141 and 181 Class Fleet Withdrawal and Scrappage Dates

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Please Note!

Currently, this is a work in progress; there are still a few locomotives without information, which will hopefully be added over time. Any additional info would be greatly appreciated.

1991

15/08/91: 191 was the first 181 to be withdrawn, having suffered severe damage after a runaway incident from North Wall that ended in Clonsilla on the 15th August. It was then recovered and brought into Inchicore where it was gradually stripped of spares. It was in service for (roughly) 35 years before withdrawal.

 

1993

05/10/93: 174 was the first 141 to be withdrawn from service, being stopped for a body overhaul, but instead was cannibalised for spares.

 

1996

May: 161 was withdrawn from service.

 

1999

22/03/99: 158 sustained a bent frame following a shunting mishap at Limerick and was subsequently withdrawn on the same day.

 

2002
December: Nine years after its withdrawal, 174 was scrapped at some point during that month.

Month unknown: 148 and 155 were both withdrawn sometime in 2002.

2003
May: 150 was stopped.

July: 157 was also stopped.

November: 188 was (again) stopped.

Month unknown: 158 was scrapped in the same year.

 

2004

November: 150, 157 and 188 were withdrawn.

2005
Month unknown: 183 was scrapped.

2006
September: 148 was scrapped on the 9th, while 186 and 159 were scrapped during the same month.

06/10/06: 172 was withdrawn from service.

 

2007
January: 181 was withdrawn from service, and 172 was scrapped.

June: 168 and 151 were stopped entirely, while 153, 154 and 181 were eventually scrapped.

Month unknown: 170 suffered a fire in Limerick and was then moved to Inchicore for repairs.

2008
31/03/08: 154 was withdrawn.

April: 149, 166 and 184 were stopped on the 4th, while 151 and 189 were scrapped on the 25th and 29th of the same month.

June: 165 was withdrawn completely.

06/08/08: 160 had been scrapped.

13/08/08: A week later, 165 was also scrapped.

29/07/08: 184 was scrapped.

06/08/08: 160 was scrapped.

13/08/08: 165 was scrapped.

19/08/08: 149 was scrapped.

20/08/08: A day later, 170 was scrapped.

25/08/08: 169 was scrapped.

28/08/08: 185 and 173 were stopped.

10/11/08: 192 was scrapped.

13/11/08: 173 was also scrapped, having been withdrawn earlier in the month.

27/11/08: 185 was scrapped just under three months after withdrawal from service.

12/12/08: 163 was both stopped and withdrawn on the same day.

17/12/08: Five days after, 163 was scrapped.

 

2009
24/02/09: 187 was scrapped.

20/04/09: 167 was withdrawn from service.

By the 22nd of April 2009, 141, 142, 144, 146, 147, 152, 162, 171, 175 and 177 were the remaining 141s in service, while 190 was the sole survivor of the 181 Class after 187 was scrapped in February of that year.

21/08/09: 141 was withdrawn from service.

07/11/09: 190 was the last member of the 181 Class to be withdrawn. Working for exactly 42 years, 10 months and 10 days. Thanks to the efforts of the ITG, 190 was purchased for preservation and subsequently moved to the West Clare Railway for storage.


*2010 and 2011 will be added soon*

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