Kyle of Lochalsh
Posted in Art Deco, Bridges, Trips at 12:00 on 31 January 2018
Kyle of Lochalsh is a village situated at the mouth of Loch Alsh, ten or so miles from Dornie and Eilean Donan Castle.
It is perhaps most famous for being the terminus of the Kyle of Lochalsh Railway line, which nominally runs from Dingwall but the trains go on to Inverness.
Kyle of Lochalsh Railway Station:-
The Station is effectively on the pier. Handy for goods traffic:-
Part of railway line:-
Signal Box, Kyle of Lochalsh, taken from same bridge as above:-
The village is quite small but as I recall represented the big bad wider world of fleshpots and the like for the inhabitants of the Applecross peninsula in His Bloody Project
The most impressive building in Lochalsh is the Lochalsh Hotel which has minor Art Deco leanings:-
Only a mile (or less) away is the Skye Bridge. (No need now to take a boat – bonny or otherwise – over the sea to Skye.) Skye hills in background:-
In the village there is a memorial in the form of a defused mine:-
Mine memorial inscription:-








