NIR Class 3000
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The 3000 Class is a class of diesel multiple unit in service with NI Railways.
3000 Class DMU 3014 at Seahill in 2015
Refurbished interior of car 3509 of set 3009
3006 and 3021 were painted into 'trainbow' liveries in 2020.
3011 pulls out of Lisburn on a Bangor service in 2007
NIR 80 Class
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The 80 Class is a type of diesel electric multiple unit formerly used by Northern Ireland Railways. They were affectionately nicknamed 'Thumpers' by rail enthusiasts due to the thumping noise their en
NIR Class 3000
…in service with NI Railways. At the beginning of the 21st century, the majority of rail services in Northern Ireland continued to be 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 new rolling stock since…
80 Class power car No. 69 in preservation at the Downpatrick and County Down Railway
An unidentified 80 class set carrying the then Iarnród Éireann logo at Dún Laoghaire in 1988.
82 at Belfast Central (2004)
90 at Helen's Bay (2015)