Climb aboard the Lapland Express for a fun Christmas experience on Downpatrick's very own Santa train with Santa, Mrs Claus and the elves.

We’ve taken delivery of a few new additions to our historic wagon fleet: two 22ft container flats, and the last remaining CIÉ pallet van.

Yesterday, we were grateful to receive a UTA rolling stock book as a donation from Terrance Bradley. The book dates from 1949.

We recently got a very unexpected donation from a visitor who had a rare 'Zwiebelpfeife' whistle for our steam engines.

Our Jurassic Express weekend had dinosaur eggs on the train out, a fantastic interactive dinosaur show in the leafy jungle at Inch Abbey, and baby dinosaurs joining us for each return trip.

Over the past several months, our volunteers have been working hard on preparing GSWR tank engine No. 90 for its 10-year boiler overhaul. This involves dismantling the loco prior to sending the boiler...