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CIÉ 421 Class
🇮🇪 Ireland ·built by Córas Iompair Éireann· from 1962· class of 420-hp diesel-hydraulic branch line and shunting locomotives
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- 1. CIE E421-432: Dawgz at English Wikipedia ( Original text: Dawgz )· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The Córas Iompair Éireann 421 Class was a railway locomotive, built by the CIÉ at Inchicore Works between 1962–1963 and designed for branch line traffic use and shunting.
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 64 years ago, in 1962.
- 313 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 7 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 9.6 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 21 years (1962–1983).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1962
- in service from
- 1962
- retired
- 1983
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 14
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- builders
- Córas Iompair Éireann, Inchicore Works
- operators
- Córas Iompair Éireann
- top speed
- 40 km/h
- power
- 313 kW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- C
- length
- 9.6 m
- weight
- 43.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5011648, Wikipedia: CIÉ 421 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.