GSR800 - 800 Maedb - Preserved CIE A Class 24126 - CIE Bauxite

24126 - CIE Bauxite

pre-fitted with 2 11x 15 Sugar Cube speakers(ESU Model 50321)

the intense backlash put paid to any future rededications

31001- Blue Tara Mines Livery

GSR800 - 800 Maedb - Preserved CIE A Class 24126 - CIE BauxiteThe 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