GSR800 - 802 Tailte - CIE Light Green Charity Fund-Raisers Rotating axlebox hubs (with alternate

Rotating axlebox hubs (with alternate axlebox covers for earlier versions)

function mapping) directly from the command station where supported

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super-fine pipework and screw couplings (for display)

Unlike their cousins north of the border

GSR800 - 802 Tailte - CIE Light Green Charity Fund-Raisers Rotating axlebox hubs (with alternateThe 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