The
Córas Iompair ÉireannCóras Iompair Éireann is a statutory corporation of the Irish state, answerable to the Irish Government and responsible for most public transport in the Republic of Ireland and, jointly with its Northern Ireland counterpart, the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, between the Republic and...
181 Class locomotiveA locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...
s were built in 1966 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division(EMD) and numbered B181 to B192.
These locomotives were virtually identical to the earlier
141 ClassThe Córas Iompair Éireann 141 class locomotives were delivered in November and December 1962 from General Motors Electro Motive Division , the first consignment being unloaded at the North Wall, Dublin on 22 November...
locomotives, but fitted with the more powerful
645The EMD 645 is a family of diesel engines built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division for locomotive, marine and stationary engine use. Chronologically, the 645 series falls between the earlier 567 series and the later 710 series. It is still supported by EMD.- History :The 645 series engine...
engine and thermostatically controlled engine cooling fan and inlet shutters. Delivery took place in 1966, with introduction into service happening a short time later.
They were fitted with an EMD 8-645E engine of 1000hp, weighed , and had a maximum design speed of which was restricted to in service.
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The
Córas Iompair ÉireannCóras Iompair Éireann is a statutory corporation of the Irish state, answerable to the Irish Government and responsible for most public transport in the Republic of Ireland and, jointly with its Northern Ireland counterpart, the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, between the Republic and...
181 Class locomotiveA locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...
s were built in 1966 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division(EMD) and numbered B181 to B192.
These locomotives were virtually identical to the earlier
141 ClassThe Córas Iompair Éireann 141 class locomotives were delivered in November and December 1962 from General Motors Electro Motive Division , the first consignment being unloaded at the North Wall, Dublin on 22 November...
locomotives, but fitted with the more powerful
645The EMD 645 is a family of diesel engines built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division for locomotive, marine and stationary engine use. Chronologically, the 645 series falls between the earlier 567 series and the later 710 series. It is still supported by EMD.- History :The 645 series engine...
engine and thermostatically controlled engine cooling fan and inlet shutters. Delivery took place in 1966, with introduction into service happening a short time later.
They were fitted with an EMD 8-645E engine of 1000hp, weighed , and had a maximum design speed of which was restricted to in service. Number 186 was later fitted with a
EMD 8-567CRThe EMD 567 is a line of diesel engines built by General Motors' Electro-Motive Division. This engine, which succeeded Winton's 201-A, was used in EMD's locomotives from 1938 until its replacement in 1966 by the EMD 645. It had a bore of eight and one-half inches , a stroke of ten inches and a...
engine of , as used in the 141 Class locomotives.
They are now only used on Permanent Way trains.
Only 190 remains in service, all others have been withdrawn or scrapped; the first being 191 in 1991 after a runaway incident at Clonsilla. It was later scrapped in 1998.
No.190 is earmarked for preservation by the
Irish Traction GroupThe Irish Traction Group is a railway preservation society dedicated to preserving diesel locomotives from Irish Railways. It was formed in 1989, with the intention of attempting to preserve at least one example of every type of diesel locomotive to have operated on Irish Rail.They currently own 10...
, which has a fund set up for the eventual preservation of a member of this class.
Model
Murphy Models commissioned Bachmann to produce an '00' gauge model of these locomotives. This model first was released in December 2007. It has been done in all four main liveries worn by the class.
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