Our diesel gala on Saturday 29th August is completely sold out – please do not travel to the railway if you have not booked.

Railway volunteers wearing high visabilty clothes work inside a train carriage.
Railway volunteers wearing high visabilty clothes work inside a train carriage.

January 12, 2026

New Year, new project

Railway volunteers wearing high visabilty clothes work inside a train carriage.

New Year, new project? With the 80 class project now its final stages, our carriage team  volunteers has turned its attention to the next major restoration project. This is CIÉ ‘laminate’ carriage 1918. It is one of the of the very first carriages to arrive at our railway back in the late 1980s. 1918 hasn’t […]