A most excellent historic video of the historic railcars to a new home & future! I must commend all who carried out the on & offloading of the railcars! The Deutz shunter & driver did their bit too!
Was so happy when i heard about this on the news, will defo be paying a visit soon! Went there in october to find out I got the dates mixed up and it was closed, excellent shots!
Not sure if this comment will be seen or not due to the video age, but as someone who isnt familiar to NIR, I do wonder why it wasn't just hauled with a freight loco via rail to its new destination? Was it cheaper? Or are the two places not physically connected via rail? Or perhaps it wasn't easy to get a space between services to transfer it?
The line that ran between Belfast & Downpatrick closed in 1950 unfortunately. The Downpatrick & County Down Railway runs on a small section of the original line and it is the only standard gauge (5 foot 3 inches) heritage railway on the whole island of ireland. Sadly Northern Ireland lost a large number of it's railways around the 50s. Today we only have a handful of lines. Belfast to Newry (Then onwards across the boarder into the Republic of Ireland) Belfast to Bangor , Belfast to Larne , Belfast to Londonderry & Coleraine to Portrush in total the railway network in Northern Ireland only consists of over 200 miles of track.
Amazing video! This will be of real historical interest in the future. Good work NIRtrainman! I can’t wait to have a go on it once it is in service. Any idea which livery they are planning for the units that haven’t been repainted?
A most excellent historic video of the historic railcars to a new home & future! I must commend all who carried out the on & offloading of the railcars! The Deutz shunter & driver did their bit too!
It sure was a historic moment which resulted in a historic video
Great camera work.
Thx for documenting and sharing the restoration of my favourite type of train. The class 80 "Thumper"
Teh Goat Thanks you glad you enjoyed it
Very good i seen one of the than pasting Sydenham by pass on Sunday
Thanks
It was so nice to see The 80 Class Getting Shunted In DownPatrick
Sure is
Great job on these. 69 and 749 look pristine too.
Cracking footage Matthew...so glad they got preserved at Downpatrick
Thanks aye I am glad too
Was so happy when i heard about this on the news, will defo be paying a visit soon! Went there in october to find out I got the dates mixed up and it was closed, excellent shots!
Thanks it will be a fine moment when she carries passengers for the first time since 2011
Nirtrainman you’re welcome, and yup it certainly will! :D
Excellent work Matty, well done 👍
The Irish Mainline Thank you Dan glad you enjoyed it
Nice work matty can't wait to take a ride on them
Thanks
Great vid it’s good to see her go into preservation after her working so hard on the sandite she deserves it
Indeed she deserves it
Great Video, glad to see them been preserved.
Thanks sure is good to see them saved
She's looking well in that old livery.
She sure does
Great video Matthew
Thanks Ashley
Probably the last time they were on the back of a truck was when they were delivered new.
The last time they were on a loader was when they were transferred back from England after being refurbished
Nice Footage Matty!☺.Its Great they have a new home!.
Thanks
Exactly
Excellent video Matthew
Thanks Luke
Got a BR Intercity Door! Howcome the corridor end of these Thumpers is never featured on videos? I like its little symbol!
I hope you doing well for yourself
Great video. Shame about the vandalism.
Thank you aye it is a shame what some scum did to 90 & 752
Not sure if this comment will be seen or not due to the video age, but as someone who isnt familiar to NIR, I do wonder why it wasn't just hauled with a freight loco via rail to its new destination? Was it cheaper? Or are the two places not physically connected via rail? Or perhaps it wasn't easy to get a space between services to transfer it?
The line that ran between Belfast & Downpatrick closed in 1950 unfortunately. The Downpatrick & County Down Railway runs on a small section of the original line and it is the only standard gauge (5 foot 3 inches) heritage railway on the whole island of ireland. Sadly Northern Ireland lost a large number of it's railways around the 50s. Today we only have a handful of lines. Belfast to Newry (Then onwards across the boarder into the Republic of Ireland) Belfast to Bangor , Belfast to Larne , Belfast to Londonderry & Coleraine to Portrush in total the railway network in Northern Ireland only consists of over 200 miles of track.
Amazing video! This will be of real historical interest in the future. Good work NIRtrainman! I can’t wait to have a go on it once it is in service. Any idea which livery they are planning for the units that haven’t been repainted?
Thank you glad you enjoyed the video
Yes
Nice One !
Thanks
Yeho
Indeed
Why was it not moved by a local firm??
I believe local firms did not have trailers that could accommodate the coaches so Raid Freight were used and they done a fantastic job.