Front cover photo is by Sandy Smeaton of the new bogie tanks on the Alcan train on 12 July with more details inside. This edition also includes a major feature “C&O – 60 years since closure” (which will be commemorated Saturday 22 November 13:00 at Crianlarich Village Hall), “The…
Network Rail will be upgrading the line between Crianlarich and Fort William from the evening of Friday 7 November and the morning of Monday 17 November. Further details are available here
Caledonian Sleeper services to/from Aberdeen, Fort William and Inverness will soon also call at Birmingham International. The new service is on sale now for departures from 15 January 2026. https://sleeper.scot/birmingham
This beautifully-illustrated edition includes “West Highland Mails”, “From Gloucester to Oban (Part 2)” and “Inspecting the Track in Early BR Days” as well as Shipping News
After a very long and successful stint as Chairman, Doug Carmichael has decided to retire. We are so grateful to him for all his years of dedicated service. But he will be staying on as Magazine Editor. Hamish Baillie has been elected as our new Chairman. “I was a career…
Beautiful front cover image from Sandy Smeaton, this edition includes an update on platform extensions, “Holidaying at Corrour” and “Loch Earn Circular Tour” part 2 as well as a host of beautiful images and all superbly edited by Doug Carmichael.
Includes “Livestock Specials Along The Crieff Lines in 1949” and “West Highland Steam Charter – 2014” as well as a host of beautiful images and all superbly edited by Doug Carmichael
YouTube video in two parts by FWHL member Gordon Webster
FWHL member and railway author and historian, Gordon Webster, has recently completed a two-part history of the West Highland Line:
