Irish Rail Boss Launches Vintage Steam Engine
A veteran of the steam age returned triumphantly to service at the Downpatrick &Co. Down Railway on Saturday 18th October after a £23,000 overhaul. Steam engine No. 90 was officially launched at a ceremony at Downpatrick by Dick Fearn, the chief executive of Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail), the national rail operator of the Republic of […]
Another Archive Radio Report Unearthed
It is with delight that we have unearthed another classic radio clip of the DCDR (then Downpatrick Railway Museum) on the airwaves, found on a cassette in the bottom drawer of one of our member’s desks! In this 2003 edition of Your Place and Mine Michael McNamee journeys down to Downpatrick to see the restoration […]