NIR Mk.2c SO 931 NIR Light Grey/Blue Livery_GWR Brown still in 'Dutch' colours

still in 'Dutch' colours

50019 was one of the first six Class 50s to be refurbished in 1980

Rail services at Fawdon came to a halt on 30 January 1987

2c fleet was increasingly sidelined with many examples withdrawn or sold abroad

speed recorder and end brake rigging

NIR Mk.2c SO 931 NIR Light Grey/Blue Livery_GWR Brown still in 'Dutch' coloursBuilt at Litchurch Lane, Derby, in 1970, eight examples were constructed for Northern Ireland Railways for its new Enterprise service between Belfast and Dublin. This landmark service featured a range of bespoke vehicles that were quite unlike anything then in operation in Irelandor indeed on British Raildespite being a derivative of a BR design. The eight Mk. 2b coaches acquired by the newly formed Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) included several new