GSR800 - 800 Maedb - CIE (FS)

GSR800 - 800 Maedb - CIE (FS)The 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

they parted company just under five years later when D5579 joined 41B Tinsley

brake cylinders

This model is:  RH70 (91-D-1070) with the route 51B

gaining that organisation’s house yellow in April 2007

originally being numbered as M53231 until a conflict with DMU numbering led to British Railways renumbering the 53xxx vehicles into the 43xxx range to avoid confusion

Designed for easy 21mm conversion

as well as the BR Newspaper Van conversions of the O

Taken out of service in October 1964

Introduced in 1950

CLASS 31 Common Features

000 miles of service

Testament to the quality of repaint back in 2019 the loco still looks fresh today and can be seen all across the network