NIR Mk.2b SO 822 NIR Maroon/Blue Livery_BR Grey Narrow tension lock couplers included

Narrow tension lock couplers included

'Split' style nose grilles

Once this is finished

Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a scale top speed of 120 mph (193 km/h)

NIR Mk.2b SO 822 NIR Maroon/Blue Livery_BR Grey Narrow tension lock couplers includedBuilt 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