Talk:Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway

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Contents 1 Route 2 Closure 3 Three Lochs? 4 Caledonian Railway? 5 Line 6 WikiProject class rating

[edit] Route

The line was constructed from Invergarry to Spean Bridge via Fort Augustus and several Scottish villages en route.

Shouldn't this read "Spean Bridge to Fort Augustus via Invergarry"? --jmb 11:05, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Done.Pyrotec (talk) 23:13, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Closure

By 1933, the railway was closed and torn up, even though its scrap value was half that of the price sold to the North British Railway.

This is incorrect. The Highland Railway Society publication Highland Railway Station Locations and Dates has the closure for passenger service for most of the line as 1 Dec 1933 (Fort Augustus Pier closed 1 Oct 1906) but closure for goods as 1 Jan 1947. The book The Story of The West Highland\ refers to extra sidings being built at Spean Bridge because the line was used for moving timber, possibly for supplies to Achnacarry and a reference to a Naval Ammunition Store at Fort Augustus. --jmb 11:09, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

and the only forms of revenue were on Market Day and the use of the line by monks attending a Seminary nearby

I have not seen any reference to either of these in any of the books that I have seen. --jmb 11:16, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Three Lochs?

The Invergarry line was originally set out to bridge the gap between a stretch of land known as "The Three Lochs" (as Loch Lomond, Loch Ness and Loch Lochy form this gap).

Loch Lomond is nearly a hundred miles away. I have never heard this area called the "The Three Lochs", GOOGLE Searches on "The Three Lochs" bring up various lochs around Scotland but not those in the Great Glen. Perhaps a bigger factor was the possibility of a railway right through the Great Glen to Inverness. --jmb 11:23, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Much of the text in this article is unsupported by reliable sources. Your suggestion of a Great Glen railway is supported by John Thomas.Pyrotec (talk) 23:16, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Caledonian Railway?

The Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway was a branch-line railway built in Scotland, and served by the North British Railway, the Caledonian Railway and later the London & North Eastern Railway.

I don't think the line was served by the Caledonian Railway at any time. The only connection was at Spean Bridge to the West Highland Railways line later North British and LNER. The line had a short complicated history and relationship with the NBR, LNER and Highland Railways. --jmb 11:36, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

The Caledonian Railway was involved at one time. This line had a very mixed and short life. In fact at one point the Highland Railway was also involved, to prevent the NBR getting closer to Inverness. I guess the only one of the big five Scottish Railway companies that was not involved was the G&SWR. The Video 125 production gives further information. --Stewart 11:43, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Line

Most of the line today has been built over by roads and holiday parks.

Very little of the line has been built over by roads, some sections are used as tracks but the line can still be followed but much of the line of the track can be traced quite easily. The only "holiday park" that I can think of is the one around Gairlochy Station. --jmb 12:10, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

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