Gypsum train departing Navan © Albert Bridge

N8767 : Gypsum train departing Navan

taken 44 years ago, near to Navan, Co Meath, Ireland

Gypsum train departing Navan

CIE locomotives nos 006 and 012 (dead) at the head of a Kingscourt – Drogheda gypsum train. Navan station is just out of picture at the top.

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: Monday, 7 May, 1979 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 15 January, 2013
Geographical Context: Railways
Subject Location: Irish: N 875 675 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:39.0349N 6:40.6394W
Camera Location: Irish: N 875 675
View Direction: West-southwest (about 247 degrees)