Cement train, Platin near Drogheda © Albert Bridge

O0772 : Cement train, Platin near Drogheda

taken 31 years ago, near to Caulstown, Meath, Ireland

Cement train, Platin near Drogheda

Irish Rail locomotive no 145 producing some very visible exhaust fumes as it heads a bagged-cement train away from the Platin cement factory O0671 : Platin cement factory near Drogheda (background).

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: O0772, 4 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Monday, 27 August, 1990 (more nearby)
Submitted: Wednesday, 27 February, 2013
Geographical Context: Railways
Subject Location: Irish: O 070 720 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:41.2470N 6:22.7958W
Camera Location: Irish: O 070 720
View Direction: South-southwest (about 202 degrees)