Railway Station, Fort William
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Railway Station, Fort William by Dave Hitchborne as part of the Geograph project.
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Railway Station, Fort William
Image: © Dave Hitchborne Taken: 13 Jul 2007
The train is the sleeper service. The locomotive is one of thirty locomotives of this class built for the English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS) for use on high-speed mail trains. The EWS decided to purchase the new high-speed 125 mph diesel locomotives to replace most of the Class 47 and Class 86 locomotives already on the mail trains. "Every night except Saturday night, 'Caledonian Sleeper' trains depart from towns and cities all over Scotland, direct to central London arriving in time for breakfast. A little piece of Scotland that will take you right down to the Big Smoke..."
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Image Location
Latitude
56.820621
Longitude
-5.104043