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The Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge industrial railway. It was a relatively long line, built for the construction and subsequent maintenance of a 15-mile-long (24-kilometre) tunnel from Loch Treig to a factory near Fort William in Scotland . [ 1 ]
Fersit Halt railway station named after the nearby hamlet of Fersit (Scottish Gaelic: Fearsaid Mhòr), was situated close to Tulloch railway station in Lochaber, Highland council area, Scotland. Fersit was a remote rural temporary private halt at the north end of Loch Treig where workers were housed who worked on the Lochaber hydroelectric scheme.
Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway: 1925 1977 3 ft (914 mm) Fort William, Scotland 25 miles (40 km) long railway used in the construction of the 15 miles (24 km) long tunnel of the Lochaber hydroelectric scheme. Nuttall Dover Sewer contract: 1996 1998 2 ft (610 mm) Dover, England Construction railway for a one-mile long interception sewer tunnel.
Lochaber (/ l ɒ x ˈ ɑː b ər / lokh-AH-bər; Scottish Gaelic: Loch Abar) is a name applied to a part of the Scottish Highlands.Historically, it was a provincial lordship consisting of the parishes of Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig.
Mallaig railway station is a railway station serving the ferry port of Mallaig, Lochaber, in the Highland region of Scotland. This station is a terminus on the West Highland Line , 41 miles (66 km) by rail from Fort William and 164 miles (264 km) from Glasgow Queen Street . [ 4 ]
This is a route-map template for the Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway, a Scottish railway line and/or company.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
There are two minimarkets and gift shops. An art gallery sells work by local artists. There is a small bookshop. A heritage centre next to the railway station is based around old photographs of the locality, but as Mallaig has only existed during the age of photography this offers a good introduction to the history and heritage of the locality.
The Lochaber hydroelectric scheme is a hydroelectric power generation project constructed in the Lochaber area of the western Scottish Highlands after the First World War. Like its predecessors at Kinlochleven and Foyers , it was designed to provide electricity for aluminium production, this time at Fort William .