NIR Mk.2b SO 823 NIR Maroon/Blue Livery_DRS 7822 Foxcote Manor was the

7822 Foxcote Manor was the second of the British Railways 78XX locomotives to be constructed

Wheelbase of 42mm

These went into service for GBRf on Cemex services from Peak Forest to a range of locations

DRSL 92766

NIR Mk.2b SO 823 NIR Maroon/Blue Livery_DRS 7822 Foxcote Manor was theBuilt 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