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Callander & Oban Railway Through Time (Paperback, UK ed.)
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Callander & Oban Railway Through Time (Paperback, UK ed.)
Series: Through Time
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List price R484
Loot Price R438
Discovery Miles 4 380
You Save R46 (10%)
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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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