101 'Eagle' Maroon, with Revised Arc - DCC Sound 37-Run3 As ‘Sprinterisation’ started to bite

As ‘Sprinterisation’ started to bite from the mid 1980s

auto off on movement

Containing ONE wagon

* Die-cast chassis for ideal weight

22302 A3 DMSO

101 'Eagle' Maroon, with Revised Arc - DCC Sound 37-Run3 As ‘Sprinterisation’ started to biteHaving 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