GSR800 - 802 Tailte - CIE (FS) - DCC Sound British Steel Class 37/6 - 37607

Class 37/6 - 37607

Here it worked until withdrawal in 1983 although for the last couple of years carried the unofficial name of “Fred” chalked on the tank sides

the former D5522 of 30A

Great Western livery:

GSR800 - 802 Tailte - CIE (FS) - DCC Sound British Steel Class 37/6 - 37607The 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