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NORTHERN IRELAND RAILWAYS
BO-BO No.101 'EAGLE'
| The 101 Class of Northern
Ireland Railways were three mainline diesel-electric locomotives designed
for use hauling the Enterprise passenger services between Belfast and Dublin.
They were built, under contract from Hunslet Engine Company by British
Rail Engineering Limited (BREL), Doncaster in 1970. They were of Bo-Bo
wheel arrangement and fitted with 1350hp engines. All three were named,
using names previously carried by the Great Northern Railway (Ireland)
Class V locomotives, as follows:
No. Name
They were displaced from
the principal passenger workings by the arrival of the 111 Class locomotives
and were then used on freight duties. All three locomotives have since
been withdrawn from service, the first having been stored in 1989 (103)
and the last in 1998 (102). It was expected that 102 would be re-instated
in 2002, but after only one outing it was stopped once more. 103 was scrapped
in 1997, but 101 and 102 are now stored at the Railway Preservations Society
of Ireland site at Whitehead.
The NIR Photos website gives the following vital statistics of locomotive detail and final operation dates. There are quite a few photographs available
from the Irish
Railway News website.
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