#3602
CIÉ 611 Class
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Deutz AG· from 1961· class of seven 160-hp 4-wheel diesel-hydraulic switching locomotives
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what is it?
The Córas Iompair Éireann 611 class locomotives were delivered from the manufacturers, Motorenfabrik Deutz at Cologne, Germany. They were delivered between December 1961 and February 1962, entering revenue earning service in the following August after receiving the new tan / black paint job at Inchicore.
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 65 years ago, in 1961.
- Served for 15 years (1962–1977).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1961–1962
- in service from
- 1962
- retired
- 1977
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 7
- kind
- Diesel Hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Deutz AG
- operators
- Córas Iompair Éireann, Greencore Group
- top speed
- 42 km/h
- power
- 120 kW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B
- length
- 6.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4035625, Wikipedia: CIÉ 611 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.