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Irish Narrow Gauge - Ballycastle Railway

Ballycastle Railway

Locomotives, Carriages, Wagons
1880.10.18: line opened by Ballycastle Railway Company
1924.03.24: line closed
1924.08.11: line re-opened, acquired by LMS(NCC)
1950.07.03: line closed
books: [BREMP]
maps: [INGV2 m-4-p28- ]
[BREMP m-5-p17- ]
[INGRB m-6-p45- ]
gradient profile: [BREMP b-5-p28- ]
loading gauge
- width: 8'0"

route:

0	Ballymoney
4½	Dervock
6¾	Stranocum
8¼	Gracehill
10¼	Armoy
11	Balleeny Siding
13	Capecastle
15	Ballast Pit
16	Tow Viaduct
16¼	Ballycastle

mishaps:
- 1949.01.04: Ballycastle
  - No. 44 runs through buffer stop
  - photo: [BREMP b-6-p65-1949.01.04 ]
- 1943.01.09: Ballycastle
  - No. 41 de-rails into stream
  - photo: [BREMP b-6-p65-1943.01.09 ]
- 1947.03: blizzard
  - photo: [BREMP b-6-p64-1947.03 ]
staff:
- drivers: James Conway, Barry Limerick, McKissick
- firemen: Ezekiel McLaughlin, Jack McDuff
- guards: Alexander Dixon
- postman (Ballycastle): Andrew Conway
- stationmaster (Ballycastle): John Baillie
- clerk (Ballycastle): Miss Baillie

2002.07.21

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