NIR Mk.2b BAR 547 NIR Light Grey/BlueBuilt at Litchurch Lane, Derby, in 1970, eight examples were constructed for Northern Ireland Railways for its new Enterprise service between Belfast and Dublin. This landmark service featured a range of bespoke vehicles that were quite unlike anything then in operation in Irelandor indeed on British Raildespite being a derivative of a BR design. The eight Mk. 2b coaches acquired by the newly formed Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) included several new

but the image suited the elegantly proportioned 78XX locomotives well and in some quarters it is held in higher esteem than the lined green that was later applied to the class

Finally returning to the main line towards the end of 2015

otherwise identical to ‘standard’ MDVs

L91 was not a survivor and was cut up by Chesterfield Steelbreaking and dismantling limited during 1970

2019-present

Unveiled on the 27th Feb 2018

Plated bodyside windows (both sides)

Revealed in February 1996 at an event at Toton TMD

4 GHz Wi-Fi and Bluetooth standards for reliable wireless communication

hood opening equipment

36 other ‘refurbished’ machines were outshopped by the ‘Plant’ in the same ‘red stripe’ scheme with Bescot’s 31301 re-entering traffic after its makeover in June 1987

this 1935 built locomotive emerged from Swindon works carrying a new enlarged cab but still retained some of the earlier style parts such as water fillers and backplate feed