Tara mines train at Navan © Albert Bridge cc-by-sa/2.0

N8767 : Tara mines train at Navan

taken 39 years ago, near to Navan, Donaghmore, The Little Furze and Kilcarn, Meath, Ireland

Tara mines train at Navan

A Tara mines – Dublin ore train at Navan station awaiting the road for Dublin.

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: N8767, 26 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Thursday, 12 July, 1984 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 7 January, 2010
Category: Trains > Trains (more nearby)
Subject Location: Irish: N 871 674 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:38.9581N 6:41.0047W
Camera Location: Irish: N 872 674
View Direction: West-southwest (about 247 degrees)