£22.00

Author:   Patrick Howat

Published:   2007
Edition:   Paperback
Pages:   96
Condition:   New
Genre:   Narrow Gauge, Light & Industrial

Status:   In Stock, rare, only 2 left

Synopsis

The Puggy Line: The Lochaber Narrow Gauge Railway by Patrick Howat.

Patrick Howat provides a detailed history and account of this lengthy 3ft narrow gauge line built to assist in the construction and maintenance on the pipeline to the Aluminum smelter at Fort William between 1925 and 1977.

The railway consisted of a network of lines including the Pier Railway, the Upper Works Railway and Treig-Laggan. This book includes information on the routes, the rolling stock and locomotives.

Includes 138 illustrations and photographs.

Chapters

Setting the Scene
Preparations
The Tunnel and the Railway
The Upper Works Railway in Use
Description of the Upper Works Railway
The 1930s
Balfour Beatty Rolling Stock
1940s
The 1952 Tunnel Clearance
The Pier Railway
Upper Works Railway in the 50s and 60s
Away up-Country
British Aluminium Rolling Stock
1970s