102 'Falcon' NIR Blue, with SYP and Black Cab Available CIÉ embarked on a programme

CIÉ embarked on a programme of rolling stock renewal beginning in the early 1950s

as a stop-gap measure

Ruston 262997 was built new for the West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority

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102 'Falcon' NIR Blue, with SYP and Black Cab Available CIÉ embarked on a programmeHaving 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