Painting the Town (or Telephone Box) Red

What do you do when the trains aren’t running because of the Twelfth holidays? Catch up on all those little jobs needing done! As well as a skeleton crew shunting the sheds, one such job was painting the telephone box (K6 design for those interested) and the King George VI period post box, which had […]

Well Done Ian!

One of the Downpatrick &Co. Down Railway’s own has been chosen as Down District’s Tourism Hero for 2008. Ian Davis, 82, has been a stalwart of the volunteer-run tourist attraction for over 20 years, and received the accolade from Down District Chairman Eddie Rea and the BBC’s Noel Thompson at this year’s award ceremony, held […]

Railway Hopes Tamper Will Mean Goodbye to Picks and Shovels!

The Downpatrick and County Down Railway gave a “lift” to an unusual train today. The machine, known as a ‘tamper’ was acquired from Northern Ireland Railways and was delivered to Downpatrick after being craned onto a lorry at NIR’s Adelaide Depot in South Belfast. Andy Cook, Infrastructure Manager with the DCDR, explains that this is […]

Saving Your Old Snaps of the Railway

With the 150th Anniversary of the railway opening to Downpatrick fast approaching next March, the Downpatrick &Co. Down Railway wants anyone with any photos of the old Belfast &County Down Railway to get in touch. It is important that photographs are recorded and preserved to show what life on the railway was like before the […]

Local Fire Brigade’s Gift to the Railway

The DCDR has been given a given a very generous donation of £500 by the local Downpatrick station of the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service. The local Fire Brigade have an annual collection every year for their favourite charities, and this year the DCDR was selected. Finance Officer John Beaumont and Hon. Vice President […]