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CIÉ 001 Class
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<p>The <a href="/facts/C%25C3%25B3ras_Iompair_%25C3%2589ireann/qSRPzyRJ">Córas Iompair Éireann</a> 001 Class locomotive was manufactured by <a href="/facts/Metropolitan-Vickers/jhnHBRU8">Metropolitan-Vickers</a> at their Dukinfield Works in <a href="/facts/Manchester/2Do01QHs">Manchester</a>. 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 <a href="/facts/IE_201_Class/qRjfPHSP">201 Class</a>. </p>