BBC Trusadh - The Highland Railway (2015)

Rathad-Iarainn na Gàidhealtachd/The Highland Railway.

Join railway enthusiast Alasdair MacCaluim on a special journey of discovery on the Highland Railway as he tells the story of this famous network which celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2015.

The series of lines run from Perth to Inverness, then out east towards Keith, north up to Wick and Thurso and across to Kyle of Lochalsh in the west. Together they make up one of the most stunning and isolated railway systems in Europe.

Along the way, Alasdair meets historians, experts, engineers and fellow enthusiasts and brings this amazing railway's story to life. From the enormous engineering feats needed to build it to the massive impact that it had on the Highland communities, this programme tells the story of a railway that is unique in many different ways.

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