300 Mk2 Open Standard

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EX NORTHERN IRELAND RAILWAYS

Mk2 OPEN STANDARD 300

300 Mk2 Open Standard
Builder BREL, 1970
Withdrawn NIR, 1997
Companies NIR (822, 934), RPSI (300)
Preservation Career 2008 to present
Current Location Whitehead
Current Status In store

 

This Mk2b carriage was obtained as a job lot from NIR when the ban on wooden-bodied vehicles was scheduled in 2003. It has been part of our running fleet since 2004.

4/8/1979. Running as NIR 822, the vehicle is on the turntable at Belfast York Road. (W. Adams)
10/5/2004: 300 in its new RPSI livery. (N. Knowlden)
16/5/2005: 300 on the 'Suir Valley' railtour leaving Drogheda for the north. (N. Knowlden)
7/5/2010: 300 at Gorey on the 'South Wexford' diesel railtour. (N. Knowlden)
11/5/2012: At Coleraine on the 'North Atlantic' diesel railtour. (N. Knowlden)
13/5/2013: Without its lining at Whitehead. (N. Knowlden)
9/5/2019: At Lisburn as part of the 'Waterford & Limerick' railtour train. (N. Knowlden)
13/5/2019: At Dublin Connolly as part of the 'Waterford & Limerick' railtour train. (N. Knowlden)
4/6/2022: 300, following a repaint, on train rides duty at Whitehead. (M. Wilson)

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