Help DCDR save the last cement ‘bubble’ wagon
Thanks to a generous preservationist, DCDR has been presented with the opportunity to preserve the last surviving CIÉ cement ‘bubble’ wagon, No.25199, but we need your help. As you can imagine, transporting a rail vehicle, even a small one, is not cheap, with £1700-1800 being the ballpark figure we need to raise for transport alone. […]
Carriage Restorers’ Convention 2025 takes place in Downpatrick
A wet and soggy Sunday brought our Summer Season to a close, with hundreds of visitors enjoying our final weekend as part of the European Heritage Open Days. But that wasn’t all – forget ComicCon, the DCDR hosted this year’s CarriageCon (the Carriage Restorers’ Convention), held outside Great Britain for the first time. Experts from […]