GSR800 - 802 Tailte - CIE Light Green Livery_GBrF and wears classic 1970s BR

and wears classic 1970s BR blue

as the class 66’s were the “go anywhere” type at EWS’s disposal

Accessory Bag included contains steam/vacuum hoses and screw coupling

Over the last two decades it has been slowly restored to 1970-80s condition at the group’s base at Swanwick Junction and is expected to be completed within the next few years

and is operational

GSR800 - 802 Tailte - CIE Light Green Livery_GBrF and wears classic 1970s BRThe 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