GSR800 - 802 Tailte - CIE (FS) - DCC Sound Locomotive Class_Class 50 based on the standard triangulated

based on the standard triangulated wagon chassis

the locomotive was renamed “Wilbert” In honour of the Reverend Wilbert Awdry

Wagon C 25191

This engine was built in 1930 by North British Locomotive Co

GSR800 - 802 Tailte - CIE (FS) - DCC Sound Locomotive Class_Class 50 based on the standard triangulatedThe 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