NIR Mk.2b BAR 547 NIR Maroon/Blue MDV HYA 371080

HYA  371080

giving an increased coal loading

a modification that never took place

allowing operation over a minimum radius of 371mm (1st radius set-track)

Featuring two apertures

NIR Mk.2b BAR 547 NIR Maroon/Blue MDV HYA 371080Built 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