Beet train, Navan © Albert Bridge

N8767 : Beet train, Navan

taken 42 years ago, near to Navan, Co Meath, Ireland

Beet train, Navan

South Wexford was the main centre for the growing of sugar beet but other counties produced the crop too. In this case locomotive no 034 is shunting loaded beet wagons, in the late-afternoon sun, at Navan before departing with a laden train for Tuam. The Google map and the satellite photograph do not coincide.

The Beet Campaign :: S6814

The Beet Campaign was the name given to the transfer of sugar beet, by rail, from the grower to the beet factory. It ran from October to January and involved the use of wagons normally kept in storage, often running in very long trains. South Wexford saw the most rail activity.

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: N8767, 26 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Thursday, 12 November, 1981 (more nearby)
Submitted: Wednesday, 21 March, 2012
Geographical Context: City, Town centre Railways
Subject Location: Irish: N 872 674 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:38.9943N 6:40.8675W
Camera Location: Irish: N 872 674
View Direction: Northeast (about 45 degrees)