sixteen 12by 10s Posted April 4, 2010 Share Posted April 4, 2010  its a forty to the Kyle again The CFPS stepped in with 40145, at the last minute to supply motive power for this weekends “Western Highlander†railtour. Funny how the services of a loco that was withdrawn from the British Rail fleet in 1983 where required. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted April 4, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2010 Load only 6 coaches - was that a viable tour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixteen 12by 10s Posted April 4, 2010 Author Share Posted April 4, 2010 Hi the tour was split in to two portions, one going to Kyle and the other to Mallaig. I think the idea is that you swap half's of the train by doing a buss over to Skye and a ferry back to Mallaig. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted April 4, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 4, 2010 Thanks for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiltedsignaller Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 Hi the tour was split in to two portions, one going to Kyle and the other to Mallaig. I think the idea is that you swap half's of the train by doing a buss over to Skye and a ferry back to Mallaig. Gary Not so long ago it was still possible to connect by boat direct from Kyle to Mallaig. It was a fantastic sail down Loch Alsh then the Sound of Sleat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishlocos Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 Hi all here are some pics of the tour re-joining at Braidhurst loop near Motherwell 2x47's 2x67's but 40145 was the star of the show. 47's worked from West Highland 40145 from Kyle train was joined here and worked by 67029 and 003 hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixteen 12by 10s Posted April 7, 2010 Author Share Posted April 7, 2010 Hi John I am just and i say, just old enough to remember that service. One of the Skirll of the Pipes tours hired a couple of fishing boats to do the trip in one direction, with a rough sea and on train catering  you can guess the rest!. At one time you could catch the 05.59 Queen street to Fort William, then a train to Mallaig for the ferry to Skye, a bus across the island and the ferry to Kyle. You would then join the Kyle train to Inverness and get on the internal sleeper and arrive in Glasgow for the 05.59 to Fort William!!. If you went from Mallaig to Kyle via the two ferries and the bus, the journey was 26 miles, to get back by train, it was 427 miles! Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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