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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- N8667, 21 images (more nearby
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- 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
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Irish:
N 862 673 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:38.9340N 6:41.7586W - Camera Location
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Irish:
N 862 673
- View Direction
- EAST (about 90 degrees)
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