Kyle of Lochalsh Line

The route was built in two parts: the Dingwall and Skye Railway, between and , opened on 19 August 1870, while the Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway) took the line beyond Stromeferry to on 2 November 1897. Dingwall station itself had been open since 1862, as an intermediate station on the Inverness and Ross-shire Railway (part of the modern-day Far North Line). The Strathpeffer Branch operated between 1885 and 1951. In 1933, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway introduced two named trains on the line, The Hebridean and The Lewisman. In July 1939 a landslide between Attadale and Stomeferry derailed an engine and six freight vans. The landslide was caused by recent heavy rains.…