103 'Merlin' NIR Blue, with Red ArcHaving 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

FYA 610223 debranded + Suez x3 (G084

This locomotive was specially finished in British Railways lined green it was to be named “Evening Star”

Engine Bay Lighting (with visible Prime Mover)

Birchalls burned ‘slack’ coal

with green roof and green/grey bodyside ‘swooshes’ since delivery

This chip is the perfect companion for the EMD Engined versions being produced

it was retired and sold to Harry Needle in August 2015

HYA 371061

23 ton Diagram Q3

One of three BSO to transfer to departmental use and one of just a handful of coaches to be repainted in the grey/yellow ‘Dutch’ livery

D9010 – ‘The King’s Own Scottish Borderer’

Large accurathrash Bass Speaker