101 'Eagle' NIR Blue, with Red Arc - DCC Sound Freight Type_Warwell with UIC numbering scheme

with UIC numbering scheme

a mixture of coal and coal dust which was delivered by road

BR Lined Black with Early Crest

Etched metal pre-painted nameplates and crests (where applicable) provided for customer to install

101 'Eagle' NIR Blue, with Red Arc - DCC Sound Freight Type_Warwell with UIC numbering schemeHaving 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