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The Irish Steam Preservation Society, based in Stradbally, County Laois, which operates the Stradbally Woodland Railway with vintage steam and diesel locomotives. The Irish Traction Group, based in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, which has a diesel locomotive collection at the site by the Limerick–Waterford railway route.
The Bangor Line originated with the incorporation of the Belfast, Holywood, and Bangor Railway (BHBR) on June 26, 1846. The first section of the line, running from Belfast to Holywood, opened on August 2, 1848. The line was extended to Bangor on May 1, 1865, and subsequently acquired by the Belfast and County Down Railway (BCDR) in 1884. [3]
The second (1993–c.2000) stretched approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south-west from the museum building on Foyle Road. The current owners of the museum have tentative plans to reopen the railway. Shane's Castle Railway was a tourist railway in the grounds of the castle which used preserved narrow gauge steam locomotives. It was 1.5 miles (2.4 ...
The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (RPSI) is a railway preservation group founded in 1964 and operating throughout Ireland. Mainline steam train railtours are operated from Dublin, while short train rides are operated up and down the platform at Whitehead, County Antrim, and as of 2023, the group sometimes operates mainline trains in Northern Ireland using hired-in NIR diesel trains ...
The Irish Railway Record Society has a library of Irish railway documents at Heuston station and charters an annual railtour. The Modern Railway Society of Ireland promoted interest in modern-day Irish Railways and charters occasional railtours, before it was wound up in 2024. Irish Traction Group based at Carrick-on-Suir.
Claremorris to Collooney Railway - Swinford Historical Society - 1996; Connemara Railway, The - Villiers Tuthill, Kathleen - 2003; Cork City Railway Stations, 1985, Colm Creedon, 1986; Cork and Macroom Direct Railway (the) Colm Creedon, 1960 (out of print) County Armagh Railway Album - McKee, Eddie - 1996; County Down, The - Arnold, R.M. - 1981
The date of vesting was set for 1 July 1903 and on 21 July 1903, the act of Parliament necessary for amalgamation passed into law as the Midland Railway (Belfast and Northern Counties Railway Purchase) Act 1903 (3 Edw. 7. c. cxxvii). Thus ended the separate existence of the railway that was affectionately nicknamed "Big Nancy Coming Running".
The Northern Counties Committee (Midland Railway) was an amalgamation of the Midland Railway with the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway which was formed on 1 July 1903. Additionally, the Carrickfergus Harbour Junction Light Railway 2 km (1 mi); was incorporated in 1882, opening in 1887 and was worked by the Northern Counties Committee.