Orenstein & Koppel CSÉT Shunting Locomotives

what is it?

The O&K CSÉT Shunting Locomotives were a class of nine small Irish steam locomotives built in Berlin, Germany, by Orenstein & Koppel for shunting wagons of sugar beet at the three Irish Sugar Company (Comlucht Siúcre Éireann) factories in Mallow, Thurles and Tuam. (There was another factory at Carlow, but it used vertical-boilered Belgian locomotives.) They were delivered in two batches, with the first six arriving in 1934 and the last three in 1935. The 1934 batch was paid for by barter, using cattle as payment.

who runs it

base stats

• built 9made in total

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 92 years ago, in 1934.
• ⌛Served for 26 years (1934–1960).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1934–1935

in service from

1934

retired

1960

status

preserved

number built

9

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

Northern Ireland

builders

Orenstein & Koppel

operators

Comlucht Siúcre Éireann Teoranta

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,600 mm Irish broad gauge

wheel arrangement

0-4-0T+WT

nicknames

Sugarpuffs, O&K's

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.