Kingscourt train near Tara Mines Jct © Albert Bridge cc-by-sa/2.0

N8567 : Kingscourt train near Tara Mines Jct

taken 45 years ago, near to Navan and Donaghmore, Meath, Ireland

Kingscourt train near Tara Mines Jct

A gypsum train, from Kingscourt, approaching Tara Mines Junction N8567 : Oldcastle and Kingscourt Railway Junction. The junction (out of picture) had just been built on the site of the former Navan West Junction – hence the signs of excavation on the right.

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: N8567, 2 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Monday, 9 May, 1977 (more nearby)
Submitted: Friday, 8 January, 2010
Category: Trains > Trains (more nearby)
Subject Location: Irish: N 858 676 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:39.1273N 6:42.1882W
Camera Location: Irish: N 858 676
View Direction: Northwest (about 315 degrees)