- Paperback: 48 pages
- Publisher: J.M.Pearson & Son (Publishers) Ltd (30 Mar 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0907864872
- ISBN-13: 978-0907864875
- Product Dimensions: 29 x 20.4 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 500,113 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Don't even think of boarding the train without a copy', 'well-researched & easily digestible' RailStaff. 'Probably the best value boook on the market' Outlook magazine
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Published in collaboration with ScotRail, Highland Rail Partnership, SPT, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, EWS, Railtrack Scotland, Alcan & Freightliner to celebrate the centenary of the completion of the Mallaig Extension. The guide features full colour photographs of the area, an entertaining commentary with points of interest and historical details, along with maps of the routes travelled.
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Iron Road to the Isles. Michael Pearson,
By Forester (Blidworth, Notts) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Iron Road to the Isles: A Travellers and Tourist Guide to the West Highland Lines (Paperback)
As a child in the 1940's, I lived for a while at Ardgarten just outside Arrochar and then at Eredine on Lochaweside. This year(Oct 2010), my wife and I are heading for Inverness to visit family. Over the years, I have regaled her with the delights of the West Highland Railway journey so it seemed a good idea to take her on it on the way up.
I had downloaded the Scotrail guide and became aware of this book on their website. What a revelation! I already had a reasonable knowledge of the run so the extra information provided by this book was nothing short of thrilling. The sectional maps of the route are superb and the colour plates breathtaking. It is printed on quality gloss paper which gives the photography in particular an extra dimension. It covers both the Glasgow-Mallaig and Crianlarich-Oban routes and begins with a fascinating and refreshingly non-dry history of the line. It then moves on page by page showing and describing the sections of the line and making the reader aware of what features to look out for. This section is full of information and amusing anecdotes.The final section is an alphabetical gazetteer including travel and accommodation information. My limited literary skills cannot begin to convey the flavour of this book. It is quite simply one of the most enjoyable I have read. It is a must for the prospective traveller. I defy anyone who has never travelled the West Highland to read this book and not feel compelled to do so. Read and Enjoy!
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This review is from: Iron Road to the Isles: A Travellers and Tourist Guide to the West Highland Lines (Paperback)
This book should be a must read for anyone travelling on the West Highland Line to Mallaig or Oban. It is packed with essentail information for the traveller. The book is so good that I have bought 2 copies. It is in short supply and the publishers moght be well advised to look at a reprint as the popularity of the West Highland and the Fort William to Mallaig steam train grows
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Iron Road to the Isles,
By Bongoman "156478" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Iron Road to the Isles: A Travellers and Tourist Guide to the West Highland Lines (Paperback)
As an out and out train buff visiting the West Highlands I bought a copy of the book. Whilst there is no questioning the written content of the book, too many of the photos contain parts of the West Highland that didn`t contain a train in the image. Added to this was the lack of text explaining what the significance of the image I was looking at. It is also noticeable that quite a few of the images are out of focus, either through poor camera work or poor scanning during editing and some of the images were so far from the camera when taken, that the unit or loco in question is unrecognisable. This is where better labelling of the images would have helped as some of these scenes may be scenic shots rather than train shots, but we don`t know as no one explains this.
The author also seems to lean towards the modern West Highland scene, actually that is why I bought the book, but unexpectedly and with no reasons given, pictures of yesteryear will suddenly appear. Whilst this may be for comparisson, the lack of clear labelling leaves the reader unsure of where the book is trundling.
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