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A Highland businessman has expressed concern that 'uncertainty' over the future of the Jacobite steam train could lead to a slump in bookings.
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John Bryden is becoming 'very weak' as he protests against noisy work driving families away from the charity's base.
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It was once a quiet, serene Highland gem, full of Jacobite history and bursting with stunning scenery.
But back in the early 2000s, Glenfinnan was handed the poisoned chalice of accidental fame through being chosen as a location for the filming of the Warner Bros Harry Potter films. (Permalink) Carpark Glenfinnan Glenfinnan Station Museum Glenfinnan Viaduct Glenfinnan Visitors Centre Harry Potter Mallaig Extension Tourism Tourists West Highland Lines West Highland Railway  Glenfinnan: Having drawn forward to allow a ScotRail service to pass, passengers are allowed to stretch their legs at Glenfinnan. The train has its own Souvenir Shop. The station enjoys a burst of activity unriva ... |
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From the top of the 60ft Glenfinnan Monument, a lone Highlander looks out over the place where Bonnie Prince Charlie arrived to start the 1745 Jacobite Rising.
(Permalink) Bonnie Prince Charlie Glenfinnan Glenfinnan Viaduct Harry Potter Mallaig Extension The Jacobite Tourism West Highland Railway |
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Mesmerising train drivers eye videos of the West Highland Line have been released by National Rail to encourage passengers to take more post-lockdown rail trips.
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In an abandoned village at the end of the roadless Ardnish peninsula, a spartan cottage offers shelter, escape from the digital world - and a new model for the bothy movement.
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A 72-year-old steam locomotive called Lord of the Isles will haul Scotlands Harry Potter train between Fort William and Mallaig next summer.
(Permalink) Lord of the Isles Mallaig Extension  Glenfinnan Viaduct: K1 No 62005 Lord of the Isles crosses Glenfinnan Viaduct with The Jacobite on 28 July 2005.  Polnish No 107 Tunnel: A picture I have always wanted to take.K1 62005 carrying the nameplates Lord of the Isles brings The West Highlander up the gradient past the disused Our Lady of the Braes Catholi ... |
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An exhibition displaying the history of construction of a Highland railway line is opening to coincide with Community Rail Week.
(Permalink) Building the Mallaig Railway Exhibition Glenfinnan Glenfinnan Station Museum Mallaig Extension  Polnish Hospital: This wonderful book is in part a record of the building of the Mallaig Extension and a detective story, tracing the identity of the photographer. The cover photograph is of the walking wounded at the ... |
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There are excursion trains and preserved lines you can ride today. Here are a few favourites, also including the 'Hogwarts Express' and the line made famous by The Railway Children.
(Permalink) Dartmouth Steam Railway Glenfinnan Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Mallaig Extension Mid-Hants Railway Railway Touring Company Strathspey Railway Swanage Railway The Jacobite The Watercress Line West Coast Railways  Boat of Garten: Caledonian Railway 812 Class 0-6-0 No.828 departs Boat of Garten for
Aviemore on the Strathspey Railway on 14th July 2019.  Keighley: RS&H 0-6-0T Nunlow in Platform 3 at Keighley station on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway on 3 May 2010 during their weekend celebrating 40 years since the film The Railway Children wa ...  Arnabol Viaduct: 62005 crosses Arnabol Viaduct with The Jacobite on 1 October. This viaduct is not so well known as Loch nan Uamh about half a mile away. The picture would not have been possible a few years ago ... |
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The Jacobite steam train, which doubled as The Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter movies, has completed its first run of the season.
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'Everyone expects me to say Glenfinnan but I love driving down Loch Eilside heading to Fort William with the sun rising above the Ben.'
(Permalink) Drivers Gender equality Mallaig Extension  Drivers: Eva Brodie, a driver from Ayr who has featured in the campaign by First ScotRail to increase the number of women drivers. |
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Newly-discovered photos documenting the construction of a world famous Highland railway line are set to star in a TV documentary later this week [31st].
(Permalink) BBC Alba Ceol na Loidhne Fort William Glenfinnan Glenfinnan Viaduct Loch nan Uamh Viaduct Mallaig Mallaig Extension Polnish Song of the Track West Highland Railway |
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The popular steam-hauled Jacobite train that doubled for the Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter films is set to run seven days a week for its entire seven-month season next year.
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No-one with an interest in 20th century Highland history can afford to be without this very satisfying book, according to reviewer Hugh Cheape.
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Rail passengers are experiencing disruption following a landslip on the West Highland Line. A Network Rail spokesperson said: 'The line between Fort William and Mallaig is currently closed due to a landslip beneath the track near Lochailort.'
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A passenger train was derailed after heavy rain and a rapid thaw of snow caused a massive 1,000-tonne landslip, investigators have found. [Alongside Loch Eilt.]
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A landslide that closed a stretch of Highland railway line for most of the weekend has been cleared and repairs at the track completed.
About 100 tonnes of mud and stones were washed across part of the Fort William and Mallaig line near Lochailort during heavy rain on Thursday. Travel on the nearby A830 road was also affected for a time by the same landslide. ScotRail said the work to the railway line was completed at 20:00 on Sunday. The normal timetable resumed on the line on Monday morning, when the A830 was also fully reopened to traffic. (Permalink) Landslide Lochailort Mallaig Extension ScotRail West Highland Lines |
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Rail and road travel in parts of the Highlands are being disrupted following a landslide.
The landslip has blocked the railway line between Fort William and Mallaig and the nearby A830 since about 18:00 on Thursday. ScotRail said there was disruption to services between Glasgow Queen Street and Mallaig terminating at or starting from Fort William. The A830 is shut between the Lochailort and Drumsallie junction. The landslide happened during a period of heavy downpours that affected Skye, Mull, the west Highlands and Argyll. The Met Office issued a yellow 'be aware' warning of heavy rain earlier this week. (Permalink) Landslide Lochailort Mallaig Extension ScotRail West Highland Lines  Lochailort: Black 5 no 45407 The Lancashire Fusilier at the head of 'The Royal Highlander' tackles the 1 in 50 out of Lochailort heading for Mallaig.  Fort William: View over the clean and colourful concourse of the 1975 Fort William station looking towards the platforms in the autumn of 2005. A service to Glasgow Queen Street is getting ready to leave platform 1 ...  Mallaig: As near as I could get 48 years on... see image [[24161]]. The 16.05 Mallaig - Glasgow Queen Street service almost ready to commence its journey on 28 July 2011. (Note the modern-day practice of kee ... |
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