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The West Highland existed as a separate company for only nineteen years, including the five years it too to build. It never had a general manager or a locomotive superintendent, yet the West Highland had, and still has, an atmosphere all its own. Despite amalgamations and nationalisation, the West Highland remains unique... there is nothing quite like it in Britain. This book is for armchair reading and for reference, and to bring with you on this magnificent line. P.J.G. Ransom has updated this classic history to reflect important developments in recent years.
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By Elton Road (Kendal, Lake District, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The West Highland Railway (Railways of the Scottish Highlands) (Paperback)
After sampling the Fort William Sleeper I wished to find out more about the history of the West Highland Line from Glasgow to Fort William and Mallaig. To my mind there's a certain magic about this line that you don't get anywhere else, and that comes through when reading about its creation. There are details of the (in)famous trek across Rannoch Moor by certain gentleman whose dress wasn't entirely appropriate. There are details of the hundreds of navvies who built the line, where they stayed and how the town of Fort William welcomed them. And you can find out about the way the railway is floated across the moor on layers of turf and brushwood. There are lots of other pieces as well, including a history of the doomed line from Spean Bridge to Fort Augustus - who would ever have thought this could pay? There are details of the Fort William Sleeper which was saved by the skin of its teeth in 1995, where it didn't appear in the summer timetable but was saved after a court hearing (upheld on appeal) when it was found to be the only passenger train over small segments of track around Edinburgh and thus couldn't be withdrawn. It is fascinating to read of the constant battles between the North British and Highland railway companies, pathetic really, but I suppose they had to protect themselves. How times change! Great book and thoroughly recommended.
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This review is from: The West Highland Railway (Railways of the Scottish Highlands) (Paperback)
This is without doubt one of the best railway histories ever written. It truly captures the unique spirit and atmosphere of the West Highland Railway.
The book combines pathos, exitement, humour and tragedy to give the thrilling tale of the construction and operation of the line that has been rightly voted as one of the best railway journeys in the world. Once you have read this book you will, like me, not be able to rest until you have travelled the line. Neither the book nor the journey will disappoint you, and both will leave you wanting for more.
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The West Highland Railway,
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This review is from: History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands: West Highland Railway v. 1 (Paperback)
The West Highland was a railway within a railway. It existed as a separate company for only nineteen years, including the five years it took to build. Yet the West Highland is still the West Highland. There is nothing else quite like it in Britain. John Thomas is a real Scottish enthusiast with a gift for writing, an ability to communicate his enthusiasm and to mirror every aspect of the West Highland's place in the area through which it ran. It is an enthralling account of the 165 miles of line that comprised the original West Highland Railway and MallGig Extension and the Invergarry & Fort Augustus Railway.'This is a model of what railway history ought to be, the technical, human, topographical and business details all fitting in together with not a join in sight.' The Times Literary Supplement 'For the railway enthusiast this book, is a "must".' Weekly Scotsman 'Solid history and rich anecdote combine.' Railway Magazine A vivid picture is given of the thrills and anxieties of everyday working on the line from the days of the West Highland bogie to the corning of the diesel.' Stirling Journal. 'Can be thoroughly recommended' Model Railway News 'There is an epic quality about The West Highland Railway. . .' Glasgow Evening Citizen |
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