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CIÉ No. CC1
🇮🇪 Ireland ·built by Inchicore Works· from 1957· experimental Irish steam locomotive
what is it?
Córas Iompair Éireann No. CC1, generally known as the Turf Burner, was a prototype 0-6-6-0 articulated steam locomotive designed by Oliver Bulleid to burn turf (an Irish term for peat used as fuel) and built at CIÉ's Inchicore Works in Dublin. CC1 shared some, but not all, of the characteristics of Bulleid's previous attempt to develop a modern steam locomotive, the Leader.
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 69 years ago, in 1957.
- Weighs about as much as 20 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.3 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 6 years (1957–1963).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1957
- in service from
- 1957
- retired
- 1963
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇮🇪 Ireland
- builders
- Inchicore Works
- designer
- Oliver Bulleid
- operators
- Córas Iompair Éireann
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-6-0T
- length
- 18.3 m
- weight
- 120 t
- nicknames
- Turf Burner
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5011974, Wikipedia: CIÉ No. CC1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.