River Tay 1942 filmed version of the book recreates the bridge's catastrophic collapse. The rail bridge was rebuilt, with the replacement bridge opening on 11 June 1887. A passenger and vehicle ferry service operated across the River Tay between Craig Pier, Dundee and Newport-on-Tay in Fife. In Dundee, the ferries were known as "the Fifies". The service was discontinued on the opening of the Tay Road Bridge on 18 August 1966. The last vessels to operate the service were PS "B. L. Nairn" and two more modern ferries equipped with Voith Schneider Propellers, MVs "Abercraig" and "Scotscraig". The Tay is mentioned in
Loch Tay Loch Tatha"). The Scottish Crannog Centre, which contains a reconstructed crannog, is located on the south shore of the loch. Loch Tay railway station was on the Killin Railway. It is now closed. In ancient times (in the Iron Age) people lived on defensible, man-made islands on the loch, called crannogs. More than 20 submerged crannogs have been identified in the loch. An example has now been reconstructed on the south side of the loch at the "Scottish Crannog Centre". Loch Tay Loch Tay (Scottish Gaelic, "Loch Tatha") is a freshwater loch in the central highlands of Scotland, in the