Description

Promotional material in plastic folder with a tartan pattern cover presented by Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd to guests invited on a railway journey between Glasgow and Mallaig on 12 September 1989.

Inside the folder are:

• a timetable
• an invitation card
• a guest list
• a menu card
• a complementary Polaroid photograph of Roland Paxton mounted in a card
• a Sir Robert McAlpine promotional brochure
• a booklet “100m Years of the West Highland Railway”
• a booklet published by Sir Robert McAlpine “A History of the West Highland Railway Line extension Fort William to Mallaig 1987-1901”
• a promotional Parker ballpoint pen in a plastic case titled “Sir Robert McAlpine”
• a 6 inch promotional scale
• a collection of ten photographs taken by Roland Paxton on the trip

The train departed Glasgow Station at 08.40 arriving Mallaig at 14.55; departing Mallaig at 15.25 arriving Queen Street at 21.31. Breakfast, Lunch (at 11.45), Afternoon Tea and Dinner (at 18.45) were served.