GSR800 - 801 Maca - CIE Green - DCC Sound Freight Type_Open Wagon

GSR800 - 801 Maca - CIE Green - DCC Sound Freight Type_Open WagonThe three 4 6 0 Class 800 locomotives; 800 Mae, 801 Maa and 802 Tilte, were designed by the Great Southern Railways Chief Mechanical Engineer Edgar Bredin and his chief draughtsman, H. C Beaumont and represented a quantum leap forward in Irish locomotive design, being the first three cylinder express locomotives built in the country. By the mid 1930s, the top link Dublin Cork services had reached a critical loading point, where the existing fleet of 4

as fitted to new wagons between 1904 until circa 1916 and retained when anti-friction gear removed

as well as cluttering up yards and stations or loads for trucks

The family were in agreement that it would be a wonderful idea so discussions with the DFR society then started

BSSW 26677 Outer

Wheelbase of 209

an incongruous sight among the more modern wagons being used

GBRf Cemex with VTG Logos

As an extra special treat and recognising this loco's historic position as the first of the class to be named

The First Opens

with posable steel plate hoods in Blue British Steel Livery:

2c Ph2 SO (ex-FO) 4103 Black Roof

000 miles of service