O0470 : Tara Mines train, Duleek
taken 39 years ago, near to Duleek 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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- O0470, 6 images (more nearby
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- Photographer
- Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
- Date Taken
- Friday, 27 April, 1984 (more nearby)
- Submitted
- Thursday, 28 February, 2013
- Geographical Context
- Subject Location
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Irish:
O 045 700 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:40.2004N 6:25.1601W - Camera Location
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Irish:
O 044 700
- View Direction
- Northeast (about 45 degrees)
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