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The Great Southern Railways Class 800 steam locomotives were built principally for express passenger work on the Dublin to Cork main line of that company. These locomotives were designed under the supervision of E. C. Bredin with his Chief Draughtsman, H. J. A. Beaumont, preparing the drawings. They were the largest and most powerful engines ever to run in Ireland by quite a large margin. ==Design== The engines had three cylinders and boiler pressure. The nominal tractive effort was , which corresponded with Great British main-line power. Further, it was the only design which exploited the full extent of the extra width afforded by the gauge. Originally four or five were to be built, named ''(unicode:Maeḋḃ)'',〔(Andrewsheritagetransport.fotopic.net )〕 ''(unicode:Maċa)'', ''Táilte'', ''Gráinne'', and ''Deirdre'', but only three were eventually turned out - 800 ''(unicode:Maeḋḃ)'' in 1939, with ''(unicode:Maċa)'' (801) and ''Tailté'' (802) in 1940, along with a fourth boiler which acted as a spare. They were intended for the Dublin–Cork route but wartime coal shortages and the early 1950s advent of diesels on main line services resulted in their never having had much chance to show what they were capable of. In the 1950s they gradually became neglected and even resorted to light goods trains on occasion, with little other work to do. The name and number plates were of cast bronze with polished raised lettering and beading on a blue painted background. The nameplates’ lattering was in Gaelic script using dot above in place of the 'h' (see Irish orthography), although at first locomotive 800 carried an Anglicised name ''Maeve'' in roman type. No. 800 ''(unicode:Maeḋḃ)'' was withdrawn from service in 1962 and is now on display at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, Northern Ireland. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「GSR Class 800」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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