In 1891 Corrour Estate was bought by Sir John Stirling Maxwell of Pollock.     The Hunting Lodge was situated on the side of Carn Dearg and accessed by the 'Road to the Isles' from Rannoch.     The estate was totally landlocked and Sir John wanted to build his new lodge at the end of Loch ossian BUT there was no way to bring in building materials SO he set about persuading the National railways to bring a railway over the peat bogs of Rannoch Moor and in 1894 the West Highland Line was opened.     The first arrival was a steamer ship named the Calleach (old woman) which was brought in on a special long railway carriage and reassembled on Loch Ossian, she was used to transport building materials to the end of the Loch and the new lodge was completed in 1899.     Once the lodge was up and running guests would arrive on the train and then be transported by pony and trap to the waiting room at the west end of the loch and then onto the Callieach to cruise down the loch to the lodge.

For quite a number of years you could only alight at Corrour Station if you had been invited but around 1910 a Station House & Waiting room were added to the Signaling Station and a Stationmaster was employed.   He lived at the Station with his wife and family and his children were educated on the estate at the Lodge.