Raising Steam - BBC - 2007
(c) BBC Northern Ireland 2007
This documentary was broadcast in 2007, charting the history of DCDR up to that point, and a look at restoration and operation of the railway.
Downpatrick and County Down Railway
Run around loop at the DCDR
Downpatrick Railway - ITG Diesel Day
Irish Traction Group 'Diesel Day' at the Downpatrick & Co.Down Railway, March 2010, featuring ITG/DCDR diesel traction including ex CIE Metrovick A Class A39 and E and G Class shunters, and NIR Railbus RB3.
Filmed March 2010.
Downpatrick and County Down Railway 29th July 2018
A trip to the Downpatrick and County Down Railway on Sunday 29th July 2018
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Places to see in ( Downpatrick - UK )
Places to see in ( Downpatrick - UK )
Downpatrick is a medium-sized town about 33 km south of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland. It has been an important site since ancient times. Its cathedral is said to be the burial place of Saint Patrick.
As the largest town in the Lecale area, Downpatrick is a commercial, recreational and administrative centre for the locality and serves as a hub for the nearby towns and villages. Within a 30 minutes drive from Belfast, the location serves as a commuter town for a large number of people. The town has a number of primary and post-primary schools educating students from all over the east Down area.
Downpatrick is characterised by the rolling drumlins that are a feature of the Lecale area and a legacy of glaciation during the Pleistocene, the Down drumlins themselves are underlaid by Ordovician and Silurian shales and grits. Its lowest point lies within the marshland surrounding the north east of the town, recorded as being 1.3 ft (0.40 m) below sea level. Downpatrick is approximately 22 miles (35 km) from Belfast and has a regular bus service to the city.
Ballyalton Court Cairn is a single court grave situated on a rock outcrop by the roadside 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from Ballyalton village, which is 2.25 miles (3.62 km) east of Downpatrick, at grid ref 531 448. Ballynoe Stone Circle, a large circle of over 50 closely spaced upright stones, surrounding a mound which, when excavated, was found to contain two cists in which cremated bones were found, is only 2.5 miles (4 km) south in the hamlet of Ballynoe.
Down County Museum, is located on the Mall in English Street in Downpatrick and was formerly the old Down County Gaol. It was built between 1789 and 1796 at the behest of the County Grand Jury of Down under the supervision of Marquess of Downshire, the Earl of Hillsborough and the Hon Edward Ward, it was designed by architect Charles Lilly.
Downpatrick Racecourse, is located on the Ballydugan Road on the outskirts of Downpatrick. Horse racing has been held at Downpatrick under the charter of James II of England.
Downpatrick & County Down Railway is Ireland's only full-sized heritage railway. Built on the BCDR's former line to Belfast, it links the town with Inch Abbey and various other places of historical interest.
Inch Abbey, a large, ruined Cistercian monastic site featuring early Gothic architecture is 0.75 miles (1.2 km) north-west of Downpatrick on the north bank of the River Quoile off the main road to Belfast. The Lecale peninsula covers an area of some 78 square miles (200 km2) between Downpatrick and Dundrum. It is an area of historical and geographic significance.
The Mound of Down or Rathkeltair is one of the major earthworks of Ulster, situated on the NW edge of Downpatrick it is a good example of an Iron Age defensive earthwork in the middle of which a Norman Motte and Bailey was built by John de Courcy after his defeat of Rory Mac Donlevy in 1177.
St. Patrick Center, is the only permanent exhibition in the world dedicated to the patron saint of Ireland, and one of the best tourist destinations in Ireland. Quoile Castle is a ruined 16th-century tower house, just off the main road from Downpatrick to Strangford.
Downpatrick is situated at the junction of the A7 (Downpatrick to Saintfield and Belfast) road, the A25 (Downpatrick to Newry and Dublin) road and the A2 coast road. While there are no rail services in Downpatrick, Ulsterbus provides bus services to and from the Downpatrick Bus Station. Downpatrick railway station on the Belfast and County Down Railway, opened on 23 March 1859 and Downpatrick Loop Platform opened on 24 September 1892.
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Downpatrick & County Down Railway
A journey through County Down by steam train
ITG Diesel Gala - Downpatrick and Co. Down Railway (12/10/19)
On Saturday the 12th of October 2019, the Irish Traction Group held their 2019 Diesel Gala at the Downpatrick and Co. Down Railway.
In this video, we will see ex-A Class Loco number A39, ex-CIE 201 Class Loco number C231, and ex-Irish Rail 141 Class Loco number 146.
First we see A39 heading light engine back to the shed, to allow C231 and 146 to take over the train.
Next we see C231 and 146 running around the train.
Next we see 146 and C231 backing up onto the train before seeing the locos waiting for departure.
Next we see C231 and 146 departing the station.
Lastly we see C231 arriving back at the station on the return journey.
Opening Downpatrick PSNI Station
Downpatrick Station opened 12th April 2016
Downpatrick Steam Train
A very windy day for flying, so just a short flight before the wind got too strong, I shall return.
The Downpatrick railway, which has a triangular layout, connects two local tourist attractions, Inch Abbey to the north, and a locally famous Viking site ('King Magnus' Grave') to the south.
This is the only operational Irish standard gauge (5' 3) heritage railway in the whole of Ireland.
The railway restoration project is, to date, the only Irish Standard Gauge railway restoration project ever undertaken in Ireland (Irish standard gauge is five foot three inches as opposed to narrow gauge which is three foot and English standard gauge which is four feet eight and a half inches). The only other example of a Irish standard gauge railway in Northern Ireland is Northern Ireland Railways.
Filmed with a Mi Drone 4K
Starting a Thumper
Starting the 450 Class Thumper located at the Downpatrick & County Down Railway in Northern Ireland.
The unit hadn't started for 3-4 months
Downpatrick & County Down Railway
A journey through County Down by steam train
A39 & C231 In Action at the Downpatrick & County Down Railway 18/10/14
In this video we go back to 2014 were we see Ex CIE A Class loco A39 & C Class loco C231 in action at the DCDR during the 2014 ITG Diesel Gala.
Visit to Downpatrick N.Ireland 18 10 2014
HERITAGE RAILWAY IN CO. DOWN.
BCDR Railmotor Test Runs
A video from a sunny day last April when we took our Railmotor carriage out on test runs, as part of the acceptance process. This is certainly a unique carriage in Ireland!
We're delighted that our Belfast & County Down Railway carriage No. 72 (a.k.a. the Holywood Railmotor) is among nearly 20 carriages nominated for the Heritage Railway Association Carriage and Wagon awards.
As a wee treat to celebrate and wish the carriage good luck, here's a film of the vehicle taking to the rails for the first time since the 1950s following a ten year restoration. The run was a proving run as part of the certification process for approving restored vehicles entering service. We hope to launch the Railmotor into passenger service for special events later in the year.
Three of these were built, two in 1905 and one in 1906, to combat the potential expansion of the Belfast Corporation Tramways network to Holywood and were used for rapid and frequent services between Holywood and later Dundonald.
Essentially the grandfathers of modern trains, which can be controlled from either end unlike the trains of the day where engines had to uncouple from their rake of carriages and run-round them to the other end, they had a small steam locomotive actually built into the end of a carriage.
They were numbered separately from both the main locomotive and carriage stock as Nos. 1, 2 and 3. Ours was positively identified as No. 2 (later No. 72) by a former BCDR fireman through repair works unique to this vehicle (which can also be seen on vintage photographs).
The locomotives were constructed by Kitsons of Leeds and the bodies by the Metropolitian Carriage & Wagon company.
All three railmotors were used extensively and by the time World War One came about the locomotives were wearing out, and the locomotives were removed and the carriages rebuilt with another set of wheels, but the control gear was retained and they were operated as 'autotrains' with normal locomotives refitted to be remote controlled.
Railmotor No. 3 was involved in serious accident at Ballymacarrett on the Bangor branch, which led to the operation of autotrains being halted, and the carriages renumbered and used as conventional loco-hauled carriages.
Downpatrick Heritage Railway
Ireland's only full-size heritage railway is celebrating 20 years. Entirely run by volunteers, this unique railway allows you to enjoy the beautiful countryside of County Down on board vintage passenger trains and sample the atmosphere of an early 20th Century railway station. This Halloween, children got the chance to visit Merlin the Magician in his own grotto train!
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Ardglass County down Ireland
This is an aerial drone video of Ardglass harbour in County Down Northern Ireland. It was taken with the Parrot Anafi 4k drone. The video includes the Victorian bath house, an over head aerial view of the Fishing boat fleet, Adglass Mariana and glimpses of the Ardglass links golf course. At the end of the video you can spot two seals in the harbour water.
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Steam Goods Train At Downpatrick
A special filming charter for the BBC series 'Who Do You Think You Are' with Graham Norton required the Downpatrick & County Down Railway to lay on a goods train hauled by a steam loco - the first time since the 60s or 50s in Ireland. The episode the train was hired for, with Graham Norton, will air on the 11th October 2007.
Inch Abbey To Downpatrick On By A Steam Train
this train it takes in about 7 minutes
Downpatrick and County Down Railway during May Bank Holiday Weekend
It was on the first bank holiday of May that I went to Downpatrick to hop on a train to Inch Abbey but due to technical problems there were no trains for the day, however the volunteers were kind enough to let me have a look around the yard and doing so bumped into the chairman, Michael Collins. We had a pleasant conversation talking about the the CIE A-Class, their British siblings the Co-Bo and even reminiscing about the Railway Series!
In this vid I took a look at E432, currently being overhauled, A39 and the recently introduced 146 and the carriage museum currently under construction.
Trains in Ireland 3 | The Downpatrick Railway 30/07/18
Trains in Ireland 3, featuring the Downpatrick Railway. Includes the steam services, as well as a cab ride on a 141 class, and a look at the 80 class.