102 'Falcon' NIR Blue, with Red ChevronsHaving 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

Unpainted with NACCO logos

it was renumbered 37256 two years later and remained on the WR at Bristol Bath Road from 1983 until rebuilt by Crewe as 37678 in 1987

and was recorded in this livery variation - still with D-prefixed number - in the second half of 1969

Oleo Buffers

This was one of the first to enter traffic with LT in 1958 but when it required repair in 1960

BR grey livery with HTO markings

In service

with one-piece NEM mounted option

both ironically removed during refurbishment and considered too expensive to reinstate

Engine bay lighting

Vacuum brake fitted and running on roller bearing axle boxes

BR Class 50 - Large Logo w/black roof - 50014 'Warspite' - DCC Sound Fitted