O1536 : Ammonia train, Dublin

taken 38 years ago, near to Dromcondra, Dublin, Ireland

Ammonia train, Dublin
Ammonia train, Dublin
CIE locomotive 003S heads a train of empty ammonia tanks, from Shelton to Marino, past the Claude Road footbridge, Dublin. This photograph shows how the (originally) white wagon livery R8638 : Ammonia wagon, Limerick Jct soon stained.
The ammonia trains of CIE and Irish Rail

Irish Fertiliser Industries Limited (a state-owned company incorporated in the Republic of Ireland) operated two factories. One at Belfast harbour and one at Shelton Abbey near Arklow. Both used ammonia produced at Marino Point near Cork. The liquid gas was conveyed to Belfast by ship. Shelton was served by rail. Both factories closed, amid much controversy and media comment, in 2002.

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O1536, 25 images   (more nearby search)
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Date Taken
Friday, 4 July, 1986   (more nearby)
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Thursday, 13 September, 2012
Geographical Context
Suburb, Urban fringe  Railways 
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! O 155 363 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:21.8813N 6:15.9246W
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Irish: geotagged! O 155 363
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WEST (about 270 degrees)
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Dublin  Railway  Train  Freight Train  CIE (Coras Iompair Eireann) 

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