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	Ireland's Railway Systems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		(1) Dublin and Drogheda Railway, comprising a railway from Dublin to Drogheda, Howth Junction to Howth, and Drogheda to Oldcastle
		(2) Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway, comprising a railway from Drogheda to Portadown
		Enniskillen is the junction for the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway.
	mikes.railhistory.railfan.net /r051.html (9156 words)

	BCDR - A History
		The first portion of the Belfast & County Down Railway to be opened was that along the shore of Belfast Lough, from Belfast to Holywood, which was opened on 2nd August 1848.
		In the early 1900's the B.& C.D.R. was one of the most prosperous railways in the whole of Ireland, when for a period of over 20 years, the dividend on ordinary shares stood at 6.5%.
		Like all other railways in Ireland however, the 'County Down was to suffer from the development of road transport.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /countydownrailway/page2.html (698 words)

	Downpatrick & County Down Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Downpatrick and County Down Railway is a heritage railway in County Down, Northern Ireland.
		The project is based at Downpatrick, on part of the former route of the Belfast and County Down Railway.
		The railway began life as the Downpatrick and Ardglass Railway, as the original intention was to extend the railway to this fishing port on the south coast of County Down.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Downpatrick_Railway_Museum (362 words)

	Downpatrick - LoveToKnow 1911
		It is the seat of the Protestant and Roman Catholic dioceses of Down.
		The imports are principally iron, coal, salt and timber; the exports barley, oats, cattle, pigs and potatoes.
		The Down corporation racemeeting is important and attracts visitors from far outside the county.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Downpatrick (407 words)

	Belfast and County Down Railway - Wiki Ireland
		Image:Belfast and County Down Railway crest.jpg The Belfast and County Down Railway was a railway in Northern Ireland linking Belfast south-eastwards into County Down.
		The line was further extended to Bangor in by the Belfast, Holywood and Bangor Railway (BHBR) in 1865.
		With the exception of the line from Belfast to Bangor, the railway was closed in 1950.
	www.wiki.ie /wiki/Belfast_and_County_Down_Railway (327 words)

	History of the Railways
		The railway scheme came into being with 'a meeting of parties favourable to the promotion of a railway to Holywood, Comber and Newtownards' in February 1845, held in the Donegall Arms Hotel, Belfast, and the company itseld was incorporated in 26 June 1846.
		The BCDR bought off the Holywood Atmospheric Railway and a degree of compromise was reached with the Great County Down, so in June 1846 the BCDR obtained the Act of Parliament necessary to build the railway.
		The County Down had 12 different classes of steam engines during its life, and was not afraid to try out several experimental types of engine, most notable the Holywood Railmotors, bogie carriages with locomotives built onto the end, which were highly successful, operating a shuttle service between Holywood and Belfast.
	www.downrail.co.uk /hist.htm (5805 words)

	Chapter 3-2
		However, it is the advantages of the Victorian spirit that earned Belfast the poetic name of the "Athens of the North" in the nineteenth century; it was quite a progressive city in terms of technology and the liberal arts.
		In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Belfast's cultural flavor was very much influenced by the sons of early Scottish settlers, many of whom would go to school back in Scotland and return filled with the ideals of what was called the Scottish Enlightenment.
		The Belfast Association of Artists was formed in 1836, and though it collapses only two years later, it opened the door for Belfast artists to form a community of sorts.
	www.angelfire.com /punk4/belfastcity/Bri_chapter3_2.htm (344 words)

	Official Web site of Newcastle County Down Northern Ireland, Home of Royal County Down Golf Club
		The arrival of the railways led directly to the construction of the Slieve Donard Hotel; just a stone's throw from the station; in 1898 and in subsequent years concrete promenades were constructed, local facilities were improved, and boarding houses sprang up everywhere.
		Build at a cost of 100,000 by the Belfast and County Down Railway Company, the hotel was established at a time when Newcastle's popularity as a tourist resort was soaring because of the extensions of the railway line to the town.
		The boat was drawn down to the sea by a team of horses and was manned by volunteers from Newcastle's fishing community.
	www.newcastle-countydown.co.uk /newcastle_town.php (2818 words)

	Belfast and County Down Railway
		Operated 80 miles of track (Belfast-Newcastle and five branches) exclusively in Co. Down serving a number of holiday resorts, its main line was from Belfast to Castlewellan, a distance of 41 miles.
		The company was incorporated on 26/6/1846 with the first section of the line from Belfast to Holywood being opened for traffic on 2/8/1848, being subsequently extended to Bangor by the Belfast, Holywood and Bangor Railway (opened 1/5/1865), which was acquired by the BCDR in 1884.
		With the exception of the line between Belfast and Bangor the railway was closed in 1950.
	www.irishrailwayana.com /pa005.htm (684 words)

	Railways in the United Kingdom
		Belfast and County Down Miniature Railway 7¼in (184mm) gauge line a little under 1 mile (1.5km) in length, at Four Road Ends between Newtonards and Millisle.
		There are no railways on the island today, but there was once a standard gauge railway (not narrow gauge as suggested by some sources) running for some 22 miles (35km) along the length of the island chain from Somerset to St George.
		There are no railways in the territory, but the Spanish railway line to Algeciras was built in the late 19th Century by a British company to serve the needs of the garrison.
	www.sinfin.net /railways/world/uk.html (923 words)

	Reference.com/Web Directory/Top/Recreation/Trains_and_Railroads/Miniature
		RHandDR - The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway - The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway (RHDR).
		Strand Park Miniature Railway - This public 7.25 inch gauge railway is situated in the attractive surroundings of the Strand Park on the edge of the River Medway in Kent.
		Weston Park Railway - Weston Park Railway is located in the grounds of Weston Park, a 1,000 acre estate situated on the borders of Shropshire and Staffordshire in the UK.The railway is built to a gauge of 7¼in and runs through a wooded section of the Park.
	www.reference.com /Dir/Recreation/Trains_and_Railroads/Miniature (6294 words)

	Holywood - LoveToKnow 1911
		HOLYWOOD, a seaport of county Down, Ireland, on the east shore of Belfast Lough, 42 m.
		N.E. from Belfast by the Belfast and County Down railway.
		A Solemn League and Covenant was signed here in 1644 for the defence of the kingdom, and the document is preserved at Belfast.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Holywood (130 words)

	OVERSEAS RAILWAYS
		The San Paulo Railway Co. of Brazil was actually incorporated in and directed from Great Britain, and was the most profitable British-owned railway company.
		The Great Northern Railway Co. of Ireland was formed in 1876 from the merger of several existing railways.
		The first portion of the Belfast and County Down Railway along the shoreline of Belfast Lough was opened on 2nd August 1848 and ran as far as Hollywood.
	homepage.eircom.net /~lawe/RAILWAYSFOR.htm (310 words)

	Northern Ireland - County Down
		The harbour is full of sailing boats and the Shimna river of salmon You can walk from one end of town to the other along the promenade, passing the Percy French memorial fountain (author of the famous 'Mountains of Mourne' song).
		St Patrick's grave is marked by a great block of Mourne granite in the cathedral graveyard.
		Ballynahinch is a rural market town, where the County Down staghounds meet in Montalto park.
	www.geographia.com /northern-ireland/ukidwn00.htm (588 words)

	Steam locomotive development in Ireland
		The Dublin and Kingstown Railway was one of the earliest British railways and followed from the construction of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (and another reason to reject Simmons' absurd paradigm as exemplified in the flawed Oxford Companion).
		The Belfast and County Down Railway's 4-6-4T is alleged to be due to pressure from the Directors who had visited the LBSCR and had hoped for something on a similar scale.
		Casserley, H.C. Closure of the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway.
	www.steamindex.com /locotype/ireloco.htm (10800 words)

	Patterson: Northern Irish railway author (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Ballycastle Railway a history of the narrow-gauge railways of North east Ireland.
		The County Donegal Railways : a history of the narrow gauge railways of North-West Ireland.
		The Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway: a history of the railways of North West Ireland.
	www.steamindex.com /library/pattersn.htm (264 words)

	Your Place And Mine - Antrim - Larne - Short Sea Crossing
		The BBR was later renamed Belfast and Northern Counties Railway (BNCR).
		With the grouping of the numerous railways in Great Britain into four large undertakings in 1923, the NCC and the cross-channel steamer found itself part of the world's largest public utility company, the London Midland and Scottish Railway.
		With Stena Line's move to Belfast in 1994, the boat train was withdrawn and one hundred and twenty years of formal rail and sea connections at Larne Harbour came to an end.
	www.bbc.co.uk /northernireland/yourplaceandmine/antrim/A1081748.shtml (1355 words)

	BCDR
		The first portion of the Belfast and County Down Railway to be opened was that along the shore of Belfast Lough, from Belfast to Holywood, which was opened on 2nd August 1848.
		Construction of the main line from Downpatrick to Newcastle was undertaken by the Downpatrick, Dundrum and Newcastle Railway, and was opened on 25th March 1889.
		In the early 1900's the B.and C.D.R. was one of the most prosperous railways in the whole of Ireland, when for a period of over 20 years, the dividend on ordinary shares stood at 6.5%.
	uk.msnusers.com /bcdr/bcdrhistory.msnw (718 words)

	NIR History
		The railways operating in Northern Ireland, the Northern Counties Committee (NCC) and the Belfast and County Down Railway (BCDR), were nationalised on the 1st January 1948 to form the Ulster Transport Authority.
		Ten years later, the Great Northern Railway of Ireland (GNR(I)) was divided, the lines in the south passing to CIÉ and the lines in the north going to the UTA.
		NIR have continued to run the railway service under this name until the 1990's when the privatisation 'fad' hit the province.
	website.lineone.net /~sjohnson40/NIRHistory.html (500 words)

	Royal County Down Golf Club - Sports Locations Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
		ROYAL COUNTY DOWN GOLF CLUB ~ ~ Rated as the 4th best golf course in the world, Royal County Down is thought by many to be the finest golf links in Ireland.
		Even without a golf club in your hands, Co. Down is a breathtaking spectacle, with the sandy beaches of the bay on one side and the majestic sweep of the Mourne Mountains on the other.
		In the 1880’s, the old Belfast and County Down Railway Company were in dire need of a method of attracting new customers to their fledgling business.
	www.dooyoo.co.uk /sports-locations/royal-county-down-golf-club (287 words)

	Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland
		Fifty years of railway life, passed in the service of various companies, large and small, in England, Scotland and Ireland, in divers’ capacities, from junior clerk to general manager, and ultimately to the ease and dignity of director, if faithfully presented, may perhaps, in spite of all drawbacks, be not entirely devoid of interest.
		They were applicable to all railways alike, and in addition to and independent of the special Acts which each company must obtain for itself, first for its incorporation and construction, and afterwards for extensions of its system, for the raising of capital, and for various other purposes.
		Up to then the railway smoker had to obtain the consent of his fellow passengers in the same compartment before he could light up, or brave their displeasure; and many were the altercations that ensued.
	www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/1/7/2/9/17299/17299-h/17299-h.htm (19480 words)

	Downpatrick & County Down Railway - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage
		The railway was founded in 1985 with the intention of rebuilding the entire former Belfast and County Down Railway branch line to Ardglass.
		However, it soon became apparent that this was an unrealistic goal and instead the railway was or is being rebuilt to Inch Abbey and Ballydugan - both of which are on the former BCDR Belfast to Newcastle main line.
		The Downpatrick & Co. Down Railway is a not-for-profit society as well as a registered charity and museum.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /museum_gfx_en/NI000019.html (296 words)

	Irish Secrets \| History Secrets \| Downpatrick Railway Museum
		Downpatrick Railway Museum is the only full-size working railway museum in Ireland, where visitors can recapture the magic of a bygone era by travelling through the County Down countryside in a beautifully restored steam train.
		The railway is being constructed along a track bed of the old Belfast and County Down railway, and an extension to Inch Abbey is due to open in 2004.
		The museum is open daily during the summer months, and trains operate every weekend in July, August and the first half of September.
	www.irishsecrets.ie /history-secrets/downpatrick-railway-museum.php (163 words)

	Feeder Lines, pt 3
		Private railway company fleets were nationalised and came under the British Transport Commission in 1948.
		The London Midland and Scottish Railway Company was formed in 1923 with the amalgamation of the fleets of Caledonian Steam Packet Company, Glasgow and South Western Railway Company, London Midland and Scottish Railway and London and North Western Railway Joint Committee.
		The Belfast and County Down Railway Company operated passenger sailings from 1893 between Belfast and Larne.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/lines/feeders3.html (585 words)

	Paddle Steamer Picture Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Belfast and County Down Railway, P and A Campbell Ltd
		Launched as Slieve Donard for the Belfast and County Down Railway, she worked in Northern Ireland until purchased by Campbells in 1899.
		She operated for Campbells in the Bristol Channel and on the South Coast and is shown here at coming in to one of the Brighton piers.
	website.lineone.net /~tom_lee/Albion.htm (213 words)

	Irish Heritage railways: Downpatrick and County Down railway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Downpatrick and County Down railway is Ireland's only standard gauge (i.e.
		full size) heritage railway and is based in the county town of Downpatrick.
		It is incredible that the Dublin and Meath (DMR), the Midland and Great Western (MGWR) and the Great Northern Railway (GNR) companies were able to build and maintain a network that puts Meath's current rail infrastructure to shame.
	www.meathontrack.com /downpatrick_county_railway.html (395 words)

	Title
		This railway always struggled for survival and probably would have closed earlier than 1950 but for it’s take-over by the LMS (Northern Counties Committee) in 1924.
		The book is a history covering the construction, operation, economics and demise of this narrow gauge line, and includes a chapter on the motive power and rolling stock used.
		The construction of the different lines is covered first, with chapters on operating, financial affairs, decline and closure, locomotives and rolling stock.
	www.rpsi-online.org /Bibliography/Bib_B.htm (178 words)

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