Highland Survivor

Highland Survivor Synopsis

The 168-mile Far North Line, from Inverness to Wick and Thurso, is one of Britain's most remarkable rail survivors. Completed in 1874, it played a major strategic role in Britain's World War I effort, but faced extinction in 1963 when Dr Richard Beeching published his infamous report: 'The Reshaping of British Railways'. Over 40 years ago, David Spaven began on the Far North Line what would become a working life spend in and around the rail industry. In 'Highland Survivor' he relates the fascinating story of Britain's longest rural railway: its origins, early years, Edwardian heyday, momentous escape from the Beeching Axe, and subsequent chequered history.