Gypsum train near Navan Jct © Albert Bridge

N8667 : Gypsum train near Navan Jct

taken 44 years ago, near to Navan, Donaghmore and The Little Furze, Meath, Ireland

Gypsum train near Navan Jct

A Drogheda – Kingscourt train of empty gypsum hoppers passing Commons Road level crossing, near the site of the former Navan Junction station (at the warehouse – upper 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: N8667, 21 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Monday, 7 May, 1979 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 12 January, 2010
Category: Trains > Trains (more nearby)
Subject Location: Irish: N 862 673 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:38.9340N 6:41.7586W
Camera Location: Irish: N 862 673
View Direction: EAST (about 90 degrees)