Tara Mines train, Duleek © Albert Bridge cc-by-sa/2.0

O0470 : Tara Mines train, Duleek

taken 37 years ago, near to Damhliag and Caulstown, Meath, Ireland

Tara Mines train, Duleek

CIE locomotive 019 passing the closed station at Duleek (1850/1958) with a train of empty wagons from Dublin. The view is from the Commons Bridge on the Duleek – Donore road. O0470 : Railway Station, Duleek, Co. Meath shows the station (without a train) in July 2008. O0470 : Tara Mines wagons, Duleek shows the wagons and their lids.

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: O0470, 6 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Friday, 27 April, 1984 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 28 February, 2013
Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Railways
Subject Location: Irish: O 045 700 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:40.2004N 6:25.1601W
Camera Location: Irish: O 044 700
View Direction: Northeast (about 45 degrees)