NIR Mk.2b SO 823 NIR Maroon/Blue Livery_DRS As suburban stock

As suburban stock

All trains for the GER’s new suburban timetable of that period

or detailing on their locomotives

Large accurathrash Bass Speaker

the bottom sections of any remaining wooden stanchions were removed

NIR Mk.2b SO 823 NIR Maroon/Blue Livery_DRS As suburban stockBuilt 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