Inchicore 141's

[228RiverOwenboy]

162 was scrapped during this month. I believe that it was the second-to-last 141 to be in service until its withdrawal in mid-to-late 2011, although any corrections would be greatly appreciated.

[DJ Dangerous]

On 25/7/2025 at 11:39 AM, 228RiverOwenboy said:

162 was scrapped during this month. I believe that it was the second-to-last 141 to be in service until its withdrawal in mid-to-late 2011, although any corrections would be greatly appreciated.

Poor 162, rest in pieces.

[josh_]

On 6/5/2023 at 11:43 AM, Westcorkrailway said:

Somhow not cut up herself, surviving to this day! 
 

id love to take on 227 and make it a mesuseum but previous experience shows that, like the model village or cultra. Static exhibits need some form of security 

only thing useful would be a security cabin

[AllThingsDiesel]

The remaining trio of Inchicore 141s (171, 147 and 177) have recently been moved from the sidings near the FCR to the north end of the Running Shed. This picture was taken earlier this afternoon when I was heading for Connolly.

Photo credit: Myself!

[jhb171achill]

To be fair, enough of these things are preserved now. Putting diesel on plinths doersn't tend to have a good ending in Ireland - indeed, putting anything railwayish on a plinth....

 

[AllThingsDiesel]

17 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

To be fair, enough of these things are preserved now. Putting diesel on plinths doersn't tend to have a good ending in Ireland - indeed, putting anything railwayish on a plinth....

 

Quite right. Unfortunately, some people are insatiable and overlook the fact that five 141s managed to survive into preservation (which is a lot, mind you!) and yearn for more.

Edited April 1 by AllThingsDiesel

[DJ Dangerous]

On 4/4/2026 at 2:56 PM, Celtic_transport said:

Hi all, seen recently a couple of posts on facebook about 3 baby GM's being moved from behind the FCR building to a siding along the mainline. Anyone have any info on this and why they have been moved?

 

On 4/4/2026 at 3:43 PM, ttc0169 said:

They are to be moved over to the Connolly RPSI loco shed in the next few weeks,

The sidings where they were,have been lifted and are to be relaid to stable the new BEMUs. 

 

11 hours ago, K801 said:

If IE gave them a suds and power wash, they would look great!

Or maybe the power wash would strip them back to black and orange!

[AllThingsDiesel]

Today marks the final time that the remaining stored 141s will be moved. 147, 171 and 177 were transferred individually from Inchicore Works to the RPSI's Connolly Sheds by locos 076 and 078. There are a multitude of pictures of this movement in certain places (e.g., Facebook groups), but I'll summarise it with one picture:
Photo credit: Cian Daly (on Facebook)

 

B141 has also received a fresh repaint at Inchicore and will also be moved back to Connolly Sheds at a later date.

Photo credit: Mark Merchant (on Facebook)

[Westcorkrailway]

https://youtu.be/kln4LLRLjcY?is=-ei1-kLhQ_puwPu_

 

footage I attempted to capture of the movement. Very strange to get up close and personal with locos in that condition in Connolly! 

Plus a small sample of photos I took 

[DJ Dangerous]

Smashing photos and video, @AllThingsDiesel and @Westcorkrailway!

What is the plan? To strip / dismantle them inside the shed and store the parts at Whitehead?

[Westcorkrailway]

10 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Smashing photos and video, @AllThingsDiesel and @Westcorkrailway!

What is the plan? To strip / dismantle them inside the shed and store the parts at Whitehead?

They will be kept in Connolly shed and will be stripped of parts as necessary to keep 134, 141 and 175 going 

[Newtoncork]

Sad to see such hard working locos in that state. Last time I saw freight out of Cork was 171 and 177 in a siding at Mallow with the bubbles. Think it was about 2006 but not sure.

[DJ Dangerous]

What sort of price do IE sell off their retired locos for?

In a few years time, we’ll be saying goodbye to a very small fleet of only 18 071 Class locos.

It’d be nice to see them not get chopped up, but if the scrap value is the best that IE can get, they can’t stick all 18 into storage.

[Mol_PMB]

1 minute ago, DJ Dangerous said:

What sort of price do IE sell off their retired locos for?

In a few years time, we’ll be saying goodbye to a very small fleet of only 18 071 Class locos.

It’d be nice to see them not get chopped up, but if the scrap value is the best that IE can get, they can’t stick all 18 into storage.

You’d better build a bigger shelf! 

[Broithe]

58 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said:

You’d better build a bigger shelf! 

And the postage to the Canaries might be a deal-breaker.

[DJ Dangerous]

1 hour ago, Mol_PMB said:

You’d better build a bigger shelf! 

 

55 minutes ago, Broithe said:

And the postage to the Canaries might be a deal-breaker.

I’ll start taking donations here on the forum.

€1000 buys you a plaque on the loco…

€2000 buys you a bigger plaque…

€5000 buys you an even bigger plaque and two weeks free accommodation!