102 'Falcon' Maroon (as delivered) Livery_Europhoenix ROG Mark 2b SO (ex-FO) -

Mark 2b SO (ex-FO) - 927

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

Etched metal factory fitted detailing

but particularly with Coil B

Finally returning to the main line towards the end of 2015

102 'Falcon' Maroon (as delivered) Livery_Europhoenix ROG Mark 2b SO (ex-FO) -Having 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