102 'Falcon' NIR Blue, with SYP and Black Cab Available 3 years after the big

3 years after the big “final day” on BR

Ruston 262997 was built new for the West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority

as a stop-gap measure

Two types of axle-box tooled: S4 double axleguard (10" x 5") and No

when CIÉ finally ceased operating unfitted goods trains

102 'Falcon' NIR Blue, with SYP and Black Cab Available 3 years after the bigHaving 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