103 'Merlin' Maroon (as delivered) Livery_Irish RailHaving 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
BR Class 50 - Hanson+Hall/Rail Adventure - 50008 'Thunderer'
Simply glue into place on your layout or diorama
Heavy Die Cast Chassis for ideal weight and running
Plated window one side
Supplied with Sculfort RBL-020-400 Locotractor ‘Driver Tom Lynam’
B this chip is not configured to control the powered roof fan
represents the Caledonian Sleeper service
* Designed for easy conversion to EM and P4 gauge track
it was fitted with non-standard ‘enclosed side’ steps for the running board
Three body styles
the NIR Class 101 (DL) locomotives were designed to run in a push/pull configuration
and with two Seated Coaches added