Thursday, March 31, 2016

Laois viewed at speed

County Laois from the window of a train travelling at 155km/h.

Since its introduction, the railway has posts every quarter mile. They are known as mileposts. Although Ireland has changed from imperial to metric measure, the railway continues to use the imperial system.




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