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Location notes
The location is on the Perth - Glasgow main line situated about 6 miles south of Perth.
Railway type and traffic
The line has a mix of passenger and freight traffic.
Passenger services are provided by ScotRail using Class 158 / 170 units on Glasgow - Inverness / Aberdeen and Edinburgh - Inverness; by East Coast using HST on the morning Inverness - Kings Cross and evening Kings Cross - Inverness; by WCRC on the programmed Royal Scotsman duties and by DB Schenker Class 67s on the Inverness - Edinburgh sleepers.
Freight services are operated by DB Schenker with Class 66/0 on Enterprises to Inverness and Aberdeen; Class 67 on Aberdeen - Walsall mails; Class 66/0 on weekly fuel train to Inverness; by DRS on daily Grangemouth - Aberdeen service; by GBRf on occasional Harwich - Aberdeen service - if diverted from the main ECML route over the Forth Bridge.
Passenger services are provided by ScotRail using Class 158 / 170 units on Glasgow - Inverness / Aberdeen and Edinburgh - Inverness; by East Coast using HST on the morning Inverness - Kings Cross and evening Kings Cross - Inverness; by WCRC on the programmed Royal Scotsman duties and by DB Schenker Class 67s on the Inverness - Edinburgh sleepers.
Freight services are operated by DB Schenker with Class 66/0 on Enterprises to Inverness and Aberdeen; Class 67 on Aberdeen - Walsall mails; Class 66/0 on weekly fuel train to Inverness; by DRS on daily Grangemouth - Aberdeen service; by GBRf on occasional Harwich - Aberdeen service - if diverted from the main ECML route over the Forth Bridge.
Environment
The location is a railway bridge over the line on the outskirts of the hamlet.
Road directions
Take the A9 Perth - Stirling road and turn left ( if travelling towards Stirling ) or right ( if travelling towards Perth ) onto the B934 marked 'Forteviot'. Continue along road over level crossing then take first left turn and park in the lay by 100 yards to the left.
Take farm track by lay by to the railway bridge.
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Forteviot map co-ordinates
Take farm track by lay by to the railway bridge.
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Forteviot map co-ordinates
Parking
Car is safe in lay by but do not take car up farm track as the farmer uses wide agricultural vehicles which can damage cars.
Public transport
Sun Compass
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Forteviot
Streetmap links
Forteviot general view map
Forteviot close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Forteviot
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Forteviot
Googly map
Forteviot general view map
Forteviot close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Forteviot
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Photographic notes
The line runs on a north-east to south-west axis and is straight in both directions.
The light is good until mid-afternoon from the southern side of the line.
There are no signals but the crossing gates are easily seen and give about 60 seconds warning of trains.
The light is good until mid-afternoon from the southern side of the line.
There are no signals but the crossing gates are easily seen and give about 60 seconds warning of trains.
General views - All photographs © Fred Kerr unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking south west
Fig 2 - Looking north east
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
