101 'Eagle' NIR Blue, with Red Arc BR Blue Mark 2 having been delivered to Cardiff

having been delivered to Cardiff Canton in December 1964

Christopher Awdry published book number 38 in the Railway series (the writing of which he had taken over from his Father) entitled “Wilbert the Forest Engine” which was four short stories about “Wilbert” visiting the Island of Sodor from his home railway in the Forest of Dean (another Austerity

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101 'Eagle' NIR Blue, with Red Arc BR Blue Mark 2 having been delivered to CardiffHaving 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