CIE 001 Class
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The Córas Iompair Éireann 001 Class locomotives were the mainstay of mainline passenger and freight services on the Irish railway network for forty years, from 1955 until the mid-1990s when they were replaced by the new 201 Class locomotives.
Initially they suffered badly from the unreliability of their Crossley engines [1], but this problem was tackled from 1968 by the progressive conversion of the entire class with General Motors engines (a similar process was followed for the original 201 Class). When built, these locomotives were numbered A1-A60, and as locomotives were re-engined, they had the suffix 'r' added to their number. From 1972, when the prefix letters were dropped, the locomotives were renumbered 001 to 060.
[edit] Technical Details
The basic technical details of these locomotives are as follows:
- Number in Class: 60 (Numbered 1-60)
- Built: 1955-56, by Metropolitan Vickers at Dukinfield Works, Manchester
- Engine: Crossley HST V8 providing 1200hp (896kw) @ 625rpm
- Rebuilt: 1968-71, by CIE at Inchicore Works, Dublin
- New Engine: A 12 Cylinder EMD 12-645E providing 1325hp (989kw) @ 800 rpm, with a bore-stroke of 9.0625"x12"
- Wheel Arrangement: Co-Co
- Transmission: Electric. 6 Metropolitan Vickers MV137CW/K traction motors.
- Maximum Tractive Effort: 46000lbf (210kN)
- Continuous Tractive Effort: 18000lbf (82kN)
- Power at dry rail: 1030hp
- Weight: 62 tons
- Length: 51'0"
- Width: 9' 6"
- Height: 14'
- Maximum Speed: 75mph
[edit] Preservation
The first locomotive to be withdrawn was 008, in 1973, following bomb damage, however the last was not until 1995, and four have since been preserved, as follows:
- 003: Irish Traction Group, Inchicore [2]. Jan'06 News-sheet [3]
- 015: Iarnród Éireann
- 039: Irish Traction Group, Inchicore
- 055: Hell's Kitchen public house, Castlerea, County Roscommon [4]
| Diesel Locomotives of Ireland |
| Republic of Ireland |
| 001, 071, 101, 113, 121, 141, 181, 201 (1st), 201 (2nd) |
| 301, 401, 421, 501, 601, 611, 801 |
| Northern Ireland |
| 1, 101, 104, 111, 208 |
