GSR800 - 800 Maedb - Preserved Freight Type_Van Remained in service until 1992

Remained in service until 1992

Please note that loads are hand finished so each load will be slightly different

a mixture of coal and coal dust which was delivered by road

5741 emerged from Queens Park works

When the locomotive fleets were divided into sectorised pools in the second half of that decade 31301 was initially allocated to departmental work

GSR800 - 800 Maedb - Preserved Freight Type_Van Remained in service until 1992The 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