Sugar beet train, Athlone:: OS grid N0341 :: Geograph Ireland

N0341 : Sugar beet train, Athlone

near to Athlone, Baile Atha Luain and Bellaugh, Westmeath, Ireland

Sugar beet train, Athlone

CIE locomotive no 177 heads a Tuam – Navan train of empty beet wagons across the Shannon Bridge. The bridge is 542ft long with an opening span. It opened to railway traffic in 1851. N0341 : The Shannon at Athlone (June 1981) shows the bridge in its setting across the River Shannon.

The Beet Campaign :: S6814

The Beet Campaign was the name given to the transfer of sugar beet, by rail, from the grower to the beet factory. It ran from October to January and involved the use of wagons normally kept in storage, often running in very long trains. South Wexford saw the most rail activity.

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1981

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Grid Square: N0341, 49 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Thursday, 12 November, 1981 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 15 July, 2012
Geographical Context: Railways City, Town centre Rivers, Streams, Drainage
Subject Location: Irish: N 037 418 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:25.6399N 7:56.7047W
Photographer Location: Irish: N 037 418
View Direction: WEST (about 270 degrees)