101 'Eagle' Maroon, with Revised Arc - DCC Sound ERA_Sectorisation CIÉ required wagons capable of

CIÉ required wagons capable of handling this new type of freight

Full underbody tank detail with brackets and pipework

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31407 was possibly the most surprising locomotive to be outshopped in the attractive aircraft blue house colours of Mainline Freight

101 'Eagle' Maroon, with Revised Arc - DCC Sound ERA_Sectorisation CIÉ required wagons capable ofHaving 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