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December 2013

DCDR Founder Named in New Years Honours

The founder of Northern Ireland’s only full-size heritage railway, the Downpatrick & County Down Railway, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Year Honours for service to railway preservation and tourism in County Down. Gerry Cochrane was born in 1935 within sight and sound of the old Belfast & County Down Railway. Since […]