N7989 : Weed spraying train at Kilmainham Wood

taken 48 years ago, near to Kilmainhamwood, Co Meath, Ireland

Weed spraying train at Kilmainham Wood
Weed spraying train at Kilmainham Wood
A Sulzer locomotive heads the annual weed spraying train J3284 : Weed-spraying train at Mossley past the closed station at Kilmainham Wood (between Kingscourt and Navan). The station is remote from the village N7889 : Kilmainhamwood, Co. Meath.
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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N7989   (more nearby search)
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Date Taken
Thursday, 17 June, 1976   (more nearby)
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Tuesday, 12 January, 2010
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Trains > Trains   (more nearby)
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! N 794 892 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:50.7966N 6:47.6534W
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Irish: geotagged! N 794 891
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