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Volunteers watch as a stone ballast is dumped on a railway siding from a yellow loader.
Volunteers watch as a stone ballast is dumped on a railway siding from a yellow loader.

March 26, 2025

Day: 26 March 2025

Railway volunteers complete ballasting of new siding at Downpatrick

Volunteers watch as a stone ballast is dumped on a railway siding from a yellow loader.

Last Saturday saw our railway’s volunteers complete ballasting on our new siding in Downpatrick yard. This involved the loading of ten loads of stone out near the West Crossover which were then brought into the yard by our road rail dumper, which had to then navigate the yard back and forth to reach the new […]