101 'Eagle' Maroon (as delivered)Having 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

37/6 and 37/7

31106 on test trains

With a 10ft wheelbase and 12-ton capacity

DC and DCC (Driving Trailer only)

the late-style Mk

DRSL 92715 [2031] DRSL 92730 [2031] DRSL 92777 [2031]

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Class 66 - Freightliner Orange - 66415 - DCC Sound Fitted

Axles are set in blackened brass bearings or contact strips where applicable and conform to Irish Model Railways’ standards of 14

with the ballast being removed from the wagons

66302 arrived in the uk as part of a “mixed delivery” of class 66 low emission models

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