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24 hours at Gorton Loop

Gorton Loop lies deep in Rannoch Moor and miles from any form of inhabitation, the nearest track ends well over a mile away, it is a very desolate location. On 17th and 18th June 1999 I chose to spend 24 hours there to record the passing traffic having walked from Bridge of Orchy and after walking on to Rannoch. Why? Because I had seen so few photographs taken at this unique location. See The Railway Magazine April 2000 edition.
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    156495 returns south with the first up working of the day, 1Y42 0610 off Mallaig to Glasgow Queen Street. This train doesn't join the Oban unit at Crianlarich.
    Nothing stops at Gorton Loop, or so I thought. 37165 came to a stand at Gorton to drop off a Signals and Telegraph engineer to test the turnouts and telephone in one of the sheds. The working is 6Y45 0636 Mossend to Fort William Enterprise and it is recorded getting away from its unusual stop.