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CIÉ 301 Class
🇮🇪 Ireland ·built by Córas Iompair Éireann· from 1947· class of five Irish 487-hp diesel-electric shunting locomotives
what is it?
The Córas Iompair Éireann 301 Class locomotives were the first diesel locomotives used on the CIÉ network, this class of 5 being built between 1947 and 1948 by the company for shunting use, particularly in the railway yards on Dublin's North Wall. They were a six coupled (0-6-0 wheel arrangement) locomotive, fitted with a Mirrlees TLDT6 engine of 487 horsepower (363 kW) with diesel–electric transmission via two Brush traction motors. Unusually, they lacked train vacuum brakes, although air brakes were provided for the locomotive itself.
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 79 years ago, in 1947.
- 363 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 9 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1947–1948
- retired
- 1976
- status
- retired
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- builders
- Córas Iompair Éireann, Inchicore Works
- operators
- Córas Iompair Éireann
- top speed
- 40 km/h
- power
- 363 kW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 8.8 m
- weight
- 53.8 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5011647, Wikipedia: CIÉ 301 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.