The Railways of Co. Donegal again. ...

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In April/May 2024 we spent time in Co. Donegal again. Our intention was to walk as much as possible of the Londonderry & Lough Swilly trackbed as we could between Letterkenny and Derry and the branch to Cardonagh.

We were frustrated by contacting COVID at the very beginning of our holiday and recovery was slow!

Walking any distance at all was impossible for both of us.

I was, however, able to start work on the first of these articles about these lines.

This is the first article: ...

The Lough Swilly Railway continued. … Letterkenny to Derry – Part 1

Letterkenny once had two railway stations immediately adjacent to each other. One was the terminus of the County Donegal Railways Strabane to Letterkenny branch. The other was a through station on …

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Letterkenny once had two railway stations immediately adjacent to each other. One was the terminus of the County Donegal Railways Strabane to Letterkenny branch. The other was a through station on the Lough Swilly (when operation in the first half of the 20th century it's formal title was the 'Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway').

The first map extract from OSi mapping which appears close to the top of this article shows the Co. Donegal and the Lough Swilly stations in Letterkenny. The 6″to 1 mile series as digitised is not the clearest mapping. An earlier 25″ to 1 mile series shows only the Lough Swilly line but is of a higher quality."

Earlier threads covered much of the Co. Donegal Railways network and Westerly portion of the Burtonport Extension of the L&LR. These can be found by following the links below:

Co. Donegal Railways

My wife and I were due to spend a couple of weeks walking in Co. Donegal in April and May 2020. Instead, we remained at home in Ashton-under-Lyne and continuing to do the jobs we love! I would have been writing a blog about our journeys and walks but instead I have started a series about the...

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Co. Donegal Railways again. ......

This is the next post in a series about the railways of Co. Donegal. It focusses on one viaduct on the Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway (L&LSR) - the Owencarrow Viaduct - and specifically on an accident which occurred there in 1925...

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Glenties Railway Station, Co. Donegal, Ireland

Glenties Railway Station ... On Saturday 3rd June 2023, I attended the Craven Arms and District Model Railway Circle Annual Show at Ludlow Racecourse. The visit did not disappoint. ... One of the layouts on display was Glenties in 00n3 by Alastair Knox. A general view of the layout appears as...

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Co. Donegal Railways again. ....

The Donegal Railway Heritage Centre. This post follows on from earlier threads about the Railways of County Donegal and parallels the new thread about the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Burtonport Extension. The linked article hopefully gives a flavour of the Heritage Centre which is...

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The Burtonport Extension of the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway

In April 2023 we stayed close to Burtonport, adjacent to Loch Meela, in Co. Donegal. On the first full day of our stay, we walked the Burtonport Old Railway Walk. A 6km length of the Burtonport extension of the Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway has been made into an accessible path. The weather...

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A further article in an ongoing series about the L&LSR in Co. Donegal. ...

The Lough Swilly Railway continued. … Letterkenny to Derry – Part 2

Newtoncunningham to Tooban Junction Station Newtowncunningham Railway Station as shown on the OSi 25″ survey. [3] Newtowncunningham Railway Station as shown on railmaponline.com’s satel…

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The L&LSR once again - a perspective from the 19th century! - The Railway Magazine, November 1899.

The L&LSR once again – a perspective from the 19th century! – The Railway Magazine, November 1899.

The November 1899 edition of The Railway Magazine carried a short article about the L&LSR which was not heavy on technical detail. It mostly reads as though it were a holiday brochure rather th…

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The November 1899 edition of The Railway Magazine carried a short article about the L&LSR which was not heavy on technical detail. It mostly reads as though it were a holiday brochure rather than an article in a railway journal. None-the-less, the article is still of interest, particularly for the fact that it was written during the period when the L&LSR was expanding.