GSR800 - 802 Tailte - CIE Light Green Wagon Type_MDW 21 Ton Hopper where it was finally dismantled

where it was finally dismantled during 1982

allowing multiple trains to run simultaneously without extra boosters

Includes three Steel Coil Loads

PowerPack stay-alive system and dual speaker configuration to reproduce the characteristic sound and function of an BR Class 89 at work

The remainder were retained by the Metropolitan as reserve stock

GSR800 - 802 Tailte - CIE Light Green Wagon Type_MDW 21 Ton Hopper where it was finally dismantledThe 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