Last train of the day to Ballachulish departs Oban in the late 1950s. The curve in the platform makes it neessary for the driver to step off the footplate in order to receive the guard’s rightaway. In charge is LMS built 0-4-4T No 55263, built 1925; w/d November 1961.

© David P Williams Archive / Rail-Online Original photograph by Donald Luscombe.