Departing Glasgow Queen Street, the West Highland Line quickly leaves suburban Scotland behind, climbing past the wooded shores of Loch Lomond and into the desolate, peat-bog expanse of Rannoch Moor—a roadless wilderness accessible only by train and hardy deer stalkers.
As the train curves over the twenty-one stone arches of the iconic Glenfinnan Viaduct, passengers look down upon Loch Shiel and the lone monument commemorating Bonnie Prince Charlie’s 1745 Jacobite rising. The line terminates at Mallaig, a salty fishing port where ferries depart for the Isle of Skye.
Shivam Gupta
Expedition Lead & Adventure Photographer
Shivam is an alpine trekker, documentary photographer, and wilderness expedition guide. Having navigated remote high-altitude passes in the Himalayas, polar fjords, and off-grid desert tracks, he shares tactical packing strategies, route logistics, and raw visual dispatches from the front lines of adventure travel.
