Northern Ireland Railways class 450 three car DMU 458 departs Lurgan for Belfast sometime in 1995.
Unit History
In the mid 1980s, Northern Ireland Railways was in the process of upgrading its rolling stock and provide for its Class 70 diesel multiple units. A total of nine three car trains were constructed by British Rail Engineering Ltd at Derby, between 1985 and 1987. They were constructed using underframes of existing BR Mark I coaching stock, and new Mark III bodyshells These were combined with refurbished power units and traction motors from the withdrawn class 70 units. They bear a strong likeness to BR class 150 DMU’s They remained in service until 2011 when they were withdrawn except 458 which is still (February 2012) in traffic.
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