Weed spraying train, Kingscourt:: OS grid N7995 :: Geograph Ireland

N7995 : Weed spraying train, Kingscourt

near to Kingscourt, Cavan, Ireland

Weed spraying train, Kingscourt

The weed spraying train, hauled by Sulzer locomotive no 103, at Kingscourt. The long-disused goods store is at middle left. The former passenger station is behind it.

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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1976

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Grid Square: N7995, 9 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Thursday, 17 June, 1976 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 10 July, 2012
Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Railways
Subject Location: Irish: N 794 955 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:54.1860N 6:47.5010W
Photographer Location: Irish: N 794 954
View Direction: North-northeast (about 22 degrees)