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The Córas Iompair Éireann
Córas Iompair Éireann

C?ras Iompair ?ireann is a statutory corporation of the Republic of Ireland, answerable to the Irish Government and responsible for the provision of most public transport services in the Republic of Ireland and, jointly with its Northern Ireland counterpart, the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, between the Republic and Northern I...
 611 class locomotive
Locomotive

A locomotive is a Rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin language loco - "from a place", Ablative case of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine,....
s were delivered from the manufacturers, Motorenfabrik Deutz
Deutz AG

Deutz AG is a Germany engine manufacturer....
 at Cologne
Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 between December 1961 and February 1962, entering revenue earning service in the following August after receiving the new brown / black paint job at Inchicore. Nos. 611 to 617 were a larger development of the earlier 601 class
CIE 601 Class

The C?ras Iompair ?ireann 601 Class locomotives were built in 1956-1957, by Deutz AG at Cologne, Germany. They were 3 small shunting locomotives of B wheel arrangement and were fitted with a Deutz V8 F/A8L 714 engine of 130hp, with Voith hydraulic transmission and chain final drive....
 locomotives. They were fitted with a Deutz F/A8L 714 engine of , with Voith hydraulic transmission, weighed and had a maximum speed of . They went into traffic in various parts of the country, as shunting engines at smaller depots such as Dublin's North City Mills siding, and branch line duties such as between Attymon and Loughrea.






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The Córas Iompair Éireann
Córas Iompair Éireann

C?ras Iompair ?ireann is a statutory corporation of the Republic of Ireland, answerable to the Irish Government and responsible for the provision of most public transport services in the Republic of Ireland and, jointly with its Northern Ireland counterpart, the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company, between the Republic and Northern I...
 611 class locomotive
Locomotive

A locomotive is a Rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin language loco - "from a place", Ablative case of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine,....
s were delivered from the manufacturers, Motorenfabrik Deutz
Deutz AG

Deutz AG is a Germany engine manufacturer....
 at Cologne
Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 between December 1961 and February 1962, entering revenue earning service in the following August after receiving the new brown / black paint job at Inchicore. Nos. 611 to 617 were a larger development of the earlier 601 class
CIE 601 Class

The C?ras Iompair ?ireann 601 Class locomotives were built in 1956-1957, by Deutz AG at Cologne, Germany. They were 3 small shunting locomotives of B wheel arrangement and were fitted with a Deutz V8 F/A8L 714 engine of 130hp, with Voith hydraulic transmission and chain final drive....
 locomotives. They were fitted with a Deutz F/A8L 714 engine of , with Voith hydraulic transmission, weighed and had a maximum speed of . They went into traffic in various parts of the country, as shunting engines at smaller depots such as Dublin's North City Mills siding, and branch line duties such as between Attymon and Loughrea. Unlike the earlier 601 class, these locomotives were fitted with brake connections enabling them to work passenger trains. They were withdrawn from service between 1967 and 1977. Nos. 611, 613, 615, 616 & 617 were sold to Cómhlucht Siúicre Éireann (Irish Sugar Co.) in 1977. Four of these locomotives have been preserved, namely:
  • G611, G616 and G617: Owned by the Irish Traction Group
    Irish Traction Group

    The Irish Traction Group is a railway preservation society dedicated to preserving diesel locomotives from Iarnr?d ?ireann. It was formed in 1989, with the intention of attempting to preserve at least one example of every type of diesel locomative to have operated on Irish Rail....
    , G616 is at Carrick-on-Suir, while the other two are on loan to the Downpatrick & County Down Railway
    Downpatrick & County Down Railway

    The Downpatrick & County Down Railway is a heritage railway in County Down, Northern Ireland. The project is based at Downpatrick, on part of the former route of the Belfast & County Down Railway....
    , Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland

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    .
  • G613: Privately owned, and based at the Downpatrick & County Down Railway
    Downpatrick & County Down Railway

    The Downpatrick & County Down Railway is a heritage railway in County Down, Northern Ireland. The project is based at Downpatrick, on part of the former route of the Belfast & County Down Railway....
    , Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland

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    .


Model

The 611 Class has been made as a 00 gauge brass kit by Worsley Works Models.
Steve Johnson's site also has details on kitbashing a model .

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