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