Freight train, Lisburn
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Freight train, Lisburn
Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 5 Aug 1982
Cross-Border freight is now history. In this shot two CIE locomotives double-head an evening freight from Belfast’s Adelaide yard to Dundalk. Traffic was seldom heavy enough to justify double heading – this was simply a way of avoiding a light-engine working.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.51391
Longitude
-6.047028