Introduction
Ireland was blessed with an extensive collection of 3' Gauge
Tramways and Light Railways, carrying both goods and passengers,
mostly drawn by steam power.
Whether you are an enthusiast, modeller or historian, I hope
that these pages will serve as a useful index to the material that
is available concerning these lines.
Comments and corrections would be most welcome. Wherever you see
a  , you may click on it to send a comment about
that item.
Acknowledgements
Navigation
Start with contents , or click
on the section you want in the bar on the right.
The pages are profusely cross-linked, and every page has a link
back to the Contents page in the top-right, and a link to this page
under the graphic in the top left.
Book citations
Book citations occur in brackets [], with the abbreviated book
title, a colon and one or more citation details separated by
spaces. Each citation detail consists of three or four parts
separated by hyphens '-'.
The first part is the citation type
- a - assorted (a collection of more than one ofthe types
below)
- b - black & white photograph
- c - color photograph
- d - diagram, (track)
- e - engineering (scale) drawing
- k - sketch
- m - map
- n - narrative text
- t - table
The second part is the citation size in negative powers of two
of a square metre, just like european paper: so -4 is an A4
illustration (8-1/2 x 11"), and -6 is postcard sized. Text is also
given as a ratio of the whole page, down to a minimum of 1/8 (-3)
below the size of the page. The third part is the page number
(e.g.: p327), or an abbreviation such as ep (endpaper), or dj
(dustjacket), fc (front cover), or tp (title page). The fourth
part, if present is the date.
Dates
Dates are given in years (yyyy), or year and month (yyyy.mm), or
year/month/day (yyyy.mm.dd). Where a number is doubtful, a leading
'?' is prepended. Where a series of numbers or text is doubtful, a
leading '?' followed by a space, brackets the doubtful text up to
the next '?'.
Offsite Links
Offsite links are indicated by a red triangle ( ). I would be grateful if you
could notify me of any broken
links.
Gaelic
Some place names are followed by their Gaelic names in braces{}.
You will need a gaelic font for these to render correctly. Suitable
fonts are:
Where are the pictures?
I have very few. Links to pages with photos have a  before them. If you have scanned photographs that you
own the copyright to (very important!), and will allow me to
publish them on these pages, please send them to me: mailto:i3@mcferran.net
In the meantime, here are some sites with pictures:
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