102 'Falcon' NIR Blue, with Red Arc - DCC Sound

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102 'Falcon' NIR Blue, with Red Arc - 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

Detailed chassis and bogies

Remained in service until 1988

Ran in block rakes

3 (10" x 5") covering 1912 to 1930

Small ICI lettering

to take advantage of the full lighting suite

double heading or even used as a pair for banking duties on some of Vintage Trains’ railtours as well as spending periods on hire to preserved railways around the country

but after running away and colliding with its stabled rake of coaches at Rhymney on 1 August 2005 the locomotive was stored and repairs were not authorised

Large accurathrash Bass Speaker

After 12 years of service with NR and some 54 years after being delivered to Tinsley as D5817 in October 1961

Network Rail test trains

In January 1991 it was released from Glasgow St Rollox Works in Railfreight Construction colours

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