East Side? West Side?

[rareboy]

For my partner's special birthday next year, I am thinking about a train trip in Scotland as a possibility, while we still have the energy to travel.

Train travel is his passion and we really enjoyed the travel the Rockies in Alberta and British Columbia a few years ago.

Royal Scotsman have two tours...I favour more days on the train, and a circular route, but the other route has a lot of places I think he would like to see too.

Our travel in Scotland was restricted to Edinburgh so this would be new and of course all the travel programs make all of Scotland appealing.

The Royal Scotsman | Train Tours Of Scotland

Royal Scotsman train tours with The Luxury Train Travel Company offer a luxury, unforgettable escape into the spectacular heartland of Scotland.

theluxurytraintravelcompany.com

Has anyone here travelled in Scotland? Any recommendations as to which would be the more interesting?

 

[unloadonme]

The West Highland Line in Scotland is considered to be the most scenic railway line in Britain, if not the world. I've never travelled on it, but would love to. The line starts in Glasgow. I was there for a few days last year and had a good time mixing culture with bars.

West Highland Line - Rail Tours | Great Rail Journeys

Book your next holiday, or train tour to Scotland with Great Rail Journeys, and enjoy the stunning scenery of the West Highland Line.

www.greatrail.com

West Highland Line - Wikipedia

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[LeicsDom]

The West Highland Line in Scotland is considered to be the most scenic railway line in Britain, if not the world. I've never travelled on it, but would love to. The line starts in Glasgow. I was there for a few days last year and had a good time mixing culture with bars.

West Highland Line - Rail Tours | Great Rail Journeys

Book your next holiday, or train tour to Scotland with Great Rail Journeys, and enjoy the stunning scenery of the West Highland Line.

www.greatrail.com

West Highland Line - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Isn't that the Hogwarts Special service

 

[unloadonme]

Isn't that the Hogwarts Special service

Some of it was filmed on that line, yes. I think they also filmed on the North York Moors Railway which runs between Pickering and Whitby.

 

[gsdx]

The West Highland Line in Scotland is considered to be the most scenic railway line in Britain, if not the world. I've never travelled on it, but would love to. The line starts in Glasgow. I was there for a few days last year and had a good time mixing culture with bars.

Did you know? The Adirondack Mountains in the eastern United States, the Laurentian Mountains in eastern Canada, and the Highlands of Scotland are all part of the same mountain range.

 

[unloadonme]

Did you know? The Adirondack Mountains in the eastern United States, the Laurentian Mountains in eastern Canada, and the Highlands of Scotland are all part of the same mountain range.

No, I didn't know that. Thanks.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Did you know? The Adirondack Mountains in the eastern United States, the Laurentian Mountains in eastern Canada, and the Highlands of Scotland are all part of the same mountain range.

Does it continue under the Atlantic? Or was it severed by continental drift?

Does it have a range name that is used by geologists to describe the entire range?

 

[gsdx]

^ Continental drift has separated them but, one time in geological history, they were connected. They don't continue under the Atlantic.

I watch a lot of 'reaction' videos on YouTube and one of my favourites is a young Scotsman named Mert. He reacts to a lot of Canadian history videos and he recently did one which featured Newfoundland & Labrador. He commented on how much the landscape reminded him of the Scottish Highlands and it reminded me that they were once joined.

It was a fact I learned from a geologist who was explaining the tides in the Bay of Fundy and further research on my part confirmed the fact.

 

[EddMarkStarr]

^ Continental drift has separated them but, one time in geological history, they were connected. They don't continue under the Atlantic.

I watch a lot of 'reaction' videos on YouTube and one of my favourites is a young Scotsman named Mert. He reacts to a lot of Canadian history videos and he recently did one which featured Newfoundland & Labrador. He commented on how much the landscape reminded him of the Scottish Highlands and it reminded me that they were once joined.

It was a fact I learned from a geologist who was explaining the tides in the Bay of Fundy and further research on my part confirmed the fact.

While I was studying Earth Science in 1970, just a few miles north of me at the University of Toronto was the "Father of Plate Tectonics", Tuzo Wilson.

 

[gsdx]

^ Fascinating topic. I would love to visit Iceland and walk between the America and Eurasian plates:

 

[rareboy]

The West Highland Line in Scotland is considered to be the most scenic railway line in Britain, if not the world. I've never travelled on it, but would love to. The line starts in Glasgow. I was there for a few days last year and had a good time mixing culture with bars.

West Highland Line - Rail Tours | Great Rail Journeys

Book your next holiday, or train tour to Scotland with Great Rail Journeys, and enjoy the stunning scenery of the West Highland Line.

www.greatrail.com

West Highland Line - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Thanks...I thought so...

 

[Dargelos]

Both trips sound fabulous. The weather would be the decider between the two but you need to book long before any forecasts are possible. It's all beautiful come rain or shine but when it rains in Scotland it really rains, a lot. So being able to stay on the train if you need to is a great advantage.

 

[unloadonme]

A threat to steam-hauled services on the west coast:

End of the line? Harry Potter train waits for ruling on Hogwarts route

The iconic steam journey from Fort William to Mallaig could hit the buffers if a judicial review fails.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[rareboy]

That would be too sad.

 

[LeicsDom]

A threat to steam-hauled services on the west coast:

End of the line? Harry Potter train waits for ruling on Hogwarts route

The iconic steam journey from Fort William to Mallaig could hit the buffers if a judicial review fails.

www.bbc.co.uk

Bloody Health & Safety.
We went for more than 100 years without locking train doors