Dromod Trains,Buses and Planes, or Maybe Just Some of Their Remains
The Cavan & Leitrim Railway is run by volunteers. Their Depot is in Dromod, Co. Leitrim. Trains run every weekend, and on Mondays. The group also have a transport museum, with narrow gauge trains of every gauge, buses, planes, fire engines and artillery guns from WW1 and WW2. It is located beside the Irish Rail Station in Dromod.
One of the original locos, No.2, and one of the original carriages, is preserved on display at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.
Thanks to Wikipedia for the above.
I was meeting up with my Irish American relatives in Dromod early June 2009,and was told of a railway museum across the railway bridge.
I was persuaded by Mr Michael Kennedy who runs the place to join a couple of guys from Belfast for a look around.
The pictures in this photo story are just some of the items on display here.Some exhibits are almost perfectly preserved,others as will be seen are almost graveyard material.
There's a yellow submarine---the cockpit and passenger section of a Douglas DC7 used by the Queen and Prince Philip in 1958---more aviation memorabilia---a bike that you pedalled on the railway line ! ---artillery---buses and all sorts of vehicles---and a myriad of other stuff.
Michael and his staff (should i call them that), have an almost encyclopedic knowledge of the history of any of their exhibits,and i would recommend a visit to anyone with an interest in anything.You'll be well entertained,and all for a donation of your choosing at the end of the tour.
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River Shannon, Ireland 2016
Boattrip on River Shannon with Silverline Company.
Armagh in the 1950's. Archive film 96110
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Giant's Causeway Station to Bushmills, View from the footplate
A view of the Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway in August 2008 from the footplate of locomotive Shane (built 1949). Please note that the video had to been edited to under ten minutes as Youtube has a ten minute time limit on each video. The actual journey time is 15 minutes. Please visit the railway's website for more details, timetables and contact information.
Irish Rail vans 3184 & 3177 at Quorn station yard
Irish Rail vans 3184 & 3177 at Quorn station yard, Great Central Railway 07/07/07.
hidden galway cliften railway line
The old Galway to Cliften railway line, taken over by nature
The Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway, top and tail, Easter 2009
Easter 2009 was the busiest on record for the railway and trains were hauled by locomotives Shane and Tyrone, one of the oldest working Peckett locomotives in the world. Visit the website for details
Giant's Causeway & Bushmills Railway
Short video clip of Shane and Tyrone at the Giant's Causeway Station