Northern Ireland Railways
The Class 111 as they are known by NI Railways is identical to the Class 071. NI Railways has three of these locomotives, which are used for ballasting duties, as well as hauling the old "Gatwick Express" carriages. These locomotives are numbered 111, 112, and 8113. It is envisaged that all will be withdrawn from passenger services along with the rest of NIR's life expired rolling stock once the planned "New Trains 2010" units enter service. In 2007, it was announced that NIR's three locomotives were to be converted to push-pull operation. The DBSO driving trailer for this set was due to be delivered in 2009, leading to speculation that this set may remain in service after 2010, and may even see increased use in passenger service. In addition to their passenger duties, the locomotives are primarily used for permanent way or shunting.
Recently locomotive 111 was renumbered 8111 and it’s likely that 112 will be renumbered 8112.
Read more about this topic: EMD JT22CW
Famous quotes containing the words northern ireland, northern, ireland and/or railways:
“... in Northern Ireland, if you don’t have basic Christianity, rather than merely religion, all you get out of the experience of living is bitterness.”
—Bernadette Devlin (b. 1947)
“Our ancestors were savages. The story of Romulus and Remus being suckled by a wolf is not a meaningless fable. The founders of every state which has risen to eminence have drawn their nourishment and vigor from a similar wild source. It was because the children of the Empire were not suckled by the wolf that they were conquered and displaced by the children of the northern forests who were.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“There is no topic ... more soporific and generally boring than the topic of Ireland as Ireland, as a nation.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
“There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.”
—H.G. (Herbert George)