Succoth Viaduct
Location type
BridgeName and dates
Succoth Viaduct (1877-)Station code: National Rail
Opened on the Callander and Oban Railway.
Description
This is a single track six arch masonry viaduct crossing the Eas a' Ghaill (tributary to the River Lochy) and two estate roads. It was finished in November 1876 by Mrs Dinnie, wife of the builder, setting the keystone at a ceremony. Invited guests arrived by train, the location could be considered a very short lived station which predates Dalmally!
The main contractor for this portion of line was John Mackay.
Succoth Lodge is just off to the east, on the north bank of the stream. A railway cottage was built near the viaduct, on the north side of the Eas a' Ghaill and directly west of the railway.
There was a derailment at Succoth on the 13th of September 1886.
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Viaduct
| Nearby stations Dalmally Loch Awe Tyndrum Lower Tyndrum [1st] Glen Falloch Platform Upper Tyndrum Falls of Cruachan Ardlui Bridge of Orchy Crianlarich Crianlarich Lower Loch Dochart [Private] Inveruglas Taynuilt RNTR Arrochar Pier | Dalmally Shed Glenlochy Crossing Orchy Viaduct Drishaig Junction Tourist/other Succoth Lodge Beinn a^Chleibh Ben Lui North West Peak Ben Lui Eas Urchaidh Duncan Ban MacIntyre Monument [Dalmally] Kilchurn Castle Level Crossing Eas a^ Chathaidh Beinn Bhuidhe Ben Oss Kilchurn Castle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| /11/1876 | Callander and Oban Railway Special train run to Succoth Viaduct with invited guess to see Mrs Dinnie, the wife of the bridge contractor, fit the keystone. There was a temporary wooden platform for the occasion. |
| 13/09/1886 | Callander and Oban Railway Falkirk to Oban excursion train derails near the Succoth Viaduct. |
