Rail freight stock of Ireland

Template:Use British English When formed in 1945, Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) inherited a GSR wagon fleet insufficient for post-war requirements. A major wagon building programme in the 1950s and 1960s eliminated this pre-war stock. The new stock consisted of open or covered general purpose wagons of the four-wheel loose-coupled design, without vacuum brakes and limited to 35mph. There were also a few specialised wagons built for tar, grain and cattle.

These vehicles were in turn superseded and phased out by the introduction of the intermodal fleet in the 1970s. The new liner-trains, complete with vacuum brakes and Y25/Y27 bogies, enabled high speed (60 mph) transportation.

Today, all of Iarnród Éireann's freight stock is maintained at Limerick Colbert. Most of the company's withdrawn freight wagons are stored here as well, though some can be found at Heuston, North Wall Yard and Tralee. A large number of disused flat wagons are stored on disconnected sidings near the former Cómhlucht Siúicre Éireann factory in Mallow.

Current freight flows

• Lead and Zinc Ore from Tara Mines (Near Navan) to North Wall, Dublin
• Intermodal traffic between Ballina and North Wall, Dublin
• Intermodal traffic between Ballina Belview Port, Waterford
• Timber traffic between Westport/Ballina and Belview Port, Waterford

Freight listing

Wagon	Length	Introduced	Numbers	Tare	Coupling	Capacity	Image	Notes
Fertiliser	Template:Cvt	1974	35001-35090	Template:Cvt	Instanter	Template:Cvt
Bogie Flat	Template:Cvt	1971 & 1978	30001-30212	Template:Cvt	Instanter
Bogie Flat	Template:Cvt	1978	30219-30278	Template:Cvt	Instanter
Rail Truck	Template:Cvt	1973	24224-24240	Template:Cvt	Instanter	Template:Cvt
Wagon					Instanter
Cement "Bubble"	Template:Cvt	1964-1972	25050-25199	Template:Cvt Template:Cvt	Instanter	Template:Cvt
4-wheel Flat	Template:Cvt	1970-1975	27101-27791	Template:Cvt	Instanter	Template:Cvt	File:27756 Downpatrick.jpg	27756 Preserved at Downpatrick & Co. Down Railway
Bogie Cement	Template:Cvt	1979	33001-33012	Template:Cvt	Instanter	Template:Cvt	File:Cement Wagon, Limerick.jpg
Ballast hopper	Template:Cvt	1972 & 1977	24113-24148, 24250-24263	Template:Cvt	Instanter	Template:Cvt	File:Ballast Wagon, Limerick.jpg
Ammonia					Instanter		File:Ammonia wagon, Limerick Jct (geograph 2678387).jpg
Timber flat	Template:Cvt				Instanter		File:Timber Wagon, Limerick.jpg	In use on Coillte trains between Westport/Ballina and Waterford.
Zinc wagon							File:Zinc Wagon, Drogheda.jpg	In use on Tara Mines trains between Dublin and Navan.
Shale wagon							File:Shale Wagons, Limerick.jpg	All withdrawn at Limerick Colbert. Some converted to zinc wagons.
Pocket wagon							File:CPWs, Limerick.jpg	In use on DFDS Liner Trains between Waterford and Ballina.
Tank wagon							File:Tank Wagons, Heuston.jpg	Withdrawn at Limerick and Heuston.
Beet wagon							File:Loading beet at Wellington Bridge (geograph 3747246).jpg

See also

• Coaching stock of Ireland
• Multiple units of Ireland
• Rail transport in Ireland
• Steam locomotives of Ireland

External links

• Eiretrains - Irish Locomotives