Cable and plough train, Brookhill near Lisburn
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Cable and plough train, Brookhill near Lisburn
Image: © Albert Bridge Taken: 20 Feb 1983
Renewing the signalling cables between Lisburn and Antrim, in 1983, involved the use of CIE rolling stock. In this case the plough and cable train which could plough a furrow and lay the cables more or less simultaneously. The train hauled by a NIR GM locomotive is at the Ballinderry Road bridge at Brookhill.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.529079
Longitude
-6.14888