GSWR class 400

[GSR 800]

Hi guys,im trying to get as much info on the 400s as im am thinking of making a wiki page on them.anything of any significants would be helpful.

[Riversuir226]

They re a minefield, then again 402 done a run from Cork to Dublin in 2hrs 28mins while hauling a special train for the American ambassador on the 20/3/1934.

[Riversuir226]

Try & get your hands on Donal Murrays Great Southern railway book theres quite a bit of info on them in it

[jhb171achill]

Michael McMahon's detailed tome on GSR locos is a good place to start.

[Mayner]

Irish Steam A twenty year survey1920-1939 O S Nock David & Charles 1982 goes into a considerable level of detail on the 400 including the reasoning behind the differing nature of the re-builds

 

http://www.amazon.com/Irish-Steam-O-S-Nock/dp/0715379615/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1429862494&sr=8-1&keywords=irish+steam+o+s+nock

 

Nock was a professional railwayman who wrote widely about British locomotive practice Irish Steam contains logs of high speed runs behind the original and rebuilt 400 Class and includes a comparison between 800, The Scots & Lord Nelson Classes.

 

Long out of print "A Decade of Steam in the 50s" published by the RPSI in the 1970s covers the 400s from a drivers perspective, if you send me a pm with your personal e-mail I will scan the section on the 400&800 Class.

Edited April 24, 2015 by Mayner

[jhb171achill]

jhb171senior always had a soft spot for the 400s...

 

Much ignored by modellers, they were the mainstay of Dublin - Cork services for many years - probably the most ignored express locomotives in Ireland!

[Garfield]

There are drawings of the 400s in the latest edition of New Irish Lines, too.

[jhb171achill]

Some, or most, ended up in lined green in CIE days, and I think at least one might have been black (rather than grey) towards the end. Obviously, before the late 40s, all grey.