Peatlands Park Railway

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Peatlands Park Railway
Alan Keef diesel locomotive
Alan Keef Diesel Locomotive
Route of the Peatlands Park Railway
Route (top left)
Route length: 1.5 km
Gauge : 914 mm ( English 3-foot track )
Legend
            
            
            
            
railway station
            
Engine shed

The Peatlands Park Railway is a miniature railway used narrow-gauge railway with a track width of 3  feet (914 mm) south of Dungannon in County Armagh , Northern Ireland .

Location and history

The narrow-gauge railway was first used in 1901 as a peat railway in a peat cut . It runs in Peatlands Park, an area of ​​266 hectares that has been under the protection of the Northern Irish Environment Agency since 1990. It has been designated as an Area of ​​Special Scientific Interest (ASSI). The Peatlands Park is home to a particularly rich selection of fauna and flora in peat bogs and offers its visitors 16 km of walking and hiking trails.

There are two 1980s in the park. H. even before the park was founded, protected nature reserves , Annagarriff (77 ha) and Mullenakill (22 ha). Annagarriff is home to the only colony of Scottish wood ants in Ireland.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Small industrial railways . In: Armagh County Museum . Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  2. ^ The Railway . In: NI Environment Agency . Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  3. ↑ Peatlands . In: Peatlands NI . Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  4. ↑ Peatlands Park ASSI . In: NI Environment Agency . Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  5. ↑ Head to Peatlands Park for Perfect Day Out . In: NI Environment Agency . July 29, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  6. ↑ Peatlands Park . In: Discover Northern Ireland . Retrieved August 14, 2010.
  7. ^ Formica aquilonia - Scottish Wood Ant . In: Habitas - NI Priority Species . Retrieved August 14, 2010.

Coordinates: 54 ° 29 '10.4 "  N , 6 ° 37' 4.7"  W.