#3282
CIÉ 201 Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Metropolitan-Vickers· from 1956· diesel-electric locomotive
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Train at Connolly Station - (4): The Carlisle Kid· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. 23.10.93 Carrick-on-Suir 231 (6033165179): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The Córas Iompair Éireann 201 Class or C Class was a series of 34 diesel-electric locomotives manufactured by Metropolitan-Vickers at their Dukinfield Works in Manchester. They were a smaller, lighter and less powerful version of the 001 Class and were originally intended for branch line passenger and freight (mixed traffic) duties. They were introduced in 1956 and, although their duties changed over the years, were in regular service on the Irish railway network until the mid-1980s.
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.
- 820 kW is about 10 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 10 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
- number built
- 34
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Metropolitan-Vickers
- operators
- Córas Iompair Éireann, NI Railways
- top speed
- 129 km/h
- power
- 820 kW
- gauge
- 1,600 mm Irish broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- weight
- 61.5 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5011646, Wikipedia: CIÉ 201 Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.