- TITLE
- Increased railway freight during the war
- EXTERNAL ID
- GB1796_SINCLAIR_HIGHRAILWAY_03
- PERIOD
- 1980s
- CREATOR
- unknown
- SOURCE
- Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
- ASSET ID
- 2011
- KEYWORDS
- Second World War
transportation
audio
During World War II the Highland railways played an important role, transporting freight and troops to and from the naval bases, airfields, coastal defences, and supply bases throughout the region. In this audio extract, a former railway employee remembers the increase in freight traffic.
'There was a general upsurge of freight traffic in connection with the two new R.A.F. stations which was very marked at Evanton and Kinloss. In addition there was a build up of emergency food stores at Mulben, Culloden Moor, prior to the outbreak of war, where emergency foods where stored; flour, sugar, meal, cereals, etc.'