O0974 : Oil tank train, Drogheda
taken 49 years ago, near to Drogheda, Co Louth, Ireland
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 )
- Photographer
- Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Thursday, 12 June, 1975 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Tuesday, 19 January, 2010
- Category
- Trains > Trains (more nearby)
- Subject Location
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Irish: O 098 747 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:42.6777N 6:20.1871W - Camera Location
- Irish: O 099 747
- View Direction
- West-southwest (about 247 degrees)
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