N8384 : Gypsum train near Nobber

taken 49 years ago, near to Nobber, Co Meath, Ireland

Gypsum train near Nobber
Gypsum train near Nobber
Locomotive no 004 heading a Kingscourt – Drogheda gypsum train south of Nobber.
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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N8384, 4 images   (more nearby search)
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Date Taken
Monday, 26 May, 1975   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 10 July, 2012
Geographical Context
Railways 
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! N 832 846 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:48.3138N 6:44.2182W
Camera Location
Irish: geotagged! N 832 846
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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Navan  Railway  Train  Freight Train  CIE (Coras Iompair Eireann) 

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