Tara Mines ore wagon ‘blues’
ZINC ore concentrates are shipped three times a day between the Tara Mines near Navan in County Meath and Dublin Port, using heavy vacuum-braked bogie ore tippler wagons introduced in 1977 when production commenced at the mine. The wagons were first painted in a light blue livery with Tara legends applied to the sides, a livery which gave way to the red bauxite colours of today.
The wagons are massively built to cope with heavy mineral ore and equipped with a cover designed to contain the load which is considered to be an environmental
