LNERW1 Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago Apparently the JFK Arboretum in Ballybrazil, Co. Wexford has a miniature railway? Here it is shown on OpenStreetMap: Here on Google Earth: And here on RailMapOnline (overlaid on Google Maps) And here's a link to the Miniature Railway World page on the line: http://www.miniaturerailwayworld.co.uk/JFKennedy.html This is all I can find on the railway, and given in the satellite view the line isn't very visible, at least compared to earlier years, OpenStreetMap and by extension RailMapOnline can be years out of date in some areas, and the Miniature Railway World page doesn't look like it's been updated since God was a boy, I was wondering if anyone knew whether the line is still going? I've never once even heard mention of it, I only found it because I noticed a small dot in a patch of Wexford when looking at RailMapOnline, and zoomed in to find it was a miniature line. 2 Quote
Galteemore Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago Interesting. No recent TripAdvisor reviews mention the railway. A review in 2021 says ‘they got rid of the train’. Doubtless someone will know more. Something may have happened the loco or track work and OPW just decided it wasn’t worth sorting. Appropriate they had a US style loco but something with a NYC or Boston and Maine livery might have better suited JFKs New England connections than Santa Fe! 2 Quote
Galteemore Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 10 minutes ago, RobertRoche said: It is long gone from the Arboretum. Both trunk route and branch line gone then. 1 1 Quote
Broithe Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 10 minutes ago, Galteemore said: Both trunk route and branch line gone then. I twigged early on that we might be barking up the wrong tree. 3 Quote
Westcorkrailway Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago Was there in about 2019 and it looked like it had long been abandoned by then. Thought accessing the stock was more then possible 2 Quote
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