Tralee and Dingle Light Railway
Introduction
This light railway ran from Tralee to Dingle with a branch to Castlegregory.
After closure a short portion was re-opened in 1993 as the Tralee and Blennerville Railway (operation ceased in 2006).
Dates
Portions of line and locations
This line is divided into a number of portions.
Tralee to Dingle
Having arrived at Tralee with the afternoon section of Day 6 of Steam Dreams' 'Emerald Isle Explorer' from Killarney, Great Northern Railway of ...David Bosher 17/06/2017
Exterior of Tralee station, County Kerry, with quite rightly the Irish spelling, on 16th June 2017. This station, dating from 1859, is now the ...David Bosher 16/06/2016
Basin station, Tralee, looking towards the town in 1988. It was so named because of the nearby Tralee Ship Canal. The railway passed to the left of ...Bill Roberton //1988
Looking along the Tralee Ship Canal, towards Blennerville and the sea, in 1988. The canal opened in 1846 but closed in 1951 due to silting. ...Bill Roberton //1988
The Tralee Ship Canal was opened in 1846 and closed in 1951 due to silting. This is Tralee Basin in 1988, since refurbished with new housing ...Bill Roberton //1988
View across the disused level crossing towards Tralee Aquadrome of the short-lived revived section of the former Tralee & Dingle Railway, in County ...David Bosher 15/06/2016
Remains of the line and station (in background) by the Aquadrome at Tralee that was opened in 1993 for a short revived section of the former Tralee & ...David Bosher 15/06/2016
A view towards Blennerville from Tralee Aquadrome of the short-lived heritage section of the former Tralee & Dingle Light Railway, in the far ...David Bosher 15/06/2016
Looking east from Blennerville in 1988 with sleeper indentations visible on the trackbed of the Tralee and Dingle Light Railway....
Bill Roberton //1988
Grass-grown tracks still in position, over which a short revived section of the former narrow gauge Tralee & Dingle Railway (originally closed to ...David Bosher 24/06/2017
The remains of the Tralee and Dingle station at Blennerville, looking east, in 1988. Passenger trains were revived from 1993 till 2013....
Bill Roberton //1988
Castlegregory Branch
