2600 Class DMUs on NI Railways

[IrishTrainScenes]

Hello all, I was browsing through geograph.ie the other night and discovered these old photos of 2600 Class DMUs at Lisburn back in 1995!

DISCLAIMER: These are not my photos. Credit to the original photographer I just saw them and thought it was interesting.

 

Would anyone happen to know the reason why or how often this happened with a 2600 in NI? I gather it happened atleast 3 times in 1994/95.

[jhb171achill]

Now THATS a rare one! I had no idea they’d ever been north of Drogheda!

[Haulier]

Did a Dundalk 2600 set not work a Sunday relief PORTADOWN - CONNOLLY [ about 1800 ] for a while  ? I can't put a date on it - maybe in late 1990's.

[Colin_McLeod]

Two IR trains in Lisburn and a loco on its own, probably running round its train suggests the line was blocked between Lisburn and Belfast by a bomb scare or similar.

[ttc0169]

2 hours ago, Haulier said:

Did a Dundalk 2600 set not work a Sunday relief PORTADOWN - CONNOLLY [ about 1800 ] for a while  ? I can't put a date on it - maybe in late 1990's.

Correct-circa 1995. 

[Mol_PMB]

Presumably this was before rolling stock needed different signalling/comms equipment to travel cross-border?

[airfixfan]

3 hours ago, Haulier said:

Did a Dundalk 2600 set not work a Sunday relief PORTADOWN - CONNOLLY [ about 1800 ] for a while  ? I can't put a date on it - maybe in late 1990's.

Definitely around 2000 there was al regular Sunday turn on the Enterprise 

[ttc0169]

1 hour ago, Mol_PMB said:

Presumably this was before rolling stock needed different signalling/comms equipment to travel cross-border?

Yes Mol.