County Donegal Railways Joint Committee

{{Short description|Former railway company in Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox rail | name = County Donegal Railways Joint Committee | logo = CDR Crest.jpg | key_people = Henry Forbes, Bernard L. Curran | predecessor=[[Donegal Railway Company]] | successor=[[CIÉ]] | headquarters=[[Stranorlar]] | start_year=1 May 1906 | end_year=31 December 1959 | gauge={{Track gauge|3 ft}} | caption=Crest of the County Donegal Railway Joint Committee | system_map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=200 |type=line|from=County Donegal Railways Joint Committee.map|type2=line|from2=Strabane and Letterkenny Railway.map|type3=line|from3=Strabane to Derry narrow gauge railway.map}} | map_caption={{Color sample|#000000}} Lines owned by CDRJC<br>{{Color sample|#0000FF}} Lines worked by CDRJC but owned by other companies{{efn|Strabane–Letterkenny owned by [[Strabane and Letterkenny Railway]]. Strabane–Derry owned by [[Northern Counties Committee]].}} | length={{convert|124.5|mi}} }}

The '''County Donegal Railways Joint Committee''' (CDRJC) operated an extensive {{RailGauge|3ft|lk=on}} [[narrow gauge railway]] system serving [[County Donegal]], [[Ireland]], from 1906 until 1960. The committee was incorporated by an [[act of Parliament (United Kingdom)|act of Parliament]] in 1906, which authorised the joint purchase of the then [[Donegal Railway Company]] by the [[Great Northern Railway (Ireland)|Great Northern Railway of Ireland]] and the [[Midland Railway]] [[Northern Counties Committee]].

==History== {{Infobox UK legislation | short_title = Great Northern (Ireland) and Midland Railways Act 1906 | type = Act | parliament = Parliament of the United Kingdom | long_title = An Act to provide for the vesting of the undertaking of the Donegal Railway Company in the Midland Railway Company and in a Joint Committee of that Company and the Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland) to incorporate such Joint Committee and to transfer to that committee certain of the powers of the Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland) in connexion with the undertaking of the Strabane and Letterkenny Railway Company and for other purposes. | year = 1906 | citation = [[6 Edw. 7]]. c. clxxxiii | introduced_commons = | introduced_lords = | territorial_extent = | royal_assent = 4 August 1906 | commencement = | expiry_date = | repeal_date = | amends = | replaces = | amendments = | repealing_legislation = | related_legislation = | status = | legislation_history = | theyworkforyou = | millbankhansard = | original_text = | revised_text = | use_new_UK-LEG = | UK-LEG_title = | collapsed = yes }}

On 1 May 1906, the joint committee was set up by the '''{{visible anchor|Great Northern (Ireland) and Midland Railways Act 1906}}''' ([[6 Edw. 7]]. c. clxxxiii). The lines inherited by the joint committee totalled {{convert|106|mi}} and were: * [[Finn Valley Railway]] (FVR) from [[Strabane]] to [[Stranorlar]] * [[West Donegal Railway]] line from [[Stranorlar]] to [[Donegal (town)|Donegal]] * The [[Donegal Railway Company]] lines between Stranorlar and [[Glenties]], [[Donegal Town]] to [[Killybegs]], [[Strabane]] to [[Derry]], and [[Donegal Town]] to [[Ballyshannon]]

By 1912 the company owned the following assets:<ref>''Railway Year Book 1912'' Railway Publishing Company</ref> * Locomotives and rolling stock: 21 locomotives; 56 passenger vehicles; 304 goods vehicles * Head offices and locomotive works at Stranorlar

The [[Strabane]] to [[Derry]] line was completely owned by the [[Midland Railway]] [[Northern Counties Committee]], although it was operated by the {{abbr|CDRJC|County Donegal Railways Joint Committee}}.<ref>The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland. William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Dept. of the Environment, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984</ref>

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At its greatest extent, the County Donegal Railways Committee operated the largest narrow gauge railway system in the [[British Isles]]. The railway was affectionately known as the "Wee Donegal".<ref>{{cite book | author = Robert Robotham|display-authors=et al | title = The Last Years of 'The Wee Donegal': The County Donegal Railways in Colour 1950–59 | year = 1999 | publisher = Colourpoint Books | isbn = 978-1898392422}}</ref>

The joint committee opened the [[Strabane and Letterkenny Railway]] on 1 January 1909, bringing the total mileage operated by the company to {{convert|124.5|mi}}. Only {{convert|91|mi}} were directly owned by the joint committee, as the Strabane and Letterkenny Railway accounted for {{convert|19.25|mi}}, and {{convert|14.5|mi}} were property of the Northern Counties Committee.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Patterson |first=Edward M. |title=The County Donegal Railways |publisher=Pan Books |year=1962 |isbn=0-7153-4376-9 |edition=1972 |pages=58 |language=en}}</ref> [[File:CDRmap.png|center|thumb|500x500px|Map of CDRJC and other nearby railways]]

==Dieselisation==

Under the management of Henry Forbes, traffic superintendent from 1910 to 1943, the County Donegal Railways became pioneers in the use of [[dieselisation|diesel traction]].<ref>''Britain Between the Wars: 1918–1940''. [[Charles Loch Mowat]], Taylor & Francis, 1968</ref> The first diesel railcar was built in 1930 (the first diesel railcar anywhere in the [[British Isles]]), although a petrol-engined railcar had been built in 1926 before standardisation on diesel traction in 1934. Eight articulated diesel railcars were constructed by [[Walker Brothers (Wigan)|Walker Brothers]] of [[Wigan]] between 1934 and 1951, by which time virtually all passenger services were operated by diesel railcar, being much cheaper to operate than conventional steam trains.

The railcars could only be driven from one end and had to be turned on a turntable to make a return journey. As well, they could not be worked in multiple, so if two railcars were working back to back, both required a driver. The railcars were incapable of hauling most freight wagons, so steam traction continued to be used on freight and excursion trains. The railcars could haul specially constructed trailers, and some lightweight freight wagons, which were painted red to distinguish them from the heavier wagons, which were grey. A diesel locomotive named ''Phoenix'' (converted from a steam locomotive) was also used, but due to its noisy operation and slow speed (top speed of {{cvt|27|mph|disp=or}}), it spent most of its career shunting, travelling {{convert|204577|mi}} during its working life.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Patterson |first=Edward M. |title=The County Donegal Railways |publisher=Pan Books |year=1962 |edition=1972 |location=Great Britain |pages=143-154, 206-209 |language=en}}</ref>

==Closure and winding up== The [[Glenties]] branch closed in 1947, the Strabane-Derry line closed in 1954, and the remaining passenger services ended on 31 December 1959. Much of the railway was closed on that date. Goods trains ran between Strabane and Stranorlar until 6 February 1960.

During the 1930s the joint committee began operating a fleet of buses. After the closure of the railway, it continued to operate as a road freight and bus company in order to provide substitute services. It did this independently until 1966, when management of the company was taken over by [[CIÉ]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Davies |first=Reg |date=June 2009 |title=The Corporate Birth, Life and Death of a Railway: The County Donegal Railways Joint Committee 1906–1981 |journal=Journal of the Irish Railway Record Society |volume=23 |issue=169 |pages=454–463}}</ref>

In 1961, the two most modern diesel railcars were sold to the [[Isle of Man Railway]].

By the time the railway closed, the joint committee was entirely state owned, albeit by three actors in two countries. The Midland Railway's portion had passed to the [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway]] in 1923, which in turn passed to the [[British Transport Commission]] (BTC) in 1948. The Great Northern Railway's portion had been inherited by the [[Great Northern Railway Board]] (GNRB) in 1953, which itself was jointly owned by the Irish and Northern Irish governments. Although the GNRB ceased to own or operate its own railways in 1958, it continued to exist as a holding company for CDRJC.<ref name=":1" />

An agreement was reached between the British Railways Board (BTC's successor) and [[Córas Iompair Éireann]] (CIÉ) in 1967 in which the former agreed to give the latter its portion of CDRJC for the payment of £57,742. When combined with the Irish government's share of GNRB, this effectively gave CIÉ 75% of the company. The final 25% was gained in 1969, when CIÉ acquired the other half of GNRB from the Northern Irish government. The complete transfer of ownership to CIÉ was confirmed by legislation in 1971. Despite the company now having a single owner and no activities, it took until 1981 to dissolve it due to technicalities with pension funds.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Transport (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1971 |url=https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1971/act/14/enacted/en/html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250720061846/https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1971/act/14/enacted/en/html |archive-date=2025-07-20 |access-date=2025-10-11 |website=eISB |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=S.I. No. 16/1981 - County Donegal Railways Joint Committee (Dissolution) Order, 1981 |url=https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1981/si/16 |website=eISB}}</ref>

==Tourist attraction== [[File:Old Railway Station, Donegal Town - geograph.org.uk - 910976.jpg|thumb|[[Donegal Railway Centre|Donegal Railway Heritage Centre]] in the former station building]]

Part of the line, which runs alongside [[Lough Finn]] near [[Fintown railway station|Fintown]], has been re-laid as a tourist railway.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.antraen.com/ |title=Fintown Railway – An Mhuc Dhubh |access-date=21 April 2009 |archive-date=13 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413173307/http://www.antraen.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Donegal Railway Centre|Donegal Railway Heritage Centre]] has been established and contains historic details and artefacts of the {{abbr|CDRJC|County Donegal Railways Joint Committee}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.donegalrailway.com/ |title=Donegal Railway Heritage Centre |access-date=11 May 2011 |archive-date=21 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110321134832/http://www.donegalrailway.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

St. Connell's Museum, in [[Glenties]] has an extensive display of items from the railway.<ref>[http://www.glenties.ie/ws_business_details.aspx?Business_ID=539&Region=Glenties&Business_Name=St.+Connells+Cultural+and+Heritage+Museum&Section=Attractions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119043135/http://www.glenties.ie/ws_business_details.aspx?Business_ID=539&Region=Glenties&Business_Name=St.+Connells+Cultural+and+Heritage+Museum&Section=Attractions|date=19 November 2007}}</ref>

The [[Foyle Valley Railway]] in [[Derry]] houses numerous {{abbr|CDRJC|County Donegal Railways Joint Committee}} artefacts. It used to operate a small heritage railway along the [[River Foyle|Foyle]] on the original route of the [[Derry]]-[[Portadown]] railway line, which has since fallen into disrepair during the museum's period of closure.

==Rolling stock==

{| class="wikitable" |+ Locomotives of the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Crombleholme |first=Roger |title=The County Donegal Railways Companion |publisher=Midland |year=2005 |isbn=1-85780-205-5 |location=England |pages=15-26 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Begley |first=Joe |last2=Flanders |first2= Steve |title=Ireland's Narrow gauge Railways A Reference handbook |publisher=The Oakwood Press|year=2012 |isbn=978-0853617105 |location=England |pages=52 |language=en}}</ref> |- ! Number !! Name !! Built !! Manufacturer !! Configuration !! Notes !! Image |- ! colspan="7" |Class 1 |- | No. 1 || ''Alice''|| 1881 || [[Sharp, Stewart and Company]]|| [[2-4-0]]|| Loaned to [[Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway]] from 1918-1921. Scrapped 1926. || |- | No. 2 || ''Blanche''|| 1881 || Sharp, Stewart and Company || 2-4-0 || Withdrawn in 1905. Scrapped in 1909. |[[File:2-4- No 2 Blanche.png|center|thumb|Builder's photo of No. 2 ''Blanche''.]] |- | No. 3 || ''Lydia''|| 1881 || Sharp, Stewart and Company || 2-4-0 || Withdrawn in 1905. Scrapped in 1910. | |- ! colspan="7" |Class 2 |- | No. 4 || ''Meenglas''|| 1893 || [[Neilson and Company]]|| [[4-6-0]]|| Scrapped in 1935. |[[File:4-6-0 No 4 Meenglas.png|center|thumb|Builder's photo of No. 4 ''Meenglas''.]] |- | No. 5 || [[Drumboe Castle|''Drumboe'']]|| 1893 || Neilson and Company || 4-6-0 || Withdrawn in 1927. Scrapped in 1931. | |- | No. 6 || ''[[Inver, County Donegal|Inver]]''|| 1893 || Neilson and Company || 4-6-0 || Withdrawn in 1927. Scrapped in 1931. | |- | No. 7|| [[River Finn (Foyle tributary)|''Finn'']]|| 1893 || Neilson and Company || 4-6-0 || Withdrawn in 1927. Scrapped in 1931. | |- | No. 8 || [[River Foyle|''Foyle'']]|| 1893 || Neilson and Company || 4-6-0 || Scrapped in 1937. |[[File:4-6-0 No 8 Foyle.png|center|thumb|No. 8 ''Foyle'' between Fintown and Glenties in July 1924.]] |- | No. 9 || [[Glencolmcille|''Columbkille'']]|| 1893 || Neilson and Company || 4-6-0 || Scrapped in 1937. | |- ! colspan="7" |Class 3 |- | No. 10 || ''Sir James''|| 1902 || Neilson and Company || [[4-4-4]]|| Scrapped in 1935. ||[[File:4-4-4 No 10 Sir James.png|center|thumb|Builder's photo of No. 10 ''Sir James''.]] |- | No. 11 || [[Sir Samuel Hercules Hayes, 4th Baronet|''Hercules'']]|| 1902 || Neilson and Company || 4-4-4 || Scrapped in 1935. || |- ! colspan="7" | Class 4 |- | No. 12 No. 9 | [[Lough Eske|''Eske'']]|| 1904 || [[Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company|Nasmyth, Wilson and Company]]|| [[4-6-4]]|| Renumbered No. 9 in 1937. Scrapped in 1954. | |- | No. 13 No. 10 | ''Owenea''|| 1904 || Nasmyth, Wilson and Company || 4-6-4 || Renumbered No. 10 in 1937. Scrapped in 1952 after a collision with railcar No. 17 in 1949. |[[File:4-6-4 No 10 Owenea.png|center|thumb|No. 10 ''Owenea'' at Strabane on 14 May 1937.]] |- | No. 14 No. 11 | [[Lough Erne|''Erne'']]|| 1904 || Nasmyth, Wilson and Company || 4-6-4 || Renumbered No. 11 in 1937. Scrapped in 1967. |[[File:4-6-4 No 14 Erne.png|center|thumb|No. 14 ''Erne''.]] |- | No. 15 No. 12 | [[Lough Mourne|''Mourne'']]|| 1904 || Nasmyth, Wilson and Company || 4-6-4 || Renumbered No. 12 in 1937. Withdrawn in 1940, dismantled for spare parts. | |- ! colspan="7" |Class 5 |- | No. 16 No. 4 | ''Donegal'' ''Meenglas'' | 1907 || Nasmyth, Wilson and Company || [[2-6-4]]|| Renumbered No. 4 and renamed ''Meenglas'' in 1937. Preserved at the [[Foyle Valley Railway|Foyle Valley Railway Museum]]. | [[File:Outside the Foyle Valley Railway Museum, Londonderry - geograph.org.uk - 335259.jpg|thumb|No. 4 ''Meenglas'' in preservation.|center]] |- | No. 17 No. 5 | ''Glenties'' ''Drumboe'' | 1907 || Nasmyth, Wilson and Company || 2-6-4 || Renumbered No. 5 and renamed ''Drumboe'' in 1937. Ran the last scheduled train of the {{abbr|CDRJC|County Donegal Railways Joint Committee}} on 31 December 1959. Preserved at the [[Donegal Railway Heritage Centre]]. |[[File:2-6-4 No 17 Glenties.png|center|thumb|No. 17 ''Glenties'' before renumbering and renaming at Stranorlar on 14 May 1937.]] |- | No. 18 No. 6 | ''Killybegs'' ''Columbkille'' | 1907 || Nasmyth, Wilson and Company || 2-6-4 || Renumbered No. 6 and renamed ''Columbkille'' in 1937. Preserved at the Foyle Valley Railway Museum. |[[File:2-6-4 No. 6 Columbkille.jpg|center|thumb|No. 6 ''Columbkille'' in preservation.]] |- | No. 19 || ''Letterkenny''|| 1908 || Nasmyth, Wilson and Company || 4-6-2 || Dismantled in 1940 for spare parts. || |- | No. 20 No. 8 | ''[[Raphoe]]'' ''Foyle'' | 1908 || Nasmyth, Wilson and Company || 2-6-4 || Renumbered No. 8 and renamed ''Foyle'' in 1937. Scrapped in 1955. | |- ! colspan="7" |Class 5A |- |No. 21 No. 1 |''Ballyshannon'' ''Alice'' |1912 |Nasmyth, Wilson and Company |2-6-4 |Renumbered and renamed to No. 1 ''Alice'' in 1928. Sold at a scrap auction in 1960. |[[File:2-6-4 No 1 Alice.png|center|thumb|No. 1 ''Alice'' at Londonderry Victoria Road on 20 August 1950.]] |- |No. 2A No. 2 |''Strabane'' ''Blanche'' |1912 |Nasmyth, Wilson and Company |2-6-4 |Renumbered and renamed to No. 2 ''Blanche'' in 1928. Preserved in the [[Ulster Folk and Transport Museums]] in [[Cultra]]. |[[File:Ulster Transport Museum, Cultra, Railway Gallery 04.jpg|thumb|No. 2 ''Blanche'' in preservation.|center|222x222px]] |- |No. 3A No. 3 |''Stranorlar'' ''Lydia'' |1912 |Nasmyth, Wilson and Company |2-6-4 |Renumbered and renamed to No. 3 ''Lydia'' in 1928. Sold at a scrap auction in 1960. |[[File:2-6-4 No 3 Lydia.png|center|thumb|No. 3 ''Lydia'' at Stranorlar on 14 May 1937.]] |- ! colspan="7" |Atkinson-Walker rail tractor |- |No. 11 |''Phœnix'' |1928 |Atkinson-Walker |[[0-4-0]] |Sold by the [[Clogher Valley Railway]] to the {{abbr|CDRJC|County Donegal Railways Joint Committee}} in December 1931. No. 11 ''Phœnix'' was converted from steam power to diesel power and operated as a shunter.

Preserved at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museums. |[[File:Cultra a8.jpg|thumb|No. 11 ''Phœnix'' in preservation.|center]] |} {| class="wikitable" |+Railcars of the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee<ref>{{Cite book |last=Patterson |first=Edward M. |title=The County Donegal Railways |publisher=Pan Books |year=1962 |isbn=0-7153-4376-9 |edition=1972 |pages=155-177, 210-211 |language=en}}</ref> !Number !Start of Operation !Source or Manufacturer !Power !Notes !Image |- |No. 1 |1906 |[[Alldays & Onions|Allday & Onions]] |Petrol |Preserved in the Ulster Folk and Transport Museums in Cultra. |[[File:Ulster Transport Museum, Cultra, County Donega Railways Joint Committee Railcar No 1 (03).jpg|center|thumb|Railcar No. 1 in preservation.]] |- |No. 2 |1926 |ex-[[Derwent Valley Light Railway]] |Petrol |Scrapped in 1934. |[[File:Railcar No 2.png|center|thumb|Railcar No. 2 at Stranorlar with Henry Forbes (left) and Ross Parks (right).]] |- |No. 2 |1934 |ex-[[Castlederg and Victoria Bridge Tramway]] |Petrol |Rebuilt as a trailer in 1944. Sold in 1961 and removed to [[Mountcharles]]. | |- |No. 3 |1926 |ex-Derwent Valley Light Railway |Petrol |Scrapped in 1934. | |- |No. 4 |1928 |O'Doherty |Petrol |Lent to the Clogher Valley Railway in 1932. Scrapped in 1947. | |- |No. 6 |1930 |[[Great Northern Railway (Ireland)]] and O'Doherty |Petrol |Rebuilt as a trailer in 1945. Sold in 1958 and removed to Inver. |[[File:Railcar No 6.png|center|thumb|Railcar No. 6 and Railcar No. 7 at Ballintra.]] |- |No. 7 |1930 |Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and O'Doherty |Diesel |First diesel railcar in the [[British Isles]]. Scrapped in 1949. |[[File:Railcar No 7.png|center|thumb|Railcar No. 7 at Stranorlar.]] |- |No. 8 |1931 |Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and O'Doherty |Diesel |Scrapped in 1949. | |- |No. 9 |1933 |County Donegal Railways Joint Committee ex-Great Northern Railway (Ireland) bus |Petrol |Scrapped in 1949. | |- |No. 10 |1933 |County Donegal Railways Joint Committee |Petrol |Destroyed by a fire in Ballyshannon in 1939. | |- |No. 10 |1942 |ex-Clogher Valley Railway and Walker Brothers |Diesel |Preserved at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museums in Cultra. |[[File:Ulster Transport Museum, Cultra, County Donega Railways Joint Committee Railcar No 10.jpg|center|thumb|Railcar No. 10 in preservation.]] |- |No. 12 |1934 |Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and [[Walker Brothers (Wigan)|Walker Brothers]] |Diesel |Preserved at the Foyle Valley Railway. |[[File:Donegal railcars, Shane's Castle, Antrim (3) - geograph.org.uk - 2337722.jpg|thumb|Railcar No. 12 & No. 18 at the [[Shane's Castle]] railway in Antrim.|center]] |- |No. 13 |1934 |ex-Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway |Diesel |Rebuilt as a trailer in 1934. Scrapped in 1944. | |- |No. 14 |1935 |Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and Walker Brothers |Diesel |Scrapped in 1961. | |- |No. 15 |1936 |Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and Walker Brothers |Diesel |Scrapped in 1961. | |- |No. 16 |1936 |Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and Walker Brothers |Diesel |Scrapped in 1961. | |- |No. 17 |1938 |Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and Walker Brothers |Diesel |Destroyed in collision with No. 10 ''Owenea'' in 1949. | |- |No. 18 |1940 |Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and Walker Brothers |Diesel |Damaged by fire in 1949. Preserved on the [[Fintown railway station|Fintown Railway]]. |[[File:CDR County Donegal Railways Railcar 18 (5951408236).jpg|center|thumb|Railcar No. 18 in preservation.]] |- |No. 19 |1950 |Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and Walker Brothers |Diesel |Sold to and preserved on the [[Isle of Man Railway]] in 1961. |[[File:IMR-Loco-19-20.jpg|center|thumb|Railcar No. 19 & 20 in preservation on the IOMR.]] |- |No. 20 |1951 |Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and Walker Brothers |Diesel |Sold to and preserved on the Isle of Man Railway in 1961. |[[File:Diesel railcars at Port Erin - geograph.org.uk - 1522407.jpg|center|thumb|220x220px]] |}

===Wagons and carriages in preservation=== * '''Carriages:''' 1 ({{abbr|UFTM|Ulster Folk and Transport Museums}}), 3 ({{abbr|UFTM|Ulster Folk and Transport Museums}}), 5 ({{abbr|DHRC|Donegal Railway Heritage Centre}}) 14 ({{abbr|FVRM|Foyle Valley Railway Museum}}), 15 ({{abbr|DHRC|Donegal Railway Heritage Centre}}) , 28 ({{abbr|DHRC|Donegal Railway Heritage Centre}}), 30 ({{abbr|FVRM|Foyle Valley Railway Museum}}), 352 ({{abbr|DG|Dunfanaghy Glamping}}) * '''Goods wagons:''' 12 ({{abbr|DHRC|Donegal Railway Heritage Centre}}), 19 ({{abbr|FVRM|Foyle Valley Railway Museum}}), 136 ({{abbr|UFTM|Ulster Folk and Transport Museums}}), unidentified horsebox (BHR), unidentified van ({{abbr|DHRC|Donegal Railway Heritage Centre}})

UFTM = [[Ulster Folk and Transport Museums]]; FVRM = [[Foyle Valley Railway Museum]]; BHR = [[Belturbet Heritage Railway]]; FTR = [[Fintown Railway]]; DRHC = [[Donegal Railway Heritage Centre]]; IOMR = [[Isle of Man Railway]]; C&LR = [[Cavan and Leitrim Railway]]; DG = [[Dunfanaghy Glamping]]

==See also== * [[List of narrow-gauge railways in Ireland]] * [[Steam locomotives of Ireland#West Donegal Railway|County Donegal Railway locomotives]] {{commons category|County Donegal Railways Joint Committee}}

==Notes== {{notelist}}

==References== {{reflist}}

==Further reading== *{{cite book |title=Architectural Heritage of the Narrow Gauge Railways of County Donegal |publisher=County Donegal Railway Restoration Ltd. |year=2003}} *{{cite journal |date=1992–2005 |title=North West of Ireland Railway Preservation Society|journal=The Phoenix |publisher=County Donegal Railway Restoration Ltd. |volume=1–23}} *{{cite book |last=Begley |first=Joe |title=The County Donegal Railway A Visitors Guide |isbn=1-874518-04-1|year=1995 }} *{{cite book |last=Bell |first=Dave |title=County Donegal Railway Restoration Society 10 years |year=2001}} *{{cite book |last=Flanders |first=Steve |title=The County Donegal Railway An Irish Railway Pictorial |year=1996 |isbn=1-85780-054-0}} *{{cite book |last=Crombleholme |first=Roger |title=The County Donegal Railways Companion |year=2005 |isbn=1-85780-205-5}} *{{cite book |last=Patterson |first=Edward M. |title=The County Donegal Railways |year=1969 |isbn=0-7153-4376-9}} *{{cite book |title=Donegal's Railway Heritage |publisher=South Donegal Railway Restoration Society |year=1994 |volume=1 (South Donegal) |isbn=1-874518-01-7}}

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