NIR Mk.2b SO 822 NIR Maroon/Blue Livery_BR Grey 4mm back-to-backs

4mm back-to-backs

Ahead of the landmark Toton open day in August 1998 there was furious activity behind the scenes at English Welsh & Scottish Railway as the company went hell for leather to show off a more enthusiast-friendly outlook with range of exhibits wearing the Wisconsin Central-inspired maroon and gold paint scheme

Narrow tension lock couplers included

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

to take advantage of the full lighting suite and PowerPack

NIR Mk.2b SO 822 NIR Maroon/Blue Livery_BR Grey 4mm back-to-backsBuilt 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