GSR800 - 802 Tailte - CIE (FS) - DCC Sound Locomotive Class_Class 50 5741 emerged from Queens Park

5741 emerged from Queens Park works

Compensated Axle Boxes

Custom programmed for accurascale GWR 'Manor' locomotives

the locomotive was renamed “Wilbert” In honour of the Reverend Wilbert Awdry

Although the Brush Type 2s arguably wore one of the most attractive interpretations of the BR green paint scheme

GSR800 - 802 Tailte - CIE (FS) - DCC Sound Locomotive Class_Class 50 5741 emerged from Queens ParkThe 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