The Downpatrick and County Down Railway is a 5 foot, 3 inch gauge heritage railway in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is operated by volunteers and runs passenger trains using steam and diesel locom
The DCDR logo, based on a monogram design used by the BCDR
The original Loop Platform viewed from the South Junction. The line to the left originally led to Belfast, while the line to the right leads to Downpatrick
O&K No. 1 at Downpatrick
O&K No. 3 Pulls a train out of Downpatrick in 2006
NIR 450 Class
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The 450 Class is a type of diesel multiple unit passenger train formerly used by Northern Ireland Railways. They were nicknamed 'Thumpers' and 'Castles' by rail enthusiasts.
Downpatrick and County Down Railway
…DCDR on 8 June 2025, having been acquired by the Gwendraeth Valley Railway in Wales. Three more ex-NIR railcars are owned by DCDR, comprising the last 450 Class, 458 Antrim Castle, which arrived in 2014 and has been converted to a buffet train, and two 80 class railcars which arrived in 2018. There are four…
8458 departing City Hospital in 2009.
451 passing Ballycarry in 1986
458 at Hilden on a Portadown bound service in 2004
453 & 457 at Adelaide prior to scrapping in 2013