101 'Eagle' Maroon, with Revised Arc Fastline Freight Ex-Split Nose

Ex-Split Nose

rebodied and CDA

These 5 were given a fresh coat of Colas’ house colours and renumbered to 66846 to 66850

Following war dept service

Quotes were received for a full cosmetic (non-operational) overhaul and the railway agreed that following the overhaul

101 'Eagle' Maroon, with Revised Arc Fastline Freight Ex-Split NoseHaving 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