NIR Mk.2b BAR 547 NIR Light Grey/Blue Irish Mark 2 Coaches a mail and parcels train

a mail and parcels train may require a tender to carry unsorted mail bags and parcels

On first-class vehicles

Bogies: fabricated

the actual building at Odney in Berkshire was always known as a Lullebrook Manor

It was stopped in August 2023 and is currently at Tyseley undergoing a major overhaul

NIR Mk.2b BAR 547 NIR Light Grey/Blue Irish Mark 2 Coaches a mail and parcels trainBuilt at Litchurch Lane, Derby, in 1970, eight examples were constructed for Northern Ireland Railways for its new Enterprise service between Belfast and Dublin. This landmark service featured a range of bespoke vehicles that were quite unlike anything then in operation in Irelandor indeed on British Raildespite being a derivative of a BR design. The eight Mk. 2b coaches acquired by the newly formed Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) included several new