Brunel273

Thank you for the very informative replies. I am conscious of the fact that I know so little about the Irish Prototype. Are there any key books on Irish railways- 1950 to present that one ought to add to the Railway library?

I ordered 101 and 103. I lived in Carrickfergus and travelled by train to school in Larne in the early 1970s, and although I now live in South Africa and model GWR, I am looking at a few Irish prototypes for nostalgia! I understand these pulled the Enterprise Express?. What coaches/livery/configuration did they pull? Did these work on the Belfast / Larne line in the early 1970s, and what coaches/ livery/configuration did they pull? Everything seemed maroon in those days! I also have some recollection of them pulling stone trains to Kilroot. Is Accurascale likely to produce blue/maroon coaches for them?