GSR800 - 800 Maedb - GSR Grey - 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

each one loaded with 5

Headlights : No

55016 also controversially received WIPAC light clusters at the same time

brake equipment

it never carried the Cooling Towers depot plaque

OOV - Pent Hood - Fitted - 1983 to 1988 - Pack L

one of which includes a (battery powered) flashing Tail light

this time from the Vulcan foundry

Length of Wagon

As an extra special treat and recognising this loco's historic position as the first of the class to be named

NSE-sized numbers were applied to the driver’s cabside with double arrows at the other end

Fully compatible with EM Gauge Society standards