N7995 : Gypsum train near Kingscourt
taken 48 years ago, near to Kingscourt, Co Cavan, Ireland
The Drogheda - Navan - Kingscourt railway :: O0974
Opened, in sections, by four railway companies between 1850 and 1875. Drogheda – Navan closed to passengers in 1958, Navan – Kingscourt in 1947. There are two short branches – to Platin cement factory at Drogheda and the Tara mines at Navan. The Navan – Kingscourt section handled gypsum trains until 2001. The line still serves the Tara mines.
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- Grid Square
- N7995, 9 images (more nearby )
- Photographer
- Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Monday, 12 July, 1976 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 12 January, 2010
- Category
- Trains > Trains (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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Irish: N 797 956 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:54.2266N 6:47.2533W - Camera Location
- Irish: N 797 955
- View Direction
- North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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