102 'Falcon' Maroon (as delivered) Livery_Europhoenix ROG before they were completed the

before they were completed the London Midland identified a more pressing need for this batch

Finally returning to the main line towards the end of 2015

Wheelbase of 209

DCC ready or factory-installed DCC Sound options

but particularly with Coil B

102 'Falcon' Maroon (as delivered) Livery_Europhoenix ROG before they were completed theHaving 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