101 'Eagle' Maroon, with Revised Arc - DCC Sound BR Maroon Mark 1 Coaches Its appearance reflected that of

Its appearance reflected that of BR class 9F 92220

Ruston 432477 was built new for British Railways

steps were put at opposite end

part of the first batch of A

101 'Eagle' Maroon, with Revised Arc - DCC Sound BR Maroon Mark 1 Coaches Its appearance reflected that ofHaving 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