#3283
CIÉ 601 Class
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Deutz AG· from 1956· class of three 130-hp 4-wheel diesel-hydraulic switching locomotives
what is it?
The Córas Iompair Éireann 601 Class locomotives were built in 1956-1957, by Motorenfabrik Deutz at Cologne, Germany. They were 3 small shunting locomotives (601, 602 & 603) of B wheel arrangement and were fitted with a Deutz V8 F8L 614 engine of 130 hp, with Voith hydraulic transmission and chain final drive. They weighed only 18 tons and had a maximum speed of 32 kilometres per hour (20 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.
- Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1956–1957
- retired
- 1972
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Deutz AG
- operators
- Córas Iompair Éireann
- top speed
- 32 km/h
- power
- 97 kW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B
- length
- 6.3 m
- weight
- 18.3 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5011653, Wikipedia: CIÉ 601 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.