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Foyle Valley Railway

3 ft gauge railways in Northern IrelandHeritage railways in Northern IrelandTourist attractions in Derry (city)Use British English from February 2017
Outside the Foyle Valley Railway Museum, Londonderry geograph.org.uk 335259
Outside the Foyle Valley Railway Museum, Londonderry geograph.org.uk 335259

The Foyle Valley Railway is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge heritage railway in Derry, Northern Ireland.Foyle Valley Railway was initially opened in 1990 on the site of Foyle Road station of the GNR (Ireland). In August 2016, Destined Ltd, a charity for adults with learning disabilities, secured a lease on the premises and reopened the railway which had been closed to the public since 2002. A number of Destined members were trained by a staff member of Derry & Strabane District Council's Museum Service.The exhibition consists of a recreated station platform and visitors can find out about the various railway companies which once operated out of the city.The steam locomotive exhibited in front of the engine shed is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge locomotive built for the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee in 1907 by Nasmyth, Gaskell and Company, originally numbered No.16 and named "Donegal". She was superheated in 1926 and then renamed and renumbered as No.4 "Meenglas" in 1937. The locomotive was withdrawn from service on 31 December 1959, when the CDRJC ceased to exist as a railway company.Initially, a former County Donegal diesel railcar ran along a 3-mile (5 km) stretch of track along the riverbank. in 2002, the North West of Ireland Railway Society relocated the railcar to the Fintown narrow gauge railway in County Donegal.

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Foyle Valley Railway
Wapping Lane, Derry/Londonderry Waterside

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BT48 6RE Derry/Londonderry, Waterside
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Outside the Foyle Valley Railway Museum, Londonderry geograph.org.uk 335259
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