O0974 : Oil tank train, Drogheda

taken 49 years ago, near to Drogheda, Co Louth, Ireland

Oil tank train, Drogheda
Oil tank train, Drogheda
A train of empty oil tanks, from the Platin cement factory (served by a short branch off the Navan/Kingscourt line) awaits departure from Drogheda, for Dublin.
The Drogheda - Navan - Kingscourt railway

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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O0974, 27 images   (more nearby search)
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Date Taken
Thursday, 12 June, 1975   (more nearby)
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Tuesday, 19 January, 2010
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Trains > Trains   (more nearby)
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! O 098 747 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:42.6777N 6:20.1871W
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Irish: geotagged! O 099 747
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West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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