Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Through Time
ISBN-10
1445614057
ISBN-13
9781445614052
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Imprint
Amberley Publishing
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 15th, 2013
Print length
96 Pages
Weight
288 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 16.50 x 1.00 cms
Product Classification:
Trains & railways: general interestPlaces in old photographs
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This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Callander & Oban Railway has changed and developed over the last century.
Construction on the Callander & Oban Railway began in 1866, but because of the mountain terrain through which the line passed, especially at Glen Ogle and at the Pass of Brander at Loch Awe, the line did not open until 1880. Designed to link Callander, near Stirling, soon to be absorbed into the Scottish Central Railway and then the Caledonian, with the west coast port of Oban, the line was never profitable although Oban developed as a fashionable resort after the arrival of the railway. Although the section of line between Crianlarich and Oban remains open as part of the West Highland Line, the eastern section between Callander and Crianlarich closed following a landslide in September 1965. Much of the eastern section is now a cycle path known as the Rob Roy Way. In this book, Ewan Crawford uses a mixture of old and new photographs to bring the history of the line and its landscape to life.
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