Train Dates for 20015
(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 |
| Empty Carriages | Belfast YR - Whitehead | GM 112 transferred former Gatwick Express carriages 8943+8944 and 8941+8942 from NIR to the RPSI. | ||
| Test Run | Whitehead - Carrickfergus & return | First main line run for No.131 following overhaul. Paired with No.171's blue tender for the occasion. | ||
| Private Charter | Dublin Connolly - Drogheda & return | "Once Upon A Place" charter by Fingal CC Libraries. | ||
| Marble City | Dublin Connolly - Kilkenny & return | |||
| Easter Shuttle | Dublin Connolly - Wicklow & return Wicklow - Greystones & return |
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| Easter Eggspress | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Easter Eggspress | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Private Charter | Dublin Connolly - Greystones ECS: Greystones - Dublin Connolly |
One-way charter to Greystones for O'Reilly Tours. | ||
| Maynooth Shuttle | Dublin Connolly - Maynooth & return | |||
| South Munster | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Dublin Connolly | |||
| The Strand | Dublin Connolly - M3 Parkway - Rosslare Strand - Dublin Connolly | Inward from M3 Parkway was via Newcomen Junction. | ||
| South Munster | 85: Dublin Connolly - Cork - Midleton 461 LE: Cork - Midleton 461: Midleton - Cork 85 LE: Midleton - Cork |
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| South Munster | 461 LE: Cork - Cobh 85: Cork - Cobh 461: Cobh - Mallow (non-stop) - Killarney - Mallow - Cork 85 LE: Cobh - Cork - Limerick Junction - Cork |
The run with 461 was non-stop from Cobh to Mallow. No.85 ran to Limerick Junction to turn. |
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| South Munster | Cork - Dublin Connolly - Belfast Central - Whitehead | |||
| Bangor 150 | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Bangor & return (x3) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
A series of trains to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the railway coming to Bangor. | ||
| Private Charter | ECS: Dublin Connolly - Greystones Greystones - Dublin Connolly |
One-way charter from Greystones for O'Reilly Tours. | ||
| Balbriggan Festival | Dublin Connolly - Balbriggan Balbriggan - Drogheda & return ECS: Balbriggan - Skerries & return Balbriggan - Drogheda & return Balbriggan - Dublin Connolly |
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| Steam Enterprise | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Dublin Connolly & return | |||
| Steam & Jazz | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Lisburn - Whitehead - Carrickfergus - Belfast Central - Whitehead | |||
| Test Run | LE: Whitehead - Carrickfergus & return ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central & return |
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| Steam Dreams | GM ECS: Whitehead - Poyntzpass - Belfast YR 85 LE: Whitehead - Belfast YR 85 ECS: Belfast YR - Belfast Central 85: Belfast Central - Dublin Connolly GM ECS: Dublin Connolly - Whitehead |
The morning ECS only got as far as Poyntzpass as the GM failed there. The passengers waiting in Dublin for the diesel-hauled special to Belfast were put on service trains. | ||
| Steam Dreams | 461 LE: Dublin Connolly - Portarlington 85: Dublin Connolly - Portarlington 461: Portarlington - Galway 85 LE: Portarlington - Limerick |
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| Steam & Jazz | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Lisburn - Whitehead - Carrickfergus - Belfast Central - Whitehead | No.85 was on Steam Dreams and No.4 was awaiting NIR certification. | ||
| Steam Dreams | 461: Galway - Athenry - Limerick 85: Limerick - Killarney |
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| Steam Dreams | 85 LE: Killarney - Limerick Junction - Killarney 85: Killarney - Tralee - Killarney |
Tralee turntable was blocked by wagons so No.85 went to the Junction to turn. | ||
| Steam Dreams | 461 LE: Limerick - Limerick Junction 85: Killarney - Limerick Junction 461: Limerick Junction - Waterford 85 LE: Limerick Junction - Kildare - Kilkenny |
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| Steam Dreams | 461: Waterford - Kilkenny 85: Kilkenny - Dublin Connolly 461 LE: Kilkenny - Dublin Connolly |
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| Engine Transfer | Dublin Connolly - Whitehead | |||
| Steam & Jazz | 85: Whitehead - Belfast Central - Lisburn - Whitehead 4: Whitehead - Carrickfergus - Belfast Central - Whitehead |
This was No.4's first public operation since overhaul. | ||
| Steam & Jazz | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Lisburn - Whitehead - Carrickfergus - Belfast Central - Whitehead | |||
| IRRS Charter | Dublin Connolly - Ballina - Claremorris - Westport - Dublin Connolly | Charter of Cravens coaches by the IRRS. | ||
| Empty Carriages | Whitehead - Dundalk | Gatwick carriages temporarily transferred to Dundalk to facilitate building work at Whitehead. | ||
| Whitehead Festival | Whitehead train rides | The annual community festival saw No.131's first public trains in well over 50 years. | ||
| Portrush Flyer | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Portrush & return Portrush - Coleraine & return |
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| Bray Shuttle | Dublin - Bray & return Bray - Wicklow & return (x2) |
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| Engine Transfer | Whitehead - Dublin Connolly | |||
| Portrush Flyer | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Portrush & return Portrush - Coleraine & return |
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| Great Northern Getaway | Dublin Connolly - Drogheda Drogheda - Dundalk & return Drogheda - Skerries & return Drogheda - Dublin Connolly |
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| Portrush Flyer | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Portrush & return Portrush - Coleraine & return |
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| Marble City | Dublin Connolly - Kilkenny & return | |||
| Steam Enterprise | 85: Whitehead - Belfast Central - Dundalk 85 (LE): Dundalk - Belfast GVS & return GM: Dundalk - Dublin Connolly & return 85: Dundalk - Belfast Central - Whitehead |
Irish Rail imposed a last-minute engineering possession of the yard in Dublin Connolly, so the train was diesel-hauled (075) south of Dundalk. | ||
| Emerald Isle Express | Dublin Connolly - Rosslare Strand ECS: Rosslare Strand - Waterford |
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| Emerald Isle Express | Waterford - Limerick Junction - Cork ECS: Cork - Mallow |
Development work in Cork meant stabling had to be in Mallow. | ||
| Emerald Isle Express | ECS: Mallow - Cobh Cobh - Mallow - Killarney |
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| Emerald Isle Express | Killarney - Limerick - Ennis ECS: Ennis - Limerick |
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| Emerald Isle Express | Limerick - Athenry - Galway ECS: Galway - Athlone - Westport |
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| Emerald Isle Express | Westport - Dublin Heuston | |||
| Private Charter | Dublin Connolly - Arklow ECS: Arklow - Dublin Connolly |
One-way charter to Arklow for O'Reilly Tours. | ||
| Broomstick Belle | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Halloween Shuttle | 461: Dublin Pearse - Greystones & return 4: Dublin Pearse - Greystones & return |
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| Victorian Street Fair | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Greystones & return (x3) | 2 steam then 1 planned diesel. No.4 failed on the return of the second trip and the was hauled by GM back to Dublin along with the train. |
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| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Greystones & return (x2) | |||
| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x3) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Greystones & return (x3) | 2 steam then 1 planned diesel. | ||
| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Greystones & return (x2) | |||
| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x3) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Greystones & return (x3) | 2 steam then 1 planned diesel. | ||
| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Greystones & return (x2) | |||
| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Portadown Portadown - Lisburn & return (x2) ECS: Portadown - Whitehead |
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| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Mince Pie Special | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Dublin Connolly & return |