Railway Tours Railway companies were quick to see the potential of catering for holiday makers. This explains why the railways serviced some of the ...
1st Class Rail Carriage Passenger travel on the railways reflected the clear division between the social classes of the day This carriage, built in 1909 for ...
3rd Class Rail Carriage The Dublin and Kingston Railway was one of the first railways to offer 3rd class travel on every train. This carriage, dating from the ...
Inspection Car Each railway company had special engines which they used to inspect the track. This inspection car was built in 1906 in Birmingham at a ...
Composite Carriages This carriage operated in West Donegal between Stranorlar and Donegal Town. It originally catered for 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class passengers ...
Locomotive GNR 93 No 93 was built at the GNR works in Dublin. It operated on the 5ft 3 ins. standard gauge and started life working on the Dublin – Howth ...
Locomotive Narrow Gauge The Co. Donegal railway operated on the 3ft narrow gauge track. As these locomotives pulled lighter loads of both passengers and goods, ...
Kathleen The Kathleen was built for the opening of the Cavan Leitrim and Roscommon Railway in 1887 and named after a daughter of one of the ...
Industrial Railways This locomotive was built in 1906 for the British Aluminium Company at Larne Harbour. The company’s 4 – mile railway was used to ...
The Brewery Link This engine was built in Cork in 1905 and designed by the Guinness brewery’s chief engineer. It pulled transporter wagons from the ...
