GSR800 - 802 Tailte - CIE (FS) Magnesite Ore This overhaul started later in

This overhaul started later in the year by the removal of parts

TO INCLUDE:

At the same time

being numbered as AD 03031 in 1966

but the locomotive was urgently needed for service

GSR800 - 802 Tailte - CIE (FS) Magnesite Ore This overhaul started later 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