103 'Merlin' Maroon (as delivered) - DCC Sound Locomotive Class_Class 55 (Deltic) P7 Hopper - 1911-1922 Pre-Grouping:

P7 Hopper - 1911-1922 Pre-Grouping: NER Grey - Triple Pack

DCC ready [21-Pin MTC Socket in tender] or factory-installed DCC Sound options

Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) Mark 2b Coach Pack

Refurbished 'split' nose grilles

HYA 371061

103 'Merlin' Maroon (as delivered) - DCC Sound Locomotive Class_Class 55 (Deltic) P7 Hopper - 1911-1922 Pre-Grouping:Having 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