102 'Falcon' NIR Blue, with Red Arc - DCC Sound BR Green FYA 610019 EWS + RCTU

FYA 610019 EWS + RCTU x3 (220787-8

A relatively early withdrawal came in 1957 from Newport Pill Shed

InterCity Mainline livery

albeit flying under the flag of the EP Rail ‘spot hire’ subsidiary

* Three different wheel variants: bolted disc brake

102 'Falcon' NIR Blue, with Red Arc - DCC Sound BR Green FYA 610019 EWS + RCTUHaving 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