8750 Class - 9681 - Late Crest Black ERA_Irish Rail Direct Rail Services blue with

Direct Rail Services blue with revised 'Compass' logos

to take advantage of the full lighting suite

Individual vehicle numbering was indicated by use of numbers in the 22xxx range

Blackened metal  12

Battery Louvres : No

8750 Class - 9681 - Late Crest Black ERA_Irish Rail Direct Rail Services blue with9681. British Railways Black Livery, Late Crest 9681 was one of the last pannier tanks to be built. Emerging from Swindon Works in 1949 under the ownership of British Railways it was part of the penultimate lot of 10 locomotives. Initially allocated to Tondu in South Wales, it spent periods at Oswestry and Hereford before being withdrawn from Cardiff East Dock after a 16 year working life. Luckily it was bought by scrap merchant Dai Woodham and spent