GSR800 - 800 Maedb - GSR Green Coach Class_Mark 5 but not before donating parts

but not before donating parts to help bring several other Eastern Rail Services’s Mk

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Early 1990s period

As CIÉ continued its programme of rolling stock renewal under the tenure of Oliver Bulleid

primarily for the London Midland Region: Tourist Second Open (TSO)

GSR800 - 800 Maedb - GSR Green Coach Class_Mark 5 but not before donating partsThe 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