Extreme trainspotting on Britain's highest (and windiest) railway

Tibet? Pah! A 20m ride puts the Highlands at your feet

Geek's Guide to Britain The world's highest railway is the Xining-Golmud-Lhasa railway at 5,068m (16,627ft) above sea level and running 815km (506 miles). As much a political piece as a transport corridor, the line was designed to fuse China with Tibet - the country the People's Republic invaded and annexed in 1950."