Drinagh in Wexford had its own industrial railway for a time linking the cement works to the main line.
"The Waterford & Wexford Railway (W&WR) was extended southwards along Wexford quays in about 1877. The line to Rosslare Harbour was completed in 1882. But the pier at Rosslare Harbour was no more than a 500-yard-long breakwater, not yet suitable for large ships.
The Wexford-Rosslare Harbour line was proving to be unprofitable and a major dispute between the Dublin, Wicklow & Wexford Railway and the W&WR erupted in May 1889. Services were threatened to be suspended if the W&WR did not guarantee to make immediate payments of monies owed to the DW&WR. At a meeting in the Town Hall in Wexford, the W&WR asked that the service be kept open at least during the bathing season but the line was duly closed. It remained so for the next five years.
With the loss of the important train service into Wexford, the ever-resourceful Harry Cooper came up with a solution. He built his own steam engine to run on the railway line between Drinagh and Wexford, calling his invention the ‘Puffing Billy’. It had a boiler and a tall chimney, and ran on four wheels. It must have been a curious sight rolling onto Wexford quays, where it became known as the ‘Donkey Engine.’ Presumably he hired wagons to carry his limestone and cement."
(from ‘Fascinating Wexford History - Vol. 5)