Distant Signals - West Highland Line in the 1980s

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Thank you, d. To Mr McLellan, Mr Fullarton and their Families. Stay free. R 👍

I thought I recognised Rannoch's station master, often we would make the long journey from say Aberfeldy where we were camping and go watch the trains which were quite scarce up and down. Rannoch itself has a history of how they used to pack everything and anything under the sinking tracks in a battle against nature and how when the snow came the place would disappear under huge drifts that overcame the diesels as much as it did the steam engines. Sometimes in the 70's my brother and I found Morar's old roundel sign plus a stop and a couple distant wooden signals and we took them back to show me BR signalman father who got really cross and drove us back over the bay and made us chuck them in the bushes we had found them :( I mean Morar's post WW2 station sign O.o, however he didn't spot the two telephone insulators we had found and had hidden in our clothes bags, one LMS signed on top, the other may have been a Caledonian railway one, used to have a collection of them including LNER, GWR, SR and BR signed ones and my father thinking they were worthless threw 'em away whilst I was in service... what would they and the roundel sign be worth today?

Amazing film thankyou😃

Walked the West Highland Way back in 2007. Stayed at Bridge of Orchy Station which was a backpackers. Traveled on the rail line from Fort William to Mallaig with the Jacobite steam train. What a beautiful area.,

hi Superb i travelled from stranraer to Glasgow then to Crianlarich stayed ft William n Mallaig took 2/3 days back in 86

Donnie McLellan was my grandfather. Nice to have this wee interview with to look back on

RETB saved the Highlands railway. So glad it is still going!

Lovely. You brought together the dichotomy of people verses money. Give me people on Rannoch Moor any time. Thanks. Rmb

Can anyone tell me what that wonderfull piece of music is at the begining?

Can anyone tell me what that wonderfull piece of music is at the begining and the end sung by the choir ?