103 'Merlin' NIR Blue, with Red Arc Deltic the loco exhibits a different

the loco exhibits a different configuration of features compared to former colleague 37405

with 22xxx vehicle numbering

HMA Hoppers (ex

so is not recommended for use in Run 3 or later or our Class 37 Locomotives

Full underframe tank

103 'Merlin' NIR Blue, with Red Arc Deltic the loco exhibits a differentHaving 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