NIR Mk.2b/c SO 826 NIR Light Grey/Blue B-Class Tank Wagons 31296 Amlwch Freighter / Trên

31296 Amlwch Freighter / Trên Nwyddau Amlwch Railfreight (orange cantrail stripe)The first week of September 1986 saw recently refurbished 31296 plucked from anonymity for what was described at the time as a ‘double first’

along with 68649

connecting with the 06:00 passenger train to Riccarton

the A1 DRBFO cars carried ‘First’ on the doors

At some point during its working career

NIR Mk.2b/c SO 826 NIR Light Grey/Blue B-Class Tank Wagons 31296 Amlwch Freighter / TrênBuilt at Litchurch Lane, Derby, in 1970, eight examples were constructed for Northern Ireland Railways for its new Enterprise service between Belfast and Dublin. This landmark service featured a range of bespoke vehicles that were quite unlike anything then in operation in Irelandor indeed on British Raildespite being a derivative of a BR design. The eight Mk. 2b coaches acquired by the newly formed Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) included several new