GSR800 - 802 Tailte - CIE (FS)

GSR800 - 802 Tailte - 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

for Stella North/South Dunston/Blyth Power Stations

2516 Inner

this locomotive was originally numbered 66250 and was the last EWS class 66 as part of their “red revolution” which had started with 66001 just a few years earlier

made up from redundant HTV’s and HEA’s received the striking green and grey livery seen on our models

Optional overhead warning plate bracket on late-BR examples

A Class Locomotive A46

Hand finished and made to measure

These cocks would contact a ramp which was raised at red signals causing a loss of vacuum brake and stopping the train

Additional research assistance provided by Beamish Living Museum

It retained this basic appearance for the next nine years before being ‘refurbished’ at Doncaster in October 1987

Wipers Fitted : Four

In total 13 locomotives were bought by LT although only 11 ever ran at once