Shunting at Kingscourt © Albert Bridge cc-by-sa/2.0

N7995 : Shunting at Kingscourt

taken 48 years ago, near to Kingscourt, Co Cavan, Ireland

Shunting at Kingscourt

CIE locomotive 004 shunting gypsum hoppers at Kingscourt.

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: N7995, 9 images (more nearby )
Photographer: Albert Bridge (find more nearby)
Date Taken: Monday, 26 May, 1975 (more nearby)
Submitted: Sunday, 3 March, 2013
Geographical Context: Village, Rural settlement Railways
Subject Location: Irish: N 794 955 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:54.1916N 6:47.5282W
Camera Location: Irish: N 794 955
View Direction: SOUTH (about 180 degrees)