103 'Merlin' Maroon (as delivered) - DCC Sound

103 'Merlin' Maroon (as delivered) - DCC SoundHaving undertaken a programme of station refurbishment, improved its ticketing arrangements and introduced new on track plant and shunting locomotives, in 1969 the still embryonic Northern Ireland Railways set out to improve the Dublin Belfast Enterprise service, by replacing the existing diesel railcar sets with a locomotive hauled service. Intended to reduce the time for the 180 km journey to just two hours, the NIR Class 101 (DL) locomotives were

the locomotive was laid up at Heaton depot and was finally scrapped in 1970

BR Class 50 - GWR Green - 50007 'Sir Edward Elgar' - Exclusive

Vacuum brake fitted and running on grease axle boxes

High quality 5-pole motor with two large flywheels

It was eventually stored in 1999

It’s first year of Colas hire saw it used on Cardiff-Rhymney commuter turns

37271 (built as D6971) initially spent a year at Allelys’ yard at Studley

production was shifted to Muncie in the USA

welded and welded with antennas

“Sixteen” is described in this book which bears a striking resemblance to “Warrior

HDA and CDA versions* Multiple bufferbeam brake pipe configurations* Three different wheel variants: bolted disc brake

Drawing the production line to a close after 18 years and many hundreds of locomotives was 66779