103 'Merlin' NIR Blue, with Red Arc Highlander Compensated Axle Boxes

Compensated Axle Boxes

The only addition was a large NACCO logo

it was primarily used in the South West on china clay and Speedlink wagonload duties before the project was cancelled

As well as the distinctive roof doors and operating equipment

103 'Merlin' NIR Blue, with Red Arc Highlander Compensated Axle BoxesHaving 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