103 'Merlin' Maroon (as delivered) - DCC SoundHaving 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

11 70 9229 002-4 (w/tail light)

PowerPack stay-alive system and dual speaker configuration to reproduce the characteristic sound and function of the locomotive at work

with regional and era variations for each

BR Class 50 - Original NSE - 50017 'Royal Oak'

going straight into action on the Cumbrian Coast loco-hauled services between Preston

but not limited to

end ventilator boxes

and they are still in use today with Network Rail

Fully detailed Lighting Pack

83mm gauge) wheels available separately

later receiving an experimental uprated 2

these coaches were synonymous with the East Anglian commuter traffic heading in and out of Kings Cross