On the Jacobite.

[curiouswombat]

The train journey from Mallaig to Fort William is regarded as one of the greatest railway journeys in the world. I have done it before, just on the ordinary train, and it really is a great trip. For many years it has been one of the few parts of the main-line network that had a regular steam hauled train in the summer - known as The Jacobite

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[kathyh]

Fabulous photos. Glad you had such good weather. I had a very happy husband when we did the trip too :)

[curiouswombat]

Thank you! We were so fortunate with the weather. My daughter says there was one nice day at home whilst we were away, and otherwise it was cool and damp.

[elwenlj]

I remember crossing that, on a steam train pulling old fashioned compartmentalised carriages, on the way to a sci-fi convention in Glasgow, about forty-five years ago! I had just booked a train journey, with no clue what I would be travelling on, so it was quite a pleasant surprise, even to twenty-odd year old ignorant me.

[curiouswombat]

That would have been a rather nice surprise!

[cairistiona7]

What lovely scenery! Not being a huge HP fan and having seen the movies only once, I wouldn't have recognized the locale straight off, but it did look familiar, and that's probably why.

[curiouswombat]

Sometimes one can get the impression, these days, that JK Rowling invented the North of Scotland, trains, and the Glenfinnan viaduct!

But it is a beautifully wild landscape, and the viaduct is a wonder of late Victorian engineering - and the engine that pulled our train was built in 1937 which makes it a similar age to the one JKR describes - even though she says it was built 100 years earlier.

[heleninwales]

What a great train journey! It is a classic, especially on a steam hauled train.

[curiouswombat]

It really is a classic - and it was lovely to do it first class and steam hauled this time :)

[shirebound]

I enjoyed your pics and video. It's been too many decades since I've been on a train but love watching the scenery go by.

[curiouswombat]

Thank you - I do love a good train journey.