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Any TOs know if the Irish "Bord na Mona" peat trains are still running? They took low energy peat from Ireland's noted peat bogs to peat-fired power stations. Thanks in advance!

RRBMail Wrote:
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> Any TOs know if the Irish "Bord na Mona" peat
> trains are still running? They took low energy
> peat from Ireland's noted peat bogs to peat-fired
> power stations. Thanks in advance!


No, all peat fired power stations have been decommissioned. I think thd last rail operations were in 2023.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/10/26 14:15 by 86235.

When I was in Ireland (1985) there were special railcars for Guiness Stout. Are there still Guiness cars in service?
 

colehour Wrote:
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> When I was in Ireland (1985) there were special
> railcars for Guiness Stout. Are there still
> Guiness cars in service?
>  

No

About the peat traffic:

How big an operation was this?  Roughly how many cars per day?

Im assuming the peat came out of the ground sopping wet. How was it dried for transport?  Was it ground up during processing?

Thenks for any info on this. I'd never heard of it before. 

march_hare Wrote:
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> About the peat traffic:
>
> How big an operation was this?  Roughly how many
> cars per day?
>
> Im assuming the peat came out of the ground
> sopping wet. How was it dried for transport?  Was
> it ground up during processing?
>
> Thenks for any info on this. I'd never heard of it
> before. 

You can find lots of videos of the peat operations on popular video sharing platforms

https://vimeo.com/877152625