This is the third iteration of the Class 450 diesel-electric multiple-unit in an authentic NIR livery, this time the blue scheme with yellow stripe. Some Class 80 units in this scheme carried InterCity branding but I’m not sure about the 450s. A modified version of this livery with a turquoise stripe was adopted by Translink prior to introduction of the current dark blue and silver scheme. The last Class 450 was withdrawn in 2012 and, after a period in storage, all but one were scrapped. The survivor can be seen at the Downpatrick and County Down Railway. Thanks to Gordon Hawkins for the base image (12-Aug-23).
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Connex South Central was probably the worse performing train operating company (if we ignore the final years of Northern Trains and Trans Pennine Express) and - with its Connex South Eastern sibling - shared the worst livery. French-owned Connex secured and subsequently lost two franchises in the rail privatisation process, the South Central and South Eastern sections of the former Network South East. South Central had some of the oldest rolling stock on the network. South Eastern had newer rolling stock and more favourable operating conditions, yet the economics proved too much and the company surrendered both franchises in 2003. This fictional image supposes that some of the older first-generation diesel-electric multiple units had been replaced by a development of the prototype Class 210 DEMU (01-Mar-24).
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The standard gauge Sligo, Leitrim & Northern Counties (SLNC) Railway was essentially a freight operation, traversing a very sparsely populated landscape in the west of Ireland. To its credit, it maintained a passenger service until its demise in 1957, latterly with a pair of railcars. The older of the two was a very basic four-wheel unit, built by the GNR(I) to its standard design. This fictional Hudswell Clarke unit could have been a replacement for the latter. Note the substantial headstock with conventional buffers and draw gear, suggesting that it could operate with a tail load (22-Aug-11).
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There’s no disguising the fact that this image is based on a BR Class 105 Cravens diesel multiple-unit, but look beyond that and the front-end is loosely reminiscent of a CIE 2600 Class unit. Built between 1951 and 1956 by AEC and Park Royal Vehicles, these DMUs were used on inter-city and suburban services until 1975. Many were later converted for push–pull operation with diesel locomotives until displaced by the electric Dublin Area Rapid Transit service in the mid-1980s. Thanks to Chris Moxen for the base image (06-Aug-22).
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The Great Northern Railway (Ireland) and Northern Counties Committee pioneered the use of standard-gauge diesel railcars in Ireland. GNR(I) ordered a fleet of 20 railcars from AEC and associate company Park Royal Vehicles in 1948, which were capable of operating in pairs with one or two intermediate trailer cars. They were split between Córas Iompair Éireann (joining similar vehicles purchased new) and the Ulster Transport Authority when the GNR(I) was dissolved in 1958. This digital representation is based on a BR Class 105 Cravens DMU and utilises a hugh slice of artistic licence. Thanks to Chris Moxen for the base image (07-Aug-22).
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