#3281
CIÉ 101 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company· from 1956· class of 12 Irish 960 hp diesel locomotives built by BRCW
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- 1. 23.10.93 Carrick-on-Suir 103 (6299550376): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Córas Iompair Éireann 101 Class locomotives, numbered B101-B112, were built in 1956 by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. They were fitted with Sulzer 6LDA28 engines of 960 hp (720 kW), with four Metropolitan-Vickers MV137 traction motors. They were of A1A-A1A wheel arrangement, weighed 75 tonnes and had a maximum speed of 120 km/h (75 mph).
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 70 years ago, in 1956.
- 716 kW is about 8 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 13 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 14.5 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 22 years (1956–1978).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1956–1957
- in service from
- 1956
- retired
- 1978
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 12
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
- operators
- Córas Iompair Éireann
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 716 kW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- (A1A)(A1A)
- length
- 14.5 m
- weight
- 76.6 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5011643, Wikipedia: CIÉ 101 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.