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Lough Swilly
Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company

The company operated a network of narrow guage railways out of Londonderry and into the Donegal area, opening in 1853 and continuing as a bus operator until liquidation in 2014, having closed its last railway line in 1953

Lake of Shadows
Built in 1905 by Caledonian Engineering & Shipbuilding of Preston
120.3 ft : 140 Gt
Engine : Compound diagonal 17 and 35 in x 36 in

Built for Messrs McCrea and McFarland of Londonderry
Taken over by the railway company in 1920
Broken up in 1934 



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