103 'Merlin' NIR Blue, with Red Chevrons Class 55 Direct Rail Services blue with

Direct Rail Services blue with 'Compass' logos

• Fully detailed under-frame (including brake rigging and hangers)

also located at the DFR and available in our main batch)

It has just returned from a major overhaul and can be seen still working serviced on the Llangollen Railway

Cab Roof Bolts : Yes

103 'Merlin' NIR Blue, with Red Chevrons Class 55 Direct Rail Services blue withHaving 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