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The Downpatrick and County Down Railway runs vintage steam and diesel trains through the drumlin countryside of County Down over the River Quoile to Inch Abbey

 Downpatrick, County Down
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Downpatrick & County Down Railway retweeted
RailAdvent@railadventJun 27
Encounters with dinosaurs on Northern Ireland railway railadvent.co.uk/2026/06/enc… #downpatrick #DownpatrickAndCountyDownRailway #ireland

Encounters with dinosaurs on Northern Ireland railway

At the beginning of July, visitors to the Downpatrick and County Down Railway can travel back millions of years to the age of the dinosaurs.

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Downpatrick & County Down Railway retweeted
Belfast News Letter@News_LetterApr 23
First Ulsterman in driver's seat of UK train body: Chair of Downpatrick and County Down Railway on heritage organisation's board of directors trib.al/LAxo3GH
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Downpatrick & County Down Railway retweeted
South Eastern Regional College@S_ERCApr 5
Shea McKee, a Level 3 Creative Media student at our Downpatrick Campus, has been Highly Commended in the national Young Volunteer of the Year category at the Heritage Railway Association Annual Awards. ow.ly/1zPw50YC8K1 #BetterOffAtSERC
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Downpatrick & County Down Railway retweeted
The Irish News
@irish_newsMar 17
Co Down heritage railway’s St Patrick’s Day service goes ahead following vandalism incident irishnews.com/news/northern-…

Co Down heritage railway’s St Patrick’s Day service goes ahead following vandalism incident

The ‘Shamrock Express’ service went ahead after damage to its toilet facilities at Inch Abbey were repaired in time for St Patrick’s Day

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Downpatrick & County Down Railway retweeted
Belfast Telegraph
@BelTelJan 9
“Once those tracks are lifted, that’s them lifted for good.” A heritage railway charity has appealed to the Infrastructure Minister to rethink plans for a greenway along the old railway line from Downpatrick to Ardglass. Read more ➡️ tinyurl.com/5yye6v5u
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Replying to @bmw_racing @BelTel
The reporter insisted on it!
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Replying to @NaomiNiCathain @BelTel
Depends on circumstances. Some, like the Waterford and Suir Valley Railway are narrow gauge (i.e. much smaller) or on former double track formations with more room. We are neither.
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Downpatrick & County Down Railway retweeted
Angel Eyes NI@Angeleyes_ni14 Dec 2025
All aboard the Lapland Express! We treated our families to a fun day out to Downpatrick and County Down Railway and went on a lovely, hot chocolate and shortbread accompanied ride through the drumlin countryside. Thank you to everyone for making it such a special day!
An image of a busy table as a young girl with pink glasses is being tested to see if she is naughty or nice. The Naughty or Nice machine is glowing green as she waves her hand in front of it, meaning she is on the nice list. Everyone is laughing and cheering at this good result.

ALT An image of a busy table as a young girl with pink glasses is being tested to see if she is naughty or nice. The Naughty or Nice machine is glowing green as she waves her hand in front of it, meaning she is on the nice list. Everyone is laughing and cheering at this good result.

An image of a family sitting around a table that is full of hot chocolate cups and presents, the latter of which have been provided by Santa and Mrs Claus who are sitting on either side of the table

ALT An image of a family sitting around a table that is full of hot chocolate cups and presents, the latter of which have been provided by Santa and Mrs Claus who are sitting on either side of the table

An image Santa leaning over a table to talk to a young girl with blond hair who is in a wheelchair. She is looking up into his eyes while he gently rests a hand on her shoulder.

ALT An image Santa leaning over a table to talk to a young girl with blond hair who is in a wheelchair. She is looking up into his eyes while he gently rests a hand on her shoulder.

An image looking over the shoulder of Mrs Claus as Santa tests a young girl in a Christmas top to see if she is Naughty or Nice. The large bulb a top the Naughty or Nice Machine is still white and will turn red or green any moment.

ALT An image looking over the shoulder of Mrs Claus as Santa tests a young girl in a Christmas top to see if she is Naughty or Nice. The large bulb a top the Naughty or Nice Machine is still white and will turn red or green any moment.

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Downpatrick & County Down Railway retweeted
The King's Award@KingsAwardVS14 Nov 2025
Replying to @KingsAwardVS @Aerobility
The volunteers of Downpatrick and County Down Railway Society Limited (@downrail) in Northern Ireland are delivering a transformative initiative managing their heritage railway and museum into an anchor attraction for Downpatrick. #KAVS2025 downrail.co.uk/about/

About us - Downpatrick and County Down Railway

The Downpatrick & County Down Railway (DCDR) is a Northern Ireland museum set up in 1985 and runs steam trains and heritage diesels.

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You might recognise a few familiar faces at the end of this video...
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
@DCMS14 Nov 2025
Congratulations to 231 amazing voluntary organisations from across the UK receiving a @KingsAwardVS today 👑 #KAVS2025 gov.uk/government/news/kings…
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We are honoured to announce that we have been awarded The King’s Award for Voluntary Service 2025 - the MBE for volunteer organisations. In our 40th year, this recognises the dedication, resilience and passion of everyone who has volunteered with us #KAVS2025
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Downpatrick & County Down Railway retweeted
Social Enterprise NI@socentni7 Nov 2025
Highly commended Team: @downrail and @SAG_CreditUnion These teams couldn't be separated. Well done folks. Sponsored by @HaysNews #SocEntNIAwards25 #TeamWork #TogetherWeRise #SocialImpact
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Replying to @mark395625 @SteelCityDog_ @B_railway_dog
That photo is indeed ours, recently donated to scheme in Wales. As a prototype it has all the issues that were later ironed out on the Pacers, and we simply didn't have the time or resources to do what BR did.
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Downpatrick & County Down Railway retweeted
Belfast News Letter@News_Letter7 Oct 2025
The Downpatrick and County Down Railway has added a "remarkable" piece of Irish railway history to its museum collection trib.al/TcTCh3h

Railway museum saves ‘Extinct’ Bubble Wagon used to transport cement for 30 years

The Downpatrick and County Down Railway has added a "remarkable" piece of Irish railway history to its museum collection, with the rescue of what is thought to be the last surviving example of an...

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Downpatrick & County Down Railway retweeted
Belfast Telegraph
@BelTel7 Oct 2025
An iconic Irish railway wagon given its name because of its unique bubble shape has been rescued by a Co Down heritage charity with hopes it will get a second lease of life on display. ➡️belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/… belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/…

Last remaining ‘bubble’ railway wagon makes final journey after being donated to Co Down charity

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Downpatrick & County Down Railway retweeted
IRSE@IRSEglobal8 Sep 2025
Join us in Belfast on Thursday 18 Sept for an #IRSE Irish Section technical visit to Downpatrick and County Down Railway, celebrating its fortieth anniversary. Full details and registration ➡️ buff.ly/bnGVjik #IRSEevent #IRSEireland #Rail #RailUK
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Replying to @Fakelol666_
We have plenty of spares. 99 was acquired by ELR for spares and we know the guys there. There was hope that it might be possible to regauge it to run, but ultimately it proved beyond their means.
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Replying to @Fakelol666_ @neymarsu05
Yes but just making sure anyone who follows this thread doesn't take it as gospel.
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Replying to @Fakelol666_
Well... they were built in Derby...
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Replying to @eamonn_gormley @lwp___ @CircleLineBT @IntoTheWestRail @FundTheNINE @EmmaCDeSouza @bradley_steve @PARS_info @ianjamesparsley @antrim_group @grok
Guinness traffic to Adelaide stopped around 2003, marking the last rail freightin NI. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/…

My goodness! Guinness could survive rail freight closure

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