The impressive railway viaduct taking numeous trains daily commuting to and from the south. SCO 9804.
(Location cited as NH 763 450). Culloden Moor Viaduct, opened 1898 by the Highland Rly, engineer Murdoch Paterson. A remarkable 28-span masonry viaduct, the longest such in Scotland, 1800ft (549m). It is built on a curve. This double-track viaduct is the longest masonry railway viaduct in Scotland. It was designed by Murdoch Paterson for the Highland Rly across the River Findhorn; it opened on 1 November 1898 and remains in use. This viaduct carries the (current and diversion) Perth-Inverness main line across the River Nairn, which here forms the boundary between the portions of Croy and Dalcross parish in Inverness District (Inverness-shire) and Nairn District (Nairn), to the N and S respectively. It is approached by massive embankments on both N and S and forms a short break in the otherwise-unrelenting climb of the railway heading S from Inverness. It remains in regular use by passenger traffic. The location assigned to this record defines the crossing-point of the structure over the River Nairn, somewhat to the N of its midpoint. The available map evidence (AIB GIS) indicates that it extends from NH c. 76361 45161 to NH c. 76472 44669.
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Location: Culloden River Nairn Inverness-shire. Scottland
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
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