103 'Merlin' Maroon (as delivered) - DCC Sound Locomotive Class_Class 55 (Deltic) Mark 2b Generator - 915

Mark 2b Generator - 915

British Railways Black Livery

37414 Railfreight Construction

Refurbished 'split' nose grilles

103 'Merlin' Maroon (as delivered) - DCC Sound Locomotive Class_Class 55 (Deltic) Mark 2b Generator - 915Having 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