103 'Merlin' NIR Blue, with Red Arc - DCC Sound Livery_BR Lined Green (late) D6992 was the highest numbered

D6992 was the highest numbered example

Fully detailed Lighting Pack

this time from the Vulcan foundry

BR J69 68535 was from the same 1892 batch as No

single riveted

103 'Merlin' NIR Blue, with Red Arc - DCC Sound Livery_BR Lined Green (late) D6992 was the highest numberedHaving 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