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'History of the West Highland Line' Documentary Part Two

Presented by author Gordon D. Webster and featuring the music of popular Scots folk band Reely Jiggered, Part 2 of this documentary continues the story of the line frequently voted the ‘Top Railway Journey in the World’. With archive and present-day footage, we pick up the History of the West Highland Line in the 1980s, as steam trains make a sensational return to this famous route. Locomotive-hauled service trains became a thing of the past, as the WHL joined the privatised British Rail system of the 1990s. The popular Fort William-London Euston sleeper - known as the ‘Deerstalker’ - came a whisker away from being withdrawn, while freight on the line was hit a devastating blow in the new Millennium with changing market conditions. Steam trains continued to reign supreme on the Fort William-Mallaig line, as passenger numbers increased tenfold with the filming of the Harry Potter movie series. This in turn gave the main line to Fort William a massive boost into the phenomenally popular attraction it is today. With archive and present-day footage, plus maps and location descriptions. Produced, edited and directed by Gordon D. Webster. Gordon graduated with a BA Hons degree in Journalism at Glasgow Caledonian University in 2009 and is a published author of several railway books. He appeared in the second series of the STV series ‘Inside Central Station’ to discuss the impact of the Beeching Cuts on Glasgow’s railways. Copies of ‘West Highland Lines: Post-Beeching’ can be ordered direct from the author by requesting in the comments below (subject to availability, while stocks last). Also available: ‘The Railways of Glasgow: Post-Beeching’ (The History Press) ‘Signal Boxes & Semaphores: The Decline’ (Amberley Publishing) ‘Renewing Britain’s Railways: Cumbria to Tyneside’ (Amberley Publishing) ‘Renewing Britain’s Railways: Scotland’ (Amberley Publishing) https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?i=stripboo...