NIR Mk.2b SO 821 NIR Maroon/Blue Ruston 88DS with no user intervention required

with no user intervention required

and four-aspect signalling with correct symbols displayed on screen

Eroded metal

D5503 wears its distinctive original paint scheme with ‘eggshell’ blue window surrounds and bodyside stripes which was only applied to the D5500-D5519

Load control can now be adjusted with up to 10 separate CVs and thus will manage even the most difficult cases

NIR Mk.2b SO 821 NIR Maroon/Blue Ruston 88DS with no user intervention requiredBuilt 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