Glentis, the remotest of the Irish Bog Railways.
The remotest and hardest to get to of the Irish peat bog railways must be this site in Co.Donegal. The system was opened in 1939 by the Irish Peat Development Board and became part of BnM (Bord na Mona) in 1946. It has only ever been used for domestic sod peat turf production and in 1989 when BnM dropped the sod peat division it was sold to a local employee buy out. It is now the Glentis Turf Co-operative Society. It is also unusual in being one of two ex BnM sites to use 2ft gauge rather than 3ft gauge locos. Here veteran LM20 (Ruston 243387/1946) is seen on Glentis bog with its suitably attired driver a delightful gentleman who had few teeth and was just about unintelligible to us when he spoke. He did give us a ride from the workshops at Glentis out onto the bog a distance of some 4 miles with a couple of photo stops. The ride could best be described as lively as three of us hung onto the wide running plate beside the cab and bonnet.
Glentis, the remotest of the Irish Bog Railways.
The remotest and hardest to get to of the Irish peat bog railways must be this site in Co.Donegal. The system was opened in 1939 by the Irish Peat Development Board and became part of BnM (Bord na Mona) in 1946. It has only ever been used for domestic sod peat turf production and in 1989 when BnM dropped the sod peat division it was sold to a local employee buy out. It is now the Glentis Turf Co-operative Society. It is also unusual in being one of two ex BnM sites to use 2ft gauge rather than 3ft gauge locos. Here veteran LM20 (Ruston 243387/1946) is seen on Glentis bog with its suitably attired driver a delightful gentleman who had few teeth and was just about unintelligible to us when he spoke. He did give us a ride from the workshops at Glentis out onto the bog a distance of some 4 miles with a couple of photo stops. The ride could best be described as lively as three of us hung onto the wide running plate beside the cab and bonnet.