CIE 201 Class - Preservation

Preservation

  • Two 201 Class locomotives, numbers 226 and 231, have been preserved by the Irish Traction Group 226 was the first mainline diesel to be preserved in Ireland. C231 is currently based at the West Clare Railway, painted in CIÉ Green livery, whilst 226 is undergoing restoration at Carrick-on-Suir.
  • A third example, NIR 106/CIÉ 227 was preserved privately and displayed at Cahirciveen, County Kerry and carries the number C202, which was supposedly the number of the locomotive hauling the last train from Cahirciveen in 1960 but it was in fact 227 which worked the train. Unfortunately, it has suffered almost continuous vandalism since being displayed in 1997. It has now been moved to Waterford.

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