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CIÉ 001 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Metropolitan-Vickers· from 1954· class of 60 diesel-electric locomotives in Ireland
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- 1. A-Class015: Dawgz· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 23.10.93 Wellington Bridge 051 & 012 (6033721762): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Córas Iompair Éireann 001 Class locomotive was manufactured by Metropolitan-Vickers at their Dukinfield Works in Manchester. The 001 Class locomotive was the backbone of mainline passenger and freight train services on the Irish railway network for forty years from 1955 until the mid-1990s when they were replaced by the new 201 Class.
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 72 years ago, in 1954.
- 1.2 MW is about 14 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 14 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 15.6 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 40 years (1955–1995).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1954–1956
- in service from
- 1955
- retired
- 1995
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 60
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Metropolitan-Vickers
- operators
- Córas Iompair Éireann, Iarnród Éireann—Irish Rail
- top speed
- 120 km/h
- power
- 1.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 15.6 m
- weight
- 82 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5011642, Wikipedia: CIÉ 001 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.