Train Dates for 1996.
(Note: Belfast YR = Belfast York Road; Belfast CSD = Belfast Central Services Depot; Belfast GVS = Belfast Great Victoria Street; ECS = Empty Coaching Stock; LE = Light Engine; GM = Railway company diesel locomotive; Whitehead generally means the RPSI's own Whitehead Excursion Station.)
| Date | Train/Operation | Loco | Itinerary/Route | Special Notes |
| Driver Training | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar & return | 4-coach train. | ||
| Driver Training | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar & return | 4-coach train. | ||
| Driver Training | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar & return | 4-coach train. | ||
| Driver Training | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar & return | 4-coach train. | ||
| Driver Training | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar & return | 4-coach train. | ||
| Driver Training | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar & return | 4-coach train. | ||
| Running-In | Whitehead - Belfast Central & return (x2) | Running-in trip after big end and crosshead repairs to 171. | ||
| Private Charter | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Bangor - Belfast Central - Bangor - Belfast Central - Whitehead | Charter by Helen's Bay Golf Club. | ||
| Film Contract | 85: Whitehead - Larne Harbour & return 171: Whitehead - Larne Harbour & return (x2) |
Israeli Karat coffee commercial. | ||
| Easter Bunny | 85: Whitehead - Belfast Central - Whitehead 171: Whitehead - Belfast Central - Whitehead (x2) |
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| Running-In | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Lisburn & return | 3-coach train. | ||
| Empty Carriages | Whitehead - Dundalk LE: Dundalk - Whitehead |
No.171 ran hot at Dundalk and had to be removed and taken back. | ||
| Engine Transfer | Whitehead - Dublin Connolly | |||
| Knocknarea | 461+171: Connolly - Enfield 171: Enfield - Longford 461: Enfield - Longford 461+171: Longford - Dromod 171: Dromod - Boyle 461 LE: Dromod - Boyle - Sligo 171: Boyle - Sligo |
Train split between Enfield and Longford. Both engines light engine to Sligo Quay. |
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| Knocknarea | 461+171: Sligo - Boyle 171: Boyle - Longford 461 LE: Boyle - Longford 461+171: Longford - Dublin Connolly 85 LE: Whitehead - Dublin Connolly 85: Dublin Connolly - Portadown - Belfast GVS - Whitehead |
Cravens from Dublin to Portadown. RPSI set transferred to Portadown by GM 231 in advance of No.85. | ||
| Knocknarea | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Lisburn - Antrim - Portrush - Bleach Green Junction - Belfast Central - Whitehead | |||
| Enfield Shuttle | Dublin Connolly - Maynooth - Enfield - Maynooth - Dublin Connolly - Maynooth - Enfield - Maynooth - Dublin Connolly | |||
| Private Charter | Dublin Connolly - Rathdrum - Lansdowne Road - Dublin Connolly | O'Reilly Tours. | ||
| Engine Transfer | Whitehead - Inchicore | Moved by low-loader to Inchicore for the open day. | ||
| Empty Carriages | Whitehead - Inchicore | No.85 took carriages 1142 & 91 to 'Inchicore 150'. | ||
| Inchicore 150 | Inchicore | In steam to celebrate 150th anniversary of the works. No.171, No.186 and No.461 also on display. |
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| Inchicore 150 | Inchicore | In steam to celebrate 150th anniversary of the works. No.171, No.186 and No.461 also on display. |
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| Empty Carriages | Inchicore - Whitehead | Hauled carriages 238, 241 and 91. | ||
| Steam & Jazz | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Lisburn - Antrim - Ballymena - Antrim - Belfast Central - Whitehead | |||
| Midsummer Night's Steam | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar & return | |||
| Private Charter | Dublin Heuston - Curragh Main Line ECS: Curragh - Kildare LE: Kildare - Inchicore & return ECS: Kildare - Curragh Curragh Main Line - Dublin Heuston |
IÉ charter for Derby Day. No.171 ran to Inchicore to turn. The first ever haulage of IÉ Mk2d air-conditioned coaches by a steam locomotive. |
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| Portrush Flyer | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Lisburn - Portrush - Coleraine - Castlerock - Coleraine - Portrush - Lisburn - Belfast Central - Whitehead | |||
| Strawberry Fair | Dublin Connolly - Enniscorthy - Rosslare Harbour & return | |||
| Portrush Flyer | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Lisburn - Portrush - Coleraine - Castlerock - Coleraine - Portrush - Lisburn - Belfast Central - Whitehead | |||
| Sea Breeze | Dublin Connolly - Enniscorthy & return | Due to continue to Rosslare, but the train was terminated at Enniscorthy due to injector problems. | ||
| Portrush Flyer | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Lisburn - Portrush - Coleraine - Castlerock - Coleraine - Portrush - Lisburn - Belfast Central - Whitehead | |||
| Carlow 150 | Dublin Heuston - Kilkenny LE: Kilkenny - Thomastown - Bagenalstown - Kilkenny Kilkenny - Dublin Heuston |
Charter by IÉ to mark 150th anniversary of the line to Carlow. At Kilkenny 171 turned using the newly opened Lavistown triangle. | ||
| Portrush Flyer | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Lisburn - Portrush - Coleraine - Castlerock - Coleraine - Portrush - Lisburn - Belfast Central - Whitehead | |||
| Sixties Steam | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar & return | |||
| Atlantic Coast Express | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Lisburn - Damhead LE: Damhead - Coleraine - Belfast YR |
Derailed at Damhead crossing. After re-railing, No.85 worked light to York Road for examination. | ||
| Engine Transfer | Belfast YR - Whitehead | Towed by diesel. | ||
| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Maynooth& return (x3) | |||
| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
No.85 limited to 25mph following Damhead derailment. | ||
| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Maynooth& return (x3) | |||
| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |