A drone pilot in southern Ireland has captured a video of what he calls the “ghostly” remnants of the Cork to Macroom rail line making a rare appearance from beneath the murky waters that have entombed it for over half a century.
Aindrias Moynihan shot the drone video of what some locals refer to as the “Ghost Train Line” during a flight over the Carrigadrohid Reservoir about 20 miles west of Cork. The artificial lake was created in the mid-1950s to power a newly constructed hydroelectric plant nearby, flooding 60% of what was then the largest alluvial forest in Western Europe. Also covered by those rising waters were the tracks of the old Cork to Macroom railway line, whose construction began in 1863, with passenger service starting three years later.
Moynihan says he was out capturing aerial videos with his DJI Mavic drone as levels of the reservoir were being intentionally lowered for environmental purposes. That had allowed sections of the train run…
