The preservation of all aspects of the Irish country railway is high on our agenda at the Connemara Railway. We are the grateful recipients of a donation by Railway Support Services of a traditional Bulleid designed open wagon, mainly used for beet traffic in latter years, it comes with an iconic 30 ton brake van which was also a very common sight on our rail network, and an integral part of all loose coupled goods trains! Combined with our existing beet wagon ( kindly restored by Iarnród Eireann for preservation) we now have a ‘Beet Special’ goods train – on display!