103 'Merlin' NIR Blue, with Red Chevrons - DCC Sound Wheelsets Class 37/6 - 37602

Class 37/6 - 37602

Late EE cantrail grilles

with two types of side handbrake arrangement catered for

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differed from the initial C72 order by being designated for shunting duties and differed in build accordingly

103 'Merlin' NIR Blue, with Red Chevrons - DCC Sound Wheelsets Class 37/6 - 37602Having 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