102 'Falcon' NIR Blue, with Red Chevrons Coil-A DCC Sound locomotives have speaker

DCC Sound locomotives have speaker mounted in smokebox and speaker in tender

Here it worked until withdrawal in 1983 although for the last couple of years carried the unofficial name of “Fred” chalked on the tank sides

FCA 610158 EWS + RCTU x3 (220811-2

Three styles of cab interior: as built

102 'Falcon' NIR Blue, with Red Chevrons Coil-A DCC Sound locomotives have speakerHaving 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