NIR Mk.2b BGV 911 NIR Light Grey/Blue Subclass_37/0 using dedicated vans to carry

using dedicated vans to carry freshly printed copies from Edinburgh at 04:00 to Glasgow for onward distribution on the first morning trains

These single-car units were suited to rural and lightly used routes

primarily as brake force runners

separately switched cab lighting and illuminated

NIR Mk.2b BGV 911 NIR Light Grey/Blue Subclass_37/0 using dedicated vans to carryBuilt 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