102 'Falcon' Maroon (as delivered) - DCC Sound Wagon Type_MDV 21 Ton Hopper Four roof styles: Original double

Four roof styles: Original double riveted

This was because the final EWS livery had not yet been decided

uniquely numbered

the York factory bought a new 0-6-0 locomotive and No

102 'Falcon' Maroon (as delivered) - DCC Sound Wagon Type_MDV 21 Ton Hopper Four roof styles: Original doubleHaving 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