GSR800 - 802 Tailte - CIE (FS) - DCC Sound Livery_BR Black Model specification

Model specification

Wagons are 166mm over buffers in length

Metal disc wagon wheels on metal axles - 12

Two wagon multi-pack

GSR800 - 802 Tailte - CIE (FS) - DCC Sound Livery_BR Black Model specificationThe 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