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2002.10.13 |
Model Railway Day - 9th November @ UFTM
The Friends of Cultra (Ulster Folk
and Transport Museum) have organised a Model Railway Day
at the museum on 9th of November from 10am to 5pm. There will
be railway layouts galore in a variety of scales and gauges
in the Irish Railway Collection hall.
Call the events department at 02890 428428 for further information.
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2002.05.03 |
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CDRRS to merge with CDRR Ltd?
At its Annual General Meeting on the 1st of June 2002, the CDRRS will decide the extent to
which it will merge with County Donegal
Railway Restoration Ltd., which has been set up to receive the
Social Economy grant money (for the reconstruction of the line from
the Donegal Station to Gorrell's crossing).
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| site update |
2002.07.13 |
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(for free!), have
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hosting policy. It may be a while before I get around to changing all the
pages, so some links may be broken for a while.
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report any that are broken
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2002.03.14 |
Giant's Causeway
"IT will be full steam ahead this weekend
for Northern Ireland's newest tourist attraction. Two and a half
years after work began on the £1.7m project, the flag will go
up on the Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway."
Robin Morton, 
Belfast Telegraph, 14 March 2002
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| book |
2002.03.10 |
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Call us Back to Donegal
"This book aims to bring back the memories
so precious to many, and particularly to me, of the wilds of
Donegal, of the narrow gauge in particular and of the Atlantic
coast where the sea birds call."
John Piercy
available from: CDRRS
bookshop
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| help |
2001.12.04 |
Tralee & Dingle Carriage No. 12T
Ken Elliot writes:
Has anyone a drawing or photo or other info on this
carriage, needed to build a model to complete my 16mm stock of
T&D carriages. All others completed. If you have, or want info.
contact
Ken Elliott
24 Brackenwoods,
Necton,
Swaffham,
Norfolk, PE37 8EU,
UK
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2001.10.20 |
CLRSA and Nancy
The Cavan and Leitrim Railway
Supporters' Association are looking for £35,000 Sterling
for a new boiler for Nancy, currently being restored by Alan Keef. Nancy was
built by the Avonside Engine Co. in 1908 for service at Woolthorpe
Quarries, Leics., for the Stanton Ironworks Co. Donations may be
sent to
THE NANCY APPEAL,
Cavan & Leitrim Railway,
Dromod,
Co. Leitrim,
Republic of Ireland.
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2001.09.11 |
Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway
David Laing, the railway's chief executive,
welcomed the decision of the NITB investment committee [to approve
the final £48,000 of the total of £1.1m pending railway
inspection] -- "We still have some work to complete in terms of
trackwork and fencing but we are confident now that we can be up
and running next spring."
Robin Morton, Belfast
Telegraph, 11 September 2001
for more details see: Irish
Railway News
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2001.09.02 |
Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway
"Plans to open a tourist railway close to
the Causeway Coast at Bushmills have taken a step forward, it
emerged today. Moyle District Council has offered to provide
financial support of £10,000 a year to underwrite any losses
on the Giant's Causeway Railway during its first three years of
operation."
Robin Morton, Belfast
Telegraph, 21 August 2001
for more details see: Irish
Railway News
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