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The Irish Traction Group is a railway preservation society dedicated to preserving diesel locomotive
Diesel locomotive

A Diesel locomotive is a type of railroad locomotive in which the prime mover is a Diesel engine. Several types of Diesel locomotive have been developed, the principal distinction being in the means by which the prime mover's mechanical power is conveyed to the driving wheels ....
s from Irish Railways
Iarnród Éireann

Iarnr?d ?ireann is the national railway system operator of Republic of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of C?ras Iompair ?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.

They currently own 10 locomotives, as follows:-





They are based in Carrick-on-Suir
Carrick-on-Suir

Carrick-on-Suir is a town in County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland. As the name – meaning "the rock of the Suir" – suggests, the town is situated on the River Suir....
 in County Tipperary
County Tipperary

County Tipperary is a county in Republic of Ireland situated in the province of Munster. Tipperary was one of the first Irish counties to be established in the 13th century....
, and operate occasional railtours on the main line under its trading subsidiary, ITG Railtours Ltd.






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The Irish Traction Group is a railway preservation society dedicated to preserving diesel locomotive
Diesel locomotive

A Diesel locomotive is a type of railroad locomotive in which the prime mover is a Diesel engine. Several types of Diesel locomotive have been developed, the principal distinction being in the means by which the prime mover's mechanical power is conveyed to the driving wheels ....
s from Irish Railways
Iarnród Éireann

Iarnr?d ?ireann is the national railway system operator of Republic of Ireland. Established on 2 February 1987, it is a subsidiary of C?ras Iompair ?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.

They currently own 10 locomotives, as follows:-

  • 001(A) class
    CIE 001 Class

    The C?ras Iompair ?ireann 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 they were replaced by the new IE 201 Cl...
    : A3R and A39
  • 101(B) class
    CIE 101 Class

    The C?ras Iompair ?ireann 101 Class locomotives, numbered B101-B112, were built in 1956 by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company. They were fitted with Sulzer 6LDA28 engines of , with four Metropolitan-Vickers MV157 traction motors....
    : B103
  • 201(C) class
    CIE 201 Class

    The C?ras Iompair ?ireann 201 Class was a class of 34 diesel electric locomotives manufactured by Metropolitan Vickers at their Dukinfield Works in Manchester....
    : C226 and C231
  • 601(G) 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....
    : G601
  • 611(G) class
    CIE 611 Class

    The C?ras Iompair ?ireann 611 class locomotives were delivered from the manufacturers, Deutz AG at Cologne, Germany between December 1961 and February 1962, entering revenue earning service in the following August after receiving the new brown / black paint job at Inchicore....
    : G611, G616 and G617


  • NIR 1 Class
    NIR 1 Class

    The DH class of Northern Ireland Railways consisted of three diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotives Numbered 1, 2 & 3. They were built by the English Electric Company, works numbers 3954 - 6, at their Vulcan Foundry works in Newton-le-Willows in 1969....
    : 1


They are based in Carrick-on-Suir
Carrick-on-Suir

Carrick-on-Suir is a town in County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland. As the name – meaning "the rock of the Suir" – suggests, the town is situated on the River Suir....
 in County Tipperary
County Tipperary

County Tipperary is a county in Republic of Ireland situated in the province of Munster. Tipperary was one of the first Irish counties to be established in the 13th century....
, and operate occasional railtours on the main line under its trading subsidiary, ITG Railtours Ltd. Current campaigns include fundraising to secure an example of the 121(B) class
CIE 121 Class

The C?ras Iompair ?ireann 121 class is a railway locomotive which was manufactured by General Motors Electro-Motive Division. These locomotives were in regular service on the Irish railway network until 2005....
 locomotives for preservation. A fund also exists for the eventual preservation of 141(B) Class
CIE 141 Class

The C?ras Iompair ?ireann 141 class locomotives were delivered in November and December 1962 from Electro-Motive Diesel , the first consignment being unloaded at the North Wall, Dublin on 22 November....
 and 181(B) Class
CIE 181 Class

The C?ras Iompair ?ireann 181 Class locomotives were built in 1966 by Electro-Motive Diesel and numbered B181 to B192.These locomotives were virtually identical to the earlier CIE 141 Class locomotives, but fitted with the more powerful EMD 645 engine and thermostatically controlled engine cooling fan and inlet shutters....
 locomotives.

See also

  • Diesel locomotives of Ireland
    Diesel locomotives of Ireland

    Although prototype diesel locomotives ran in Britain before World War II, the railways of both the Republic and Northern Ireland changed over much rapidly from steam to diesel traction, in the 1950's than those in Britain, due to the island's limited coal reserves and ageing steam locomotive fleet....
  • Railway Preservation Society of Ireland
    Railway Preservation Society of Ireland

    The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland is an Ireland railway preservation group founded in 1964. The Society has its headquarters at Whitehead, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and a base at Mullingar, County Westmeath....


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