DOWNPATRICK & County Down Railway volunteers said that they were down, but not out–after devastating floods hit on Thursday, November 2.
Flood waters inundated Downpatrick after several consecutive nights of heavy rain, causing the River Quolie to burst its banks and wreak havoc on theChristmas theme. An even greater casualty was the cancellation of the line's January 6 New Year Diesel Gala, to which Dublin-based Tailte Tours was planning to run a bus to widen access to the event.