101 'Eagle' NIR Blue, with Red Chevrons - DCC Sound Subclass_Mark 1 57’ RM1178 Iarnród Éireann

RM1178 Iarnród Éireann

which is quite sufficient even for older motor types

110 chemically blackened OO gauge split spoke wheels

Factory-fitted etched solebar details

worked Stafford to Crewe then Crewe to Stafford on the same tour

101 'Eagle' NIR Blue, with Red Chevrons - DCC Sound Subclass_Mark 1 57’ RM1178 Iarnród ÉireannHaving 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