NIR Mk.2b/c SO 826 NIR Light Grey/BlueBuilt at Litchurch Lane, Derby, in 1970, eight examples were constructed for Northern Ireland Railways for its new Enterprise service between Belfast and Dublin. This landmark service featured a range of bespoke vehicles that were quite unlike anything then in operation in Irelandor indeed on British Raildespite being a derivative of a BR design. The eight Mk. 2b coaches acquired by the newly formed Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) included several new

driving both bogies of the A3 DMSO only

its pits being linked by an extensive railway system

This particular one was completed in November 1944 and carried the WD number 71498

A triple pack of CIE / Irish Rail Two-axle Gypsum Ore Hoppers - Pack D

Class 31 / English Electric Type 2 - 31402 in BR Blue

British Railways Green Livery

this locomotive became the only “namer” of the Caledonian sleeper 73s on the 24th of May 2024 when in a ceremony at the Bo’ness and Kinneil railway it was given the name W

It was named “Dick Mabbutt” in a Ceremony in memory of respected Brush Engineer of 40 years Richard Mabbutt who passed away unexpectedly in 2013

The introduction of Electric Train Heat (ETH) fitted locomotives to the restricted weight Cambrian route from Wolverhampton to the Welsh coast allowed InterCity to supplement its tired Mk

with the exception of the Original Class 37 which can be found here

extra-fine factory-installed pipework and screw couplings

its allocation was shown under the driver’s window as a small sticker