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Irish Narrow Gauge - Ballycastle Railway

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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