The lines of Skye

I've been using Google maps for a while now to work on a map of all the lines on Skye, the following map is the result.


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The blue lines represent both of the planned lines by the North British and Highland Railways, and the Skye Marble Railway (as this followed the same route as the HR proposal to Torrin). This also is the 'network' that I will be using as the basis for my 'history' that I will create for the IoSR when the layout is complete.

The turquoise line is the Ord quartzite quarry tramway, a line of only a few tens of metres long from the quarry to the main road.

The purple line shows the Talisker distillery tramway from the distillery, to the pier at Carbostbeg.

The yellow line is a funiclar railway for the Storr Lochs hydroelectic power schemes which was built to help transport materials during the construction of the HEP scheme.

The red line is the longest of the 'independent' railways on Skye, the Lealt Valley Diatomite Railway, running from the coast at Invertote, to Loch Cuithir.

Over time I hope to visit all of these sites and photograph whatever remains. For now though, the map will have to do.

I'll be posting some shots from Streetview soon which show some of the lines, along with some of the history of each.