Lochs, and lakes, water

Introduction

By no means and exhaustive list of lochs and lakes, this is a list of bodies of water near railways.






Locations along the line

These locations are along the line.

Aberdeen's harbour lies on its east side. The harbour was built around the entry of the River Dee into the sea.
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The seemingly elusive catamaran 'Alfred' has been lurking at Ayr for several days. 'Berthing trials' - not that there is a linkspan at Ayr, apparently ...
Colin Miller 08/05/2023
MV Hebridean Isles was a surprise visitor in the river yesterday.
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Colin Miller 01/08/2023
Despite a miserable day the 'Waverley' was well loaded as she left Ayr Harbour on 15th August 2022. She was heading down to Girvan again and from ...
Colin Miller 15/08/2022
6 Aug 2023 was a glorious Sunday for a cruise to Girvan and around Ailsa Craig. The 'Waverley' was packed to the gunnels - cruise sold out from Ayr. ...
Colin Miller 06/08/2023
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The road on the right leads to Camps Reservoir from Crawford. It was built on the trackbed of the Camps Reservoir Railway. On the left, more difficult ...
Ewan Crawford //2002
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Carron Dock (originally New Dock) was opened in 1883 by the Caledonian Railway to the south of Grangemouth Old Dock, with which there was a connection, and continued east to join the River Carron. This was a ship dock with a large entry lock, rather than a dock for canal sized vessels. The Caledonian were the new owners of the Grangemouth Railway and its former owner the [[Forth and ...

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Grangemouth Railway (Forth and Clyde Canal)
Disused and partly lifted lines serving the south side of Carron Dock, Grangemouth in 1987. The dock was called New Dock, no longer appropriate when ...
Bill Roberton //1987
Long lens view along the overgrown trackbed of the line that once served Grangemouth docks, looking north from the A904 road bridge in 2008 see image ...
John Furnevel 23/09/2008
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Charlestown Harbour - view up the 'Roparee' former tramway incline - believed to be the end of the 1799 extension of the Elgin Railway to Charlestown. ...
Mark Poustie 28/01/2017
Looking south east over Charlestown Harbour on 24 January with Rosyth Dockyard and the Forth Bridges in the background.  The 1894 re-aligned 'main ...
Mark Poustie 24/01/2010
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This reservoir is a feeder for the Union Canal. It came into North British Railway ownership when the railway took over the canal. Water, for locomotive use, was sold by the NB to the Caledonian Railway, the latter's main line running down its western side.
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This reservoir, just north of Milngavie, provides drinking water for Glasgow. It is connected to Loch Katrine by a long distance pipeline, duplicating the existing pipeline which supplied the existing Mugdock Reservoir (directly to the west).
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'M V Glenshira' loading and bunkering at Ardrossan prior to a trip to Stornoway in the summer of 1959. My father, G H Robin, was on this sailing as a ...
G W Robin 06/07/1959
View from the M V Glenshira as she left Eglinton Dock, Ardrossan, heading for the Outer Hebrides in July 1959. On the starboard side the station ...
G W Robin 06/07/1959
The 'MV Glenshira' at Ardrossan. prior to a sailing to Stornoway in July 1959. This is reported to be the first diesel powered coaster built for the ...
G W Robin 04/07/1959
The view south west looking to Ardrossan Harbour station with the east end of Eglinton Dock on the right. ...
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The Cruiser 'HMS Jamaica' at anchor in the Gareloch in September 1959. ...
A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 22/09/1959
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This is one of the principal docks in the port of Grangemouth, located towards its eastern end. It is chiefly involved in container traffic. The dock was opened in 1906, built on a site to the south of the course of the River Carron.
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The east quay of the Grange Dock in a view looking north taken during an escorted visit in 1997. The cranes seen here no longer exist. The Rosita ...
Ewan Crawford //1997
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Grangemouth Junction Dock (or Upper Dock) linked to the Forth and Clyde Canal at its west end, via a timber basin, and Grangemouth Old Dock at its ...
Ewan Crawford //2000
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Looking north from the Station Road bridge in 1987 along the course of a recently lifted part of the dock railway system. This was the original dock ...
Bill Roberton //1987
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There are various piers and quays around the west coast where timber is loaded onto ships for transfer to Troon. This is Holy Loch where, alongside ...
Mark Bartlett 21/09/2021
MV Eigg, now the oldest vessel in the Calmac fleet and the last of the landing craft type ferries, seen moored at the Holy Loch Marina in ...
Mark Bartlett 23/10/2017
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View east across Kielder Water in November 2013, with the Kielder Ferry berthed in the foreground. The route of the Border Counties Railway ran ...
John Furnevel 04/11/2013
One of the coaches for use on the proposed Green Dragon railway displayed at Leaplish Waterside Park on Kielder Water in November 2007. Two ...
John Furnevel 06/11/2007
Proposed route of the Green Dragon narrow gauge railway at the northern end of Kielder Water which could see trains running once again over the ...
John Furnevel 06/11/2007
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The 'Jeanie' (or PS 'Jeanie Deans', to use her proper title) in fine form on a lovely summer afternoon in 1963. The location, not recorded by the ...
Brian Haslehust //1963
The 'Talisman' in the summer of 1963. The photograph looks to have been taken as she was emerging from the east Kyle of Bute, probably returning from ...
Brian Haslehust //1963
PS Caledonia photographed in the Kyles of Bute on 22 August 1965. ...
G W Robin 22/08/1965
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This sea loch, around five miles long, runs inland from the coast at Roshven (to the south) and is bounded to the north by Ardnish finishing at Kinlochailort where Lochailort station on the Mallaig Extension (West Highland Railway) is located north of the loch. The River Ailort continues east to Loch Eilt, the railway following the north bank.
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Loch Awe is in Argyll, Scotland.
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A spring 1971 view from a Kyle-Inverness train skirting Loch Carron. ...
Frank Spaven Collection (Courtesy David Spaven) //1971
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This sea loch is just over 7 miles loch and runs from west from The Narrows at Annat (the north end of Loch Linnhe) to Kinlocheil (Ceann Lochiall). The Mallaig Extension (West Highland Railway) runs along the north bank serving Loch Eil Outward Bound and Locheilside.
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Black 5 No. 45407 rounds the curve at the west end of Loch Eilt with The Jacobite service for Mallaig on 30th June 2021. ...
John Gray 30/06/2021
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This is a 16 mile long ribbon loch which runs south south west from Dalwhinnie to near Loch Rannoch. The loch became a reservoir in 1931 and there are dams at either end. Ben Alder is to the west.
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View across Loch Lomond in September 1955 as PS Maid of the Loch passes on an outing from Balloch Pier. ...
A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 06/09/1955
The paddle steamer 'Maid of the Loch' photographed on Loch Lomond in September 1955 on one of her regular trips out from Balloch Pier. ...
A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 06/09/1955
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TS 'Duchess of Hamilton' makes a fine sight as she emerges from Loch Long on a charter sailing. The military installations at Coulport can be seen on ...
Brian Haslehust 29/05/1965
Photograph taken from the deck of TS Duchess of Hamilton cruising in Loch Long in September 1955. ...
A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney) 14/09/1955
PS Waverley returning south after turning near the head of Loch Long, the closest that can be managed to a call at Arrochar Pier today (the route with ...
Ewan Crawford 31/05/2022
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This freshwater loch is between Aviemore (about four miles to the west) and Cairn Gorm Mountain. The loch is noted for its sandy beach.
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This is an inland loch.
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This is a six mile long ribbon loch which runs north north east from Craig-uaine-ach Lodge to Fersit. The West Highland Railway portion from Corrour to Tulloch runs along the east side of the loch, dropping in height on its way north. The area is remote and not served by public roads. Loch Treig became a reservoir in 1929, the northern end of the line requiring a deviation onto ...

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Looking west over Loch Tulla ...
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Northbound above Loch Tulla in late 1991 on the way to Gorton. ...
Ewan Crawford //1991
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This dock was built for the export of coal. It had three coal hoists, one approached by rail from the south (on the west side), two approached from the north (one on the west side one at the north end) and a rail served quayside on the east side.
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Leven Extension Railway (Wemyss and Buckhaven Railway)
Kirkland Yard and Leven Dock to Methil Line Widening (North British Railway)
October 2022 view looking west from the footbridge spanning the former Methil branch, just visible on the bottom right. Dock No.1 is on the left.
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Bill Roberton 28/10/2022
Looking back towards Leven from the 'Tay-Forth Venturer' on 16 June 1984, with Methil Power Station prominent. The footbridge survives in 2022, long ...
Bill Roberton 16/06/1984
The 'Tay-Forth Venturer' DMU rail tour returns from visiting Methil on 16 June 1984.
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Bill Roberton 16/06/1984
The 'Tay-Forth Venturer' on 16 June 1984 nearing the end of the line at Methil with the Dock No.1 on the left and signs of the new oil rig fabrication ...
Bill Roberton 16/06/1974
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The Methil docks are still in operation. They were principally built for the export of coal. A substantial network of railways and yards served the docks.
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This reservoir was opened just north of Milngavie in 1859 by Glasgow Corporation as part of a scheme to supply water to Glasgow from Loch Katrine.
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Columba arriving into Oban on a fine summer evening (late 60s/early 70s). ...
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View across Oban Bay towards Kerrara in June 2006, with Calmac 'MV Eigg' seen entering the bay whilst approaching the Oban ferry terminal on a working ...
David Pesterfield 23/06/2006
CalMac's MV Lord of the Isles heads into Oban port passing MV Isle of Mull, which is heading out on the 16.00 sailing to Craignure port on Mull ...
David Pesterfield 17/06/2013
Calmac Ferry MV Clansman arriving at Oban Pier in May 2016. ...
Gordon Steel 24/05/2016
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DEMU 1127 at Portsmouth Harbour on a dull day in May 1975. ...
Doug Nicholls /05/1975
TSMV 'Southsea' is heading from Portsmouth to Ryde, Isle of Wight, on its regular run on 24 July 1968. Photo taken from TSMV 'Shanklin' heading in the ...
Colin Kirkwood 24/07/1968
Arrivals at Portsmouth Harbour terminus, October 1981 see image 45034. ...
Colin Alexander 17/10/1981
View north east over Portsmouth Harbour station on 18 October 2013, seen from the Spinnaker Tower. ...
Peter Todd 18/10/2013
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DEPV 'Talisman', seen from the classic angle that one remembers so well, sweeps round the bay at Rothesay on her approach to the pier in April 1962. ...
Brian Haslehust 14/04/1962
TS 'Duchess of Hamilton' makes a fine sight crossing the Firth of Clyde between Rothesay and Largs. The photograph is thought to date from 1969. ...
Brian Haslehust //1969
Calmac's 'M.V. Glen Sannox' pictured in Rothesay Bay heading for Wemyss Bay in July 1988.
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John Gray /07/1988
'TS Duchess of Montrose' off Rothesay in the summer of 1963. Taken from 'Jeanie Deans' as I recall. She and the 'Hamilton' were beautiful.
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Colin Miller //1963
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Looking south from the dam on the Talla Reservoir. ...
Ewan Crawford //1997
Talla - looking south over the reservoir in 2006. The trustees had a view over Talla from the boardroom at the Lodge - which, with the help of a glass ...
John Furnevel 01/02/2006
Looking across Talla from the east shore in 2005. Note the cobblestones lining the dam. During the construction phase a line ran along the top of the ...
John Furnevel 30/11/2005
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Here is the formation of the narrow gauge railway used to construct and maintain the Torside reservoir. The view looks east. The Pennine way crosses ...
Alan Cormack 14/01/2018
Here is the formation of the narrow gauge railway used to construct and maintain the Torside reservoir. View looking west. The Pennine way crosses at ...
Alan Cormack 14/01/2018
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