Gypsum train near Kingscourt (C) Albert Bridge

N7891 : Gypsum train near Kingscourt

near to Kilmainham Wood, Meath, Ireland

Gypsum train near Kingscourt

Locomotive no 057 hauling a short (four hoppers) Kingscourt – Drogheda gypsum train at Poles (Lisnagrew) level crossing between Kingscourt and Kilmainham Wood.

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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year taken

1977

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Grid Square: N7891, 3 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph (First for N7891)
First in 5 Years (TPoint) ^?
Date Taken: Thursday, 21 April, 1977 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 10 July, 2012
Geographical Context: Railways
Subject Location: Irish: N 787 916 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:52.1173N 6:48.1809W
Photographer Location: Irish: N 787 916
View Direction: North-northwest (about 337 degrees)