Irish train journeys

Michael Palin has described the journey between Derry and Coleraine (pictured above) as one of

the most beautiful train journeys in the world. The first stretch of that route is, in many ways, the sweetest. The train follows the River Foyle into the countryside, whizzing along the sandy Benone Strand before passing beneath the Mussenden temple through one of the country's longest tunnels. The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (RPSI) maintains a museum at Whitehead and a host of real-life Thomas the Tank Engines that it uses to operate steam-hauled excursions on a not-for-profit basis. Read more: https://www.independent.ie/life/travel/ireland/top-10-irish-train-journeys-34407497.html