A Quite Impossible Proposal: How Not to Build a Railway

by Andrew Drummond

In the 1890s, the people of north-west Scotland grew tired of Government Commissions sent to consider a railway to Ullapool. Despite rock-solid arguments in favour of such a railway, neither government nor the big railway companies lifted a finger to build one. Against the recommendations of its own advisers, the Scottish Office dismissed the project as 'a quite impossible proposal'. In 1918, history repeated itself with another Commission and another...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912476886
• ISBN13: 9781912476886
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Origin
• Length: 272 Pages