103 'Merlin' NIR Blue, with Red Chevrons Exclusive a first for RTR O

a first for RTR O  Scale

It was withdrawn from Wellington shed in 1962 before being scrapped

where Birchills became part of the Midlands Region of the Central Electricity Generating Board

Rather than the bright red of DB

103 'Merlin' NIR Blue, with Red Chevrons Exclusive a first for RTR OHaving 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