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Northern Ireland Railways 450 Class
8458 departing City Hospital in 2009.
In service
1985–2012
Manufacturer
British Rail Engineering Limited
Family name
BR Second Generation (Mark 2 and Mark 3)
Entered service
1985–1987
Scrapped
2012–2017
Number built
9 sets
Number scrapped
8 sets
Formation
3-car sets (DM-T-DT)
Fleet numbers
Originally: 451–459, Now: 8451–8459
Capacity
184 seats
Operators
Northern Ireland Railways
Lines served
At time of withdrawal: Belfast-Larne Coleraine-Portrush Formerly: Belfast-Bangor Belfast-Newry
Specifications
Maximum speed
75 mph (121 km/h)
Prime mover(s)
English Electric 4SRKT
Safety system(s)
AWS, TPWS
Track gauge
1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)
The 450 Class is a type of diesel multiple unit (DMU) passenger train formerly used by Northern Ireland Railways. They were affectionately nicknamed 'Thumpers' and 'Castles' (also known as the Castle Class) by rail enthusiasts.
and Coleraine–Portrush lines. Wikimedia Commons has media related to NIRClass450. "Irish Railways: 1946-1996". Irish Railway Record Society. Archived...
operated using Class 80 DEMUs, which had been in service since the mid-1970s, and were becoming increasingly harder to maintain. NIR had not procured...
remaining trains of Class 80 and Class450. The capacity increase provided has allowed NIR to operate longer trains. Of the seven extra sets, NIR has earmarked...
Rail Mark 2b bodyshell, which NIR was already using for the Enterprise service. The new trains were classified as the 80 Class. The power cars were fitted...
new units, some of NIR's older rolling stock was retained, notably the entire Class450 on the Belfast-Larne route. To enable NIR to maintain its levels...
was the first new train type purchased by NIR for two decades, to replace the increasingly obsolete NIRClass 80 units that had been in service since the...
Society Journal. irrs.ie. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2017. "NIR GM 111 Class (8)111 - Windhoff Multi Purpose Vehicle Transfer - City Hospital Halt...
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prototype of a second new spectral class, the T dwarfs. T dwarfs are pinkish-magenta. Whereas near-infrared (NIR) spectra of L dwarfs show strong absorption...
Railways. The 32 were ordered after the economic boom with 2 extra ordered by NIR from their supplier EMD; the first one was delivered in 1994 after being...
motors were recovered as the 70s were withdrawn for re-use in the new 450class. After withdrawal, it was discovered that the power cars contained blue...
because it overlaps the human visible response spectrum. The near infrared (NIR) window lies just out of the human vision, as well as the medium wavelength...
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odd-numbered vehicles and NIR the even-numbered ones, though all share a common Enterprise livery. Following the introduction of the new Class 201 locomotives,...
was converted to a 455 MSO. Individual vehicles are as follows: NIRClass450 – a class of three-car DMU built to a similar configuration for Northern...
Northern Ireland Railways (NIR). The BUTs were displaced from the Enterprise service in the late 1960s by the new 70 Class diesel multiple units, after...