The
Iarnród ÉireannIarnród Éireann is the national railway system operator of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann . It operates all internal intercity, commuter and freight railway services in the Republic of Ireland, and, jointly with Northern Ireland Railways, the...
(IE)
201 Class locomotives are the newest and most powerful diesel locomotives operating in Ireland, and were built between 1994 and 1995 by General Motors. They are model type JT42HCW, fitted with an EMD
12-710G3BThe EMD 710 is a line of diesel engines built by Electro-Motive Diesel . The 710 series largely replaced the earlier EMD 645 series. The EMD 710 is a large two-stroke diesel engine that has a 710 cubic inch displacement per cylinder. Since its introduction, EMD has continually upgraded the 710G...
engine of 3200 hp, weigh 112 tonnes and have a maximum speed of 164 km/h (102 mph). A freight version, the
EMD Series 66The Electro-Motive Diesel Series 66 is a series of Co-Co diesel locomotives built by EMD for the European heavy freight market....
, with the same engine is used on privately operated British and European mainline freight duties.
- Main Generator Assembly: AR8PHEH/CA6
- Head End Alternator (HEP): Dayton-Phoenix, model E7145, 438 kVA, 220/380VAC, 3-phase, 50 Hz
- Standby HEP: 220 kV·A from AR8, available only when stationary
- Auxiliary Generator: 5A-8147http://www.dayton-phoenix.com/productfamily.php?family_key=49, 18 kW
- Air Compressor/Exhauster: Gardner Denver, model WLPA9B
- Multiple Working : All IE & NIR EMD locos
- Push Pull Working: Locos 206-209 & 215-234
- Curve Negotiation Capability:
- Yard: 80 m (262 ft)
- Running line: 115 m (377 ft)
- Coupled to train: 141 m (463 ft)
- Air Dryer
- Teloc 2200 Event Recorder
Train event recorders are similar to flight data recorders found on aircraft. They record data about the operation of train controls and performance in response to those controls and other train control systems....
http://www.haslerrail.com/main.php?act=content&rec=3
- Electrically heated windscreens
- Active noise control
Active noise control is a method for reducing unwanted sound.- Explanation :...
in both cabs
- Enclosed body style, last seen on 1950s Metro-Vic
Metropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse. Highly diversified, they were particularly well known for their industrial electrical equipment such as generators, steam...
AThe Córas Iompair Éireann 001 Class locomotive was manufactured by Metropolitan Vickers at their Dukinfield Works in Manchester.The 001 Class locomotive was the backbone of mainline passenger and freight train services on the Irish railway network for forty years from 1955 until the mid-1990s when...
and CThe Córas Iompair Éireann 201 Class was a class 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...
Classes
- Head End Power
Head end power or electric train supply is a rail transport term for the electrical power distribution system on a passenger train. The power source, usually a locomotive at the front or “head” of a train or a generator car, generates all the electricity used for lighting, electrical and other...
(HEP)
- This system supplies AC power to the train for heating, battery charging, etc.
The
Iarnród ÉireannIarnród Éireann is the national railway system operator of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann . It operates all internal intercity, commuter and freight railway services in the Republic of Ireland, and, jointly with Northern Ireland Railways, the...
(IE)
201 Class locomotives are the newest and most powerful diesel locomotives operating in Ireland, and were built between 1994 and 1995 by General Motors. They are model type JT42HCW, fitted with an EMD
12-710G3BThe EMD 710 is a line of diesel engines built by Electro-Motive Diesel . The 710 series largely replaced the earlier EMD 645 series. The EMD 710 is a large two-stroke diesel engine that has a 710 cubic inch displacement per cylinder. Since its introduction, EMD has continually upgraded the 710G...
engine of 3200 hp, weigh 112 tonnes and have a maximum speed of 164 km/h (102 mph). A freight version, the
EMD Series 66The Electro-Motive Diesel Series 66 is a series of Co-Co diesel locomotives built by EMD for the European heavy freight market....
, with the same engine is used on privately operated British and European mainline freight duties.
Technical details
- Main Generator Assembly: AR8PHEH/CA6
- Head End Alternator (HEP): Dayton-Phoenix, model E7145, 438 kVA, 220/380VAC, 3-phase, 50 Hz
- Standby HEP: 220 kV·A from AR8, available only when stationary
- Auxiliary Generator: 5A-8147http://www.dayton-phoenix.com/productfamily.php?family_key=49, 18 kW
- Air Compressor/Exhauster: Gardner Denver, model WLPA9B
- Multiple Working : All IE & NIR EMD locos
- Push Pull Working: Locos 206-209 & 215-234
- Curve Negotiation Capability:
- Yard: 80 m (262 ft)
- Running line: 115 m (377 ft)
- Coupled to train: 141 m (463 ft)
Equipment new to IÉ locos
- Air Dryer
- Teloc 2200 Event Recorder
Train event recorders are similar to flight data recorders found on aircraft. They record data about the operation of train controls and performance in response to those controls and other train control systems....
http://www.haslerrail.com/main.php?act=content&rec=3
- Electrically heated windscreens
- Active noise control
Active noise control is a method for reducing unwanted sound.- Explanation :...
in both cabs
- Enclosed body style, last seen on 1950s Metro-Vic
Metropolitan-Vickers, Metrovick, or Metrovicks, was a British heavy electrical engineering company of the early-to-mid 20th century formerly known as British Westinghouse. Highly diversified, they were particularly well known for their industrial electrical equipment such as generators, steam...
AThe Córas Iompair Éireann 001 Class locomotive was manufactured by Metropolitan Vickers at their Dukinfield Works in Manchester.The 001 Class locomotive was the backbone of mainline passenger and freight train services on the Irish railway network for forty years from 1955 until the mid-1990s when...
and CThe Córas Iompair Éireann 201 Class was a class 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...
Classes
- Head End Power
Head end power or electric train supply is a rail transport term for the electrical power distribution system on a passenger train. The power source, usually a locomotive at the front or “head” of a train or a generator car, generates all the electricity used for lighting, electrical and other...
(HEP)
- This system supplies AC power to the train for heating, battery charging, etc. and was intended to replace the existing Mk2 & Mk3 Generator Vans. In the event HEP is only used on the cross-border
|}Enterprise is the name of the cross-border inter-city train service between Dublin Connolly and Belfast Central in Ireland and is jointly operated by Iarnród Éireann and NI Railways .-History:...
De Dietrich service. The later CAF MK4 trains include their own generators in the DVT.
- EM2000 digital traction computer
- Train (coach) door control
- D43 Traction Motors
- Super Series wheel creep controlhttp://www.railway-technical.com/elec-loco-bloc.html
- Cab mounted electronic fuel gauges
- Fire suppression system, FM200 extinguisher
Variants
There are three versions within the Class 201:
- 201 to 205 & 210 to 214
- Fixed buffers, shackle coupling
- 215 to 234
- Retractable buffers, electronic fuel gauges, automatic or shackle coupling, Push-pull
Push-pull is a mode of operation for locomotive-hauled trains allowing them to be driven from either end. A push-pull train has a locomotive at one end of the train, connected via multiple-unit train control, to a vehicle equipped with a second control cab at the rear of the train...
capability
- 206 to 209, 230 & 233
- Retractable buffers, electronic fuel gauges, automatic or shackle coupling, Push-pull
Push-pull is a mode of operation for locomotive-hauled trains allowing them to be driven from either end. A push-pull train has a locomotive at one end of the train, connected via multiple-unit train control, to a vehicle equipped with a second control cab at the rear of the train...
capability, fitted with HaslerRail 2500 Event recorderTrain event recorders are similar to flight data recorders found on aircraft. They record data about the operation of train controls and performance in response to those controls and other train control systems....
, NIR train radio and TPWS/AWSThe Automatic Warning System is a form of limited cab signalling and train protection system introduced in 1956 in the United Kingdom to help train drivers observe and obey signals. It was based on a 1930 system developed by Alfred Ernest Hudd and marketed as the "Strowger-Hudd" system...
for cross-border service
Fleet
| Subclass |
Number built |
Number range |
Service |
Notes |
| 201 (NPP) |
10 |
201-205, 210-214 |
Intercity |
In storage |
| 201 (PP) |
24 |
215-226, 229, 231-232, 234 |
215 & 216 in storage |
| 206-209, 227, 228, 230, 233 |
Enterprise |
208-209 owned by NIR; others owned by IÉ |
* NPP = Non Push-Pull Capable; PP = Push-Pull Capable
Enterprise
Numbers 206, 207, 8208, 209, 227, 228, 230 & 233 are dedicated for use on the
Enterprise|}Enterprise is the name of the cross-border inter-city train service between Dublin Connolly and Belfast Central in Ireland and is jointly operated by Iarnród Éireann and NI Railways .-History:...
passenger service between
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and
BelfastBelfast is the capital of and the largest city in Northern Ireland, a constituent country of the United Kingdom. It is the seat of devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly. It is the largest urban area in the province of Ulster, and the second largest city on the island of...
, and are painted in a special livery of (Dark Grey (
NCSThe Natural Color System is a proprietary perceptual color model published by the Scandinavian Colour Institute of Stockholm, Sweden. It is based on the color opponency description of color vision, first proposed by German physiologist Ewald Hering...
8502-Y), Light Grey (NCS 5502-Y), Dark Green (NCS 9005-G20Y), Purple (NCS 5040-R40B) & Bronze stripe (
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180-229)).
Because of the shared nature of these services, 8208 and 209 are owned by
Northern Ireland RailwaysNI Railways, also known as Northern Ireland Railways and for a brief period of time, Ulster Transport Railways , is the railway operator in Northern Ireland. NIR is a subsidiary of Translink, whose parent company is the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company , and is thus the only remaining...
. This explains the different naming arrangements for these two locomotives. Enterprise services require electrical power to be supplied from the locomotive -
head end powerHead end power or electric train supply is a rail transport term for the electrical power distribution system on a passenger train. The power source, usually a locomotive at the front or “head” of a train or a generator car, generates all the electricity used for lighting, electrical and other...
.
Currently 227 and 228 are running on the Enterprise run between Belfast to Drrogheda. The other two locomives on the Enterprise run are 206 and 8209.
Intercity
InterCity operated,
push-pullPush-pull is a mode of operation for locomotive-hauled trains allowing them to be driven from either end. A push-pull train has a locomotive at one end of the train, connected via multiple-unit train control, to a vehicle equipped with a second control cab at the rear of the train...
equipped members of the 201 class are being repainted in a new livery of Fern Green
(
NCSThe Natural Color System is a proprietary perceptual color model published by the Scandinavian Colour Institute of Stockholm, Sweden. It is based on the color opponency description of color vision, first proposed by German physiologist Ewald Hering...
4550-G), Grey (
RALRAL is a color matching system used in Europe. In colloquial speech RAL refers to the RAL CLASSIC system, mainly used for varnish and powder coating.- RAL CLASSIC :...
7000), Yellow (RAL 1021), Black (RAL 9005), Green (NCS 7020- B70G), Yellow Green (NCS 1070 G60Y) & Silver (761) to coincide with the deployment of new MK4 carriages.
List of locomotive names
The entire class is named after
Irish rivers-Geography of Irish rivers:The longest river in Ireland is the River Shannon, 386 km . The river develops into three lakes along its course, Lough Allen, Lough Ree and Lough Derg. Of these, Lough Derg is the largest. The Shannon enters the Atlantic Ocean at the Shannon Estuary...
, with the IÉ locomotives carrying two nameplates, one in
IrishIrish is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now only spoken natively by a small minority of the Irish population but also plays an important symbolic role in the life of the Irish state, and is used...
and one in
EnglishEnglish is a West Germanic language that developed in England during the Anglo-Saxon era. As a result of the military, economic, scientific, political, and cultural influence of the British Empire during the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, and of the United States since the mid 20th century,...
, on each side of the locomotive. As 8208 and 209 are owned by Northern Ireland Railways, they carry English language only nameplates.
| Number |
Name |
Push-pull
capable |
Livery |
| Irish |
English |
| 201 |
Abhainn na Sionnainne |
River Shannon |
No |
orange/black |
| 202 |
Abhainn na Laoi |
River Lee |
No |
orange/black |
| 203 |
Abhainn na Coiribe |
River Corrib |
No |
orange/black |
| 204 |
Abhainn na Bearu |
River Barrow |
No |
orange/black |
| 205 |
Abhainn na Feoire |
River Nore |
No |
orange/black |
| 206 |
Abhainn na Life |
River Liffey |
Yes |
Enterprise |
| 207 |
Abhainn na Bóinne |
River Boyne |
Yes |
Enterprise |
| 8208 |
- |
River Lagan |
Yes |
Revised Enterprise |
| 209 |
- |
River Foyle |
Yes |
Enterprise |
| 210 |
Abhainn na hEirne |
River Erne |
No |
orange/black |
| 211 |
Abhainn na Suca |
River Suck |
No |
orange/black |
| 212 |
Abhainn na Slaine |
River Slaney |
No |
orange/black |
| 213 |
Abhainn na Muaidhe |
River Moy |
No |
orange/black |
| 214 |
Abhainn na Broshai |
River Brosna |
No |
orange/black |
| 215 |
An Abhainn Mhor |
River Avonmore |
Yes |
Intercity |
| 216 |
Abhainn na Dothra |
River Dodder |
Yes |
Intercity |
| 217 |
Abhainn na Fleisce |
River Flesk |
Yes |
Intercity |
| 218 |
Abhainn na Garbhoige |
River Garavogue |
Yes |
Intercity |
| 219 |
Abhainn na Tulchann |
River Tolka |
Yes |
Intercity |
| 220 |
An Abhainn Dhubh |
River Blackwater |
Yes |
Intercity |
| 221 |
Abhainn na Feilge |
River Fealge |
Yes |
Intercity |
| 222 |
Abhainn na Dargaile |
River Dargle |
Yes |
Intercity |
| 223 |
Abhainn na hAinnire |
River Anner |
Yes |
Intercity |
| 224 |
Abhainn na Feile |
River Feale |
Yes |
Intercity |
| 225 |
Abhainn na Daoile |
River Deel |
Yes |
Intercity |
| 226 |
Abhainn na Siuire |
River Suir |
Yes |
Intercity |
| 227 |
Abhainn na Leamhna |
River Laune |
Yes |
Intercity |
| 228 |
An Abhainn Bhui |
River Owen |
Yes |
Intercity |
| 229 |
Abhainn na Mainge |
River Maine |
Yes |
Intercity |
| 230 |
Abhainn na Bandan |
River Bandon |
Yes |
Enterprise |
| 231 |
Abhainn na Maighe |
River Maigue |
Yes |
Intercity |
| 232 |
Abhainn na Chaomaraigh |
River Cummeragh |
Yes |
Intercity |
| 233 |
Abhainn na Chlair |
River Clare |
Yes |
Enterprise |
| 234 |
Abhainn na hEatharlai |
River Aherlow |
Yes |
Intercity |
Future
The future of some of the class is currently unclear. All of the non push-pull locomotives (201-205 and 210-214) were placed in storage in Inchicore during 2009, the last being 214 in July. This is due to the withdrawal of the Mark 3 fleet and replacement with the
22000 ClassThe 22000 Class "InterCity Railcar" is the latest Diesel multiple unit type to be introduced by Iarnród Éireann in Ireland.In a new departure for Iarnród Éireann they will be the first railcars to operate on express InterCity routes...
railcars. This will leave the Dublin-Cork services, with the Mark 4 coaches, as the only locomotive hauled passenger services operated by
Iarnród ÉireannIarnród Éireann is the national railway system operator of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of Córas Iompair Éireann . It operates all internal intercity, commuter and freight railway services in the Republic of Ireland, and, jointly with Northern Ireland Railways, the...
. The reduction in the number of locomotive hauled passenger workings, combined with the steady withdrawal of older GM locomotives, has seen 201 Class locomotives increasingly used on freight workings.
Model
In 2001, Murphy Models commissioned LIMA to produce an '00' gauge model of these locomotives.
http://www.murphymodels.com/Models.htmlThey were produced in IÉ orange (201, 216, 217, 219, 230) and Enterprise (206, 207, 208, 209) liveries, all in batches of 300 (the exception being 500 of #207).
Model Irish Railways produce a resin body shell kit that includes nameplates, numbering, brass grills and the standard yellow / black livery line transfers.
Marks Models also released a resin kit for these locomotives in 00 gauge around the year 2000.
The 201 class has also been released in virtual form as a player drivable locomotive in the
Microsoft Train SimulatorMicrosoft Train Simulator is a train simulator for Microsoft Windows, released in July 2001 and developed by UK based Kuju Entertainment. On January 19, 2007 Microsoft informed the community about the development of Train Simulator 2 based on the Microsoft Flight Simulator X platform...
add-on, "Irish Enterprise North", by Making Tracks.
http://www.makingtracks-online.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=267&Itemid=188
There is also speculation that Hornby, who now own the moulds for these models, may make a full production run of these models. This would be a first, as they have never made an Irish loco for the mainstream market before.
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