Garelochhead Viaduct

Location type

Bridge

Name and dates

Garelochhead Viaduct (1894-)

Opened on the West Highland Railway.

Description

This three span single track lattice girder viaduct is between Garelochhead (to the south) and the former Whistlefield (to the north) stations.

The viaduct piers were built using stone extracted from the cutting at Rhu.

Tags

Viaduct


Nearby stations
Whistlefield Halt
Garelochhead
Faslane Port
Shandon
Faslane Platform
Glen Douglas Halt
Rhu
Helensburgh Upper
Helensburgh Central
Helensburgh Ticket Platform
RNTR Arrochar Pier
Craigendoran Pier
Craigendoran Upper
Craigendoran
Arrochar and Tarbet
Finnart Oil Terminal
Faslane Locomotive Shed
Faslane Port Ramp
Finnart Viaduct
Timbacraft Yard
Tourist/other
Garelochhead Pier
Loch Long
St Michael^s Chapel
Bull Hole
HMNB Clyde
Belmore Level Crossing
RNAD Coulport
High Balernock Level Crossing
Balernock Pier
Laigh Balernock Level Crossing
Location names in dark blue are on the same original line.


Books

All Stations to Mallaig!: West Highland Line Since Nationalisation
Argyll and the Highlands Last Days of Steam

Argyll and the Highlands' Lost Railways

Ben Nevis and Fort William, The Mamores and The Grey Corries, Kinlochleven and Spean Bridge (OS Explorer Map)

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: West Highland Railway v. 1

History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: West Highland Railway v. 1

Iron Road to the Isles: A Travellers and Tourist Guide to the West Highland Lines

Iron Roads to the Isles: A Travellers and Tourists Souvenir Guide to the West Highland Lines

Mountain Moor and Loch on the Route of the West Highland Railway

On West Highland Lines

Railway World Special: West Highland Lines

Rannan Rathad Iarainn nan Eilean =: The West Highland Line

Road To The Isles Dvd: Part One The West Highland Line Between Crianlarich to Fort William, From the Drivers Cab Of A Class 37, With The Caledonian Sleeper
The Mallaig Railway: The West Highland Extension 1897-1901 (RCAHMS Broadsheet)
The New Railway: The Earliest Years of the West Highland Line

The Story of the West Highland

The Story of the West Highland: The 1940s LNER Guide to the Line

The West Highland Railway

The West Highland Railway (Railways of the Scottish Highlands)

The West Highland Railway 120 Years

Trossachs and West Highlands: Exploring the Lost Railways (Local History Series)

Victorian Travel on the West Highland Line: By Mountain, Moor and Loch in 1894

Walks from the West Highland Railway (Cicerone Guide)

West Highland Line: Great Railway Journeys Through Time

West Highland Railway
West Highland Railway (History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands v. 1): West Highland Railway v. 1
West Highland Railway: Plans, Poltics and People