Weed control train approaching Crumlin (1975)
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The photograph on this page of Weed control train approaching Crumlin (1975) by The Carlisle Kid as part of the Geograph project.
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Weed control train approaching Crumlin (1975)
Image: © The Carlisle Kid Taken: 11 May 1975
With the CIE weed control train unavailable in 1975, Northern Ireland Railways experimented with a somewhat "Heath-Robinson" arrangement which consisted of water-tanks mounted on a bogie flat-wagon and manual spraying. This contraption is seen approaching Crumlin with NIR diesel hydraulic locomotive No. 3 at the head. The three DH locomotives were built by English Electric in 1969 and were all withdrawn in 1989, although they had not worked for some years. Amazingly, all survive - although two are now in industrial use in Sri Lanka. Another view of the weed control train may be found: Image]
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Image Location
Latitude
54.624377
Longitude
-6.212684