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CDRJC Railcars |
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Railcar 1
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Built 1906; Allday & Onions; petrol, originally 10hp, later 22hp then 36hp; seated 10. Preserved at railway hall, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, Co Down. | |
Railcar 2 (1st)
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Bought 1926 from Derwent Valley Light Railway (Yorkshire); petrol; 22hp; seated 17; scrapped 1934. |
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Railcar 3 (1st)
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Bought 1926 from Derwent Valley Light Railway (Yorkshire); petrol; 22hp; seated 17; scrapped 1934. | |
Railcar 4
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Built 1928; O'Doherty; petrol; 36hp; seated 21; scrapped 1947. | |
Trailer 5
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Built 1929 as a trailer; O'Doherty/Knutsford; seated 29; sold 1960; bought by CDRRS 1995, under restoration. | |
Railcar 6
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Built 1930; GNR(I) & O'Doherty; petrol; 32hp; seated 32; rebuilt as 4-wheel trailer 1945; sold 1958. | |
Railcar 7
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Built 1930; GNR(I) & O'Doherty; diesel; Gardner 6L2; seated 32; first diesel-engined railcar in British Isles; scrapped 1949. | |
Railcar 8
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Built 1931; GNR(I) & O'Doherty; diesel; Gardner 6L2; seated 32; scrapped 1949. |
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Railcar 9
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Built 1933; CDRJC Stranorlar; petrol; 36hp; seated 20; scrapped 1949. | |
Railcar 10 (1st)
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Built 1933; CDRJC Stranorlar; petrol; 36hp; seated 20; destroyed by fire at Ballyshannon 27th August, 1939. | |
No. 11 Phœnix
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Bought 1933; ex-Clogher Valley Railway, originally steam tractor; refitted as diesel by CDRJC; Gardner 6L2. Preserved at railway hall, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, Co Down. An illustrated article about Atkinson-Walker steam tractors in general and Phœnix in particular, is available here. | |
Railcar 12
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Built 1934; GNR(I) & Walker Bros; diesel; Gardner 6L2; first CDR articulated railcar with powered bogie; seated 41. Beautifully preserved and operational (you can take a ride on her!) at Foyle Valley Railway, Derry. | |
Trailer 13
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Bought 1934; ex-Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway; engine removed at Stranorlar; seated 16; scrapped 1944. | |
Railcar 2 (2nd)
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Bought 1934; ex-Castlederg & Victoria Bridge Tramway; petrol; 22hp; seated 30; engine removed and rebuilt as a trailer in 1944; sold 1961. | |
Railcar 3 (2nd)
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Bought 1934; ex-Dublin and Blessington Steam Tramway; petrol; 35hp; seated 40; engine removed and rebuilt as a trailer in 1944. Preserved at railway hall, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, Co Down. | |
Railcar 14
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Built 1936; GNR(I) & Walker Bros; diesel; Gardner 6L2; seated 41; scrapped 1961. | |
Railcar 15
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Built 1936; GNR(I) & Walker Bros; diesel; Gardner 6L2; seated 41; first full-cab railcar on CDR; "scrapped 1961"; discovered at holiday camp and bought (remaining passenger section) by CDRRS 1992, restoration work yet to start. | |
Railcar 16
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Built 1936; GNR(I) & Walker Bros; diesel; Gardner 6L2; seated 41; sold 1961. | |
Railcar 17
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Built 1936; GNR(I) & Walker Bros; diesel; Gardner 6L2; seated 43; wrecked in fatal Hospital Halt collision 1949. | |
Railcar 18
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Built 1940; GNR(I) & Walker Bros; diesel; Gardner 6L2; seated 43. Beautifully preserved and operational (you can take a ride on her!) at Foyle Valley Railway, Derry. | |
Railcar 10 (2nd)
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Bought 1942; ex-Clogher Valley Railway; diesel; Gardner 6L2; seated 28. This was the vehicle that CDR Manager Henry Forbes found so inspirational when he was part of the CVR's committee of management and led to the CDR's own series of articulated diesel cars. Preserved at railway hall, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, Co Down. | |
Railcar 19
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Built 1950; GNR(I) & Walker Bros; diesel; Gardner 6LW; seated 41. Sold to Isle of Man Railway 1961, now nearly restored. | |
Railcar 20
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Built 1951; GNR(I) & Walker Bros; diesel; Gardner 6LW; seated 41. Sold to Isle of Man Railway 1961, now nearly restored. | |
