000/63364.jpg "Fort Augustus")
![Concrete structure carrying the old railway line over a watercourse in Fort Augustus. July 2017.<br>
<br><br>[Alan Cormack 17/07/2017]](/images/63000/63405.jpg "Fort Augustus")
![The site of Invergarry Station on the Invergarry and Fort Augustus<br>
Railway. This is being rebuilt by volunteers and will be a working museum<br>
when finished. The view is towards Fort Augustus, with Loch Oich on the<br>
left on 1st April 2018.<br>
<br>
<br><br>[John Gray 01/04/2018]](/images/63000/63588.jpg "Invergarry")
