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Skye Railway The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands Vol 5 Thomas
Skye Railway The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands Vol 5 by John Thomas
Soft Cover
Copyright 1977, paperback edition 1991
181 pages Indexed
Contents
Introduction5
1 WEST OF INVERNESS7
Wool Week Fighting feudalism Building the Line
2 STEAM AT STROME33 First week-end The Fishers' Boats Early days The Skye Bogies
3 THE STEAMBOAT OPERATION61 Troubled Waters The Fate of Ferret
4 IN HIGHLAND HANDS76 Eclipse Fish The Battle of Strome Pier Strathpeffer
5 SAGA OF THE MIXED TRAIN93
An Obnoxious Rule Achnashellach Achterneed
6 PIE IN THE SKY LINES109
West Coast Commission The Garve & Ullapool
Railway Light Railway Mania
7 THROUGH TO KYLE125 Extension The 1918 Report
8 LMS DAYS AND AFTER140 A remote outpost The Kyleakin ferry Threat of
closure A prayer answered
9 POSTSCRIPT163
CHRONOLOGY170
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS174
BIBLIOGRAPHY175
INDEX177
Principal maps and diagrams in text
Map of the line8 & 9
`On either side' route maps36 to 39
Gradient profile58 & 59
Coastline between Strome Ferry and Kyle of Lochalsh 132
NOTE TO 1990 EDITION
The railway to Skye between Inverness and Kyle of Lochaish has a fascinating and noble past. The narrative in this volume begins in the days when arrogant feudal overlords fought like fury to keep the railways out of the glens, and ends with the line's devoted public fighting just as determinedly to prevent its closure. There was action and incident in plenty along the 63k-mile line that connects the eastern and western seas across one of Scotland's most remote and beautiful regions. Using many hitherto untapped sources, the author unfolds the story of the Skye railway in a detail not seen before. Happily, for the moment, the line is still with us and is a source of delight to tourists discovering it for the first time, or old friends returning to savour
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