GSR800 - 801 Maca - CIE (FS) Accessory Type_Wheelset This was eventually realised in

This was eventually realised in November 2018 when the Class 37/4 returned to the main line

this locomotive differed to the first in that it didn’t have the top feed fitted and retained its back feed boiler right up to its final withdrawal in 1968

toughened windscreens

Mark 2b SO (ex-FO)- 925

GSR800 - 801 Maca - CIE (FS) Accessory Type_Wheelset This was eventually realised inThe 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