It might just be a couple of steaks, a few lemons or some vegetables that are needed, but if you are running a restaurant 17 miles from a public road it is a problem.
There had been fears that red tape might finally prevent ScotRail dropping off such emergency supplies at the highest and most remote station in the land.
Corrour is the stop between Rannoch and Tulloch stations on the Glasgow-Fort William line and you can get to it only by train, on foot or by a rough track.
It's where Renton declared in the film Trainspotting "It's s**** being Scottish". But it's also where Lizzie MacKenzie and Ollie Bennett, have been building up their successful restaurant with rooms business against the odds.
However, on occasion they have found themselves caught short and have had to ask their suppliers to put a small parcel or box on the train at Fort William, which could be retrieved at Corrour.
In return Ollie have Lizzie have helped the train company in a variety of ways from providing the shovels and helping dig a train out of the snow, to feeding and putting up stranded passengers when a train has been cancelled.
However there were indications recently that ScotRail might have been having a rethink, and that a few weeks ago might have been the last occasion supplies get through.
But the company has now made clear that it is happy to continue in the traditional Highland spirit of co-operation on an informal and ad hoc basis.
A ScotRail spokesman said: "We value Ollie and Lizzie's positive contribution to the overall experience of those travelling on the West Highland Lines. We have already been in contact to assure them that we'll continue delivering small quantities of supplies to the station when needed.
"One of our station managers is arranging to visit them shortly to discuss future arrangements that are suitable and practical for them and us."
Ollie and Lizzie had highlighted their plight on social media, but are delighted that it is going to be business as usual.
Ollie said "It only happens once or twice a month, but when it does we are faced with a 70 mile round trip to get even a pint of milk. Our suppliers Letterfinally foods are always happy to help. Once when we ran out of bacon a local crofter in Glen Orchy farm sent her elderly mother up on the train with our order the same day. That's the only way things can work up here."
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