Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Carn nam Bain-tighearna
Height: 634m / 2080ft • Prominence: 92m / 302ft • Summit : large cairn • Trip reports (hill-bagging)
Slochd Summit Highlander
37403 'Isle of Mull' and 37409 'Lord Hinton' lead 1Z37 the 06:58 Carlisle - Inverness SRPS 'The Capital Highlander' charter over Slochd Summit. This shot was a real triumph over adversity- Due to a deviation from the booked route in the Scottish lowlands the train was running around 1 hour late by this point and quite what that meant for pathing was anyone's guess. Having settled on this spot, and my friend having driven on to an alternative at Moy, I really had no option to escape if the weather closed in- which of course it did! More concerning perhaps was that examining real time trains the late running of the charter, and the early running of the 'Tesco Express' freight train now meant that they would almost certainly pass right before my eyes in the loop at Slochd. Now the shot of the 37's would not be nearly so good if they used the loop... and it would be non-existent if the freight was already parked in it! A couple of other photographers realised what was destined to happen and moved to the other side of the line to catch the train before the loop and rescue something of the situation- but to my eyes there just wasn't a shot there. I returned to this spot as the only photographer waiting to have their shot ruined by the lack of sunlight and the looped freight train. But if my some miracle the charter arrived first, I might just come away with something. You can imagine my delight when the 37's could be heard climbing the bank and burst through the cutting just as a weak beam of sunlight hit the track in front of me. The freight had been looped at Moy, the 37's took the main, and just enough light had held out.
08-Feb-25 • Trains Today • flickr
slochd slochdsummit highlandmainline scotland class37 37403 37409 srps 1z37 scottishrailwaypreservationsociety charter railtour 54342018109
Slochd
looking south from the Slochd summit on the A9. Roughly the same position on the modern realigned road built in the 1970s today maps.app.goo.gl/Eiq4oAMZtGXAgDKZ9" rel="noreferrer nofollow here . Card posted in 1954.
21-Sep-24 • Neil F King • flickr
scotland scottish a9 road slochd postcard 54011298156
37405 & 56090.
37405 & 56090 southbound over Slochd Viaduct with the Inverness snowploughs, running as 7Z33 1304 Inverness Millburn C.Rail to Larbert C.E.
19-Aug-24 • John Gray 110930 • flickr
53934482668
New Measurement Train - Slochd Viaduct
BR Class 43 43013 'Mark Carne CBE' hauls the New Measurement Train home from a rare trip to Inverness with Class 43 43357 on the rear
16-Jul-24 • Drew Mackay • flickr
br 43013 mark carne cbe new measurement train class 43 43357 british rail slochd viaduct summit 53861702979
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Photos
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The other photos have been geo-tagged as on or around the summit. For less busy mountains, it can be a little hit and miss.
Slochd Summit Highlander
37403 'Isle of Mull' and 37409 'Lord Hinton' lead 1Z37 the 06:58 Carlisle - Inverness SRPS 'The Capital Highlander' charter over Slochd Summit. This shot was a real triumph over adversity- Due to a deviation from the booked route in the Scottish lowlands the train was running around 1 hour late by this point and quite what that meant for pathing was anyone's guess. Having settled on this spot, and my friend having driven on to an alternative at Moy, I really had no option to escape if the weather closed in- which of course it did! More concerning perhaps was that examining real time trains the late running of the charter, and the early running of the 'Tesco Express' freight train now meant that they would almost certainly pass right before my eyes in the loop at Slochd. Now the shot of the 37's would not be nearly so good if they used the loop... and it would be non-existent if the freight was already parked in it! A couple of other photographers realised what was destined to happen and moved to the other side of the line to catch the train before the loop and rescue something of the situation- but to my eyes there just wasn't a shot there. I returned to this spot as the only photographer waiting to have their shot ruined by the lack of sunlight and the looped freight train. But if my some miracle the charter arrived first, I might just come away with something. You can imagine my delight when the 37's could be heard climbing the bank and burst through the cutting just as a weak beam of sunlight hit the track in front of me. The freight had been looped at Moy, the 37's took the main, and just enough light had held out.
08-Feb-25 • Trains Today • flickr
slochd slochdsummit highlandmainline scotland class37 37403 37409 srps 1z37 scottishrailwaypreservationsociety charter railtour 54342018109
Slochd
looking south from the Slochd summit on the A9. Roughly the same position on the modern realigned road built in the 1970s today maps.app.goo.gl/Eiq4oAMZtGXAgDKZ9" rel="noreferrer nofollow here . Card posted in 1954.
21-Sep-24 • Neil F King • flickr
scotland scottish a9 road slochd postcard 54011298156
37405 & 56090.
37405 & 56090 southbound over Slochd Viaduct with the Inverness snowploughs, running as 7Z33 1304 Inverness Millburn C.Rail to Larbert C.E.
19-Aug-24 • John Gray 110930 • flickr
53934482668
New Measurement Train - Slochd Viaduct
BR Class 43 43013 'Mark Carne CBE' hauls the New Measurement Train home from a rare trip to Inverness with Class 43 43357 on the rear
16-Jul-24 • Drew Mackay • flickr
br 43013 mark carne cbe new measurement train class 43 43357 british rail slochd viaduct summit 53861702979
Game Freak - Lucario
Lucario VStar - Sword & Shield Black Star Promo
03-Feb-23 • Drew Mackay • flickr
53996725066
Intermodal - Mossend to Inverness
BR Class 66 66422 crests Slochd Summit on a snowy morning
05-Apr-21 • Drew Mackay • flickr
53747482880
BR Class 43 43131
BR Class 43 43131 leads the way over Slochd Summit
05-Apr-21 • Drew Mackay • flickr
53936295813
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Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.