103 'Merlin' NIR Blue, with Red Chevrons Class 55 CAWD 92703

CAWD 92703

Direct Rail Services blue with 'Compass' logos

unbalanced cast iron wheels were fitted

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

103 'Merlin' NIR Blue, with Red Chevrons Class 55 CAWD 92703Having 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