N8572 : Train, Gibbstown near Navan

taken 42 years ago, near to Kilberry, Meath, Ireland

Train, Gibbstown near Navan
Train, Gibbstown near Navan
See N7995 : Kingscourt station (4). The same train passing the closed (1936) station at Gibbstown.
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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N8572, 4 images   (more nearby search)
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Date Taken
Monday, 7 May, 1979   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 3 October, 2011
Geographical Context
Village, Rural settlement  Quarrying, Mining  Railways 
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! N 853 728 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:41.9341N 6:42.5017W
Camera Location
Irish: geotagged! N 853 728
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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Gibbstown (Co Meath)  Train  Freight Train  Railway Station  CIE (Coras Iompair Eireann) 

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