Post by Mr Stabby on Jan 7, 2018 14:29:30 GMT
Channel 4, 8pm tonight. Might be of interest to anybody chuffed to bits by such things...
In the country which is home to the Glenfinnan viaduct and the stunning Forth Bridge, one tract of land has remained impervious to the best efforts of railway engineers for hundreds of years.
With hills, lochs, waterways and forests, the Great Glen has one of the most unforgiving landscapes facing any hopeful builders.
Until, that is, a few dozen model railway enthusiasts gathered in Fort William for the most entertaining engineering project ever seen in Scotland to build a tiny railroad to run the 71 miles to Inverness.
Channel 4 gathered together 56 volunteers to lay track across fields, paths, canals, up mountains and hills, over drops and around obstacles, for new series The Biggest Little Railway in the World, which launches this week.
The five-part programme chronicles an incredible two weeks in which presenters Dick Strawbridge and Claire Barrett had to lead their teams in an amazing project which captured the imagination of Highlanders and railiway geeks all over the world last summer.
With hills, lochs, waterways and forests, the Great Glen has one of the most unforgiving landscapes facing any hopeful builders.
Until, that is, a few dozen model railway enthusiasts gathered in Fort William for the most entertaining engineering project ever seen in Scotland to build a tiny railroad to run the 71 miles to Inverness.
Channel 4 gathered together 56 volunteers to lay track across fields, paths, canals, up mountains and hills, over drops and around obstacles, for new series The Biggest Little Railway in the World, which launches this week.
The five-part programme chronicles an incredible two weeks in which presenters Dick Strawbridge and Claire Barrett had to lead their teams in an amazing project which captured the imagination of Highlanders and railiway geeks all over the world last summer.
