NIR Mk.2b SO 821 NIR Maroon/Blue Ruston 88DS D5503 wears its distinctive original

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

and four-aspect signalling with correct symbols displayed on screen

but after running away and colliding with its stabled rake of coaches at Rhymney on 1 August 2005 the locomotive was stored and repairs were not authorised

Eroded metal

Two-axle Cement wagon multi-pack E

NIR Mk.2b SO 821 NIR Maroon/Blue Ruston 88DS D5503 wears its distinctive originalBuilt 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