GENSHEET Gallery 8 : Closed lines

Railways on Skye & Raasay
Winding wheel at the top of the quarry incline	Line heading for Broadford Pier	Processing plant and loading platform	The Marble line ran from quarries above Kilbride to the pier at Broadford. It was the closest to a conventional railway on Skye
		One railway remains on Skye, the access to Bearreraig (Storr lochs) hydro power station is by this rope incline down the cliff face
		The island of Raasay has extensive remains of the iron mine railway, a rope worked system, that ran from two mines to the processing plant adjoining Suishnish pier aerial images. This was the pier used by the ferry until 2011 See all 11 shots of the Raasay Railway
Railway track to Loch Cuithir, where the diatomite was mined	Diatomite processing plant on the shore	Another mineral line ran from a diatomite deposit inland at Loch Cuithir to the processing plant by the shore near Valtos. The line is clearly seen on aerial images
Rails in the pier at Carbost on Loch Harport	Railway back to Talisker distillery, Carbost	Talisker Distillery at Carbost had a short railway to Carbost pier
Killin Junction and the Callander & Oban line
Loch Tay view	Island Platform at Killin Junction, these were the through liness	Lines diverge at Killin Junction, left for Killin right for Callander		This image is further along the line at Crianlarich where a small section of the Callander line remains as a siding. Crianlarich Lower station itself had been used for timber loading in the 1970's
To walk to Killin Junction from Glenoglehead takes about 2 hours round trip, walking along the former Callander & Oban line. Glenoglehead has easier parking than accessing from Lix Toll up the Killin branch itself, and there is also the cycleway down GlenOgle towards Balquhidder from that point. See all 12 images of Killin Junction
Fort Augustus The main interest here is the very short lived, and very expensive, pier line. This crossed the Caledonian Canal just by the top lock and then swept around the north of the town and down to Loch Ness. The station building is now private, but can be viewed from the Foyers Road. The town station is now a council works and school, but the platform survives and a little can be seen under the fence by the top lock. All signs of the swing bridge have gone, but some parts did survive until the 1980's.
Location of the railway remains in Fort Augustus	Fort Augustus Pier Station	The site of Fort Augustus swing bridge over the Caledonian Canal. The line can be seen opposite continuing to Pier station	The bridge supports of the Pier branch crossing the river Oich	Remnant of Fort Augustus Town Station
Ballachulish Ferry before and after the cyclepath
Ballachulish Ferry Station View towards Ballachulish	Ballachulish Ferry Station View towards Kentallen	Ballachulish Ferry Station View towards Ballachulish	Ballachulish Ferry Station View towards Kentallen	Rail path bears off from the A82, previously the station and line was invisible despite being only a few yards into the side
Dornoch Branch
Mound Station seen from the old road alignment	Mound Station buildings seen from the old road alignment	Remains of Cambusavie Platform	Site of Cambusavie level crossing	Skelbo Station

GENSHEET Photopage 8 10 April 2012  All images © M.W.Wilson