west highland railway avalanche

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0000

The West Highland Railway was closed between Tyndrum and Bridge of Orchy for quite a while round about the end of February/beginning of March this year due to a couple of avalanches on Ben Odhair that covered the line and the West Highland Way. On the way back from Nephew Conrad’s christening in Glasgow, I took some pics from the bus.

You can see all the pics here.

snow reminiscences 1984

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:00:00 +0000

I was 16 and it was some winter that year. My dad, who was chief inspector, took me on the West Highland Railway snow plough on an adventure from Glasgow to Fort William. I was in the leading engine, one of those big monsters that could push through almost anything. There were two of them, with a snow plough equally massive up front. They called it double headed, having two engines working together and I remember the blizzard that hit us coming out of Helensburgh as we made our way towards the highlands and some of the best snow I’ve ever seen.

West Highland Railway on eBothy Blog

west highland railway avalanche

snow reminiscences 1984