Silvermines branch

[eastglosmog]

A few pictures of the remains of the Silvermines branch line in Ireland in 2013.  Opened in 1966 to serve the Mogul and Magcobar mines west of Silvermines, closed in 1993 after the mines closed and left to rot.  The mine processing area is now a metal bashing works, with acidic mine water leaking out of the mines flowing over the ground and eating away at the railway tracks.  Frankly, this bit of the Emerald Isle has been made into a mess.

 

Looking west along the headshunt from the concentrate loading hopper, the branch railway is in the gorse bushes to the right.

 

 

This is the track beneath the loading hopper.

 

 

Looking west along the branch line from beside the loading hopper.

 

 

Looking east over the fan of holding sidings forming the end of the branch.

 

 

Edited April 10, 2022 by eastglosmog
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