GSR800 - 801 Maca - CIE Green - DCC Sound

GSR800 - 801 Maca - CIE Green - DCC SoundThe 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

Fully detailed interior

the FNA-D wagons can still be seen over much of the UK

it was one of the first pair of Class 37/9s to gain the Roundel triple-grey livery in August 1988

panelled doors

Ex D1479 patterns

Metal sprung buffers

plastic and wire detail parts

A Class Locomotive 027

which later was to become the Dean Forest Railway

hopper door controls

37426-37431 were originally planned to join the rest of the sub class on the Scottish Region

NEM coupling boxes