Train Dates for 2024.
(Note: Belfast LP = Belfast Lanyon Place; 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 |
18/03 | Steam Whitehead - St Patrick’s | 3BG | Whitehead Train Rides | |
24/03 | Midlander | 131 | Dublin Connolly - Maynooth & return (x2) | |
30/03 | Steam Whitehead - Wee Critters | 3BG | Whitehead Train Rides | |
01/04 | Easter Eggstravaganza | 131 | Dublin Connolly - Drogheda; Drogheda - Dundalk & return; Drogheda - Skerries & return; Drogheda - Dublin | |
01/04 | Steam Whitehead - Easter Bunny | 3BG | Whitehead Train Rides | |
21/04 | Sea Breeze | 131, GM | 131: Dublin Connolly - Rathdrum 082: Rathdrum - Dublin Connolly |
Train terminated by Irish Rail owing to lineside fires. Towed back from Rathdrum. |
06/05 | Steam Whitehead - Blooming May Day | 3BG | Whitehead Train Rides | |
12/05 | Cú Chulainn | GM | Dublin Connolly - Dundalk & return; Dundalk - Drogheda & return | GM replaced No.131 because of a temporary steam ban. |
01/06 | Steam Whitehead | 3BG | Whitehead Train Rides | |
15/06 | 201 @ 30 | GM | 084: Dublin Heuston - Kildare 219: Kildare - Dublin - Rosslare Harbour - Dublin Connolly |
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17/07 | Private Charter | 131 | Dublin Connolly - Drogheda - Dundalk & return | Charter for Heritage Council of Ireland. |
03/08 | Steam Whitehead - Teddy Bear's Picnic | 3BG | Whitehead Train Rides | |
04/08 | Midlander | 131 | Dublin Connolly - Maynooth & return (x2) | |
10/08 | Steam Whitehead - Food & Folk Festival | 3BG | Whitehead Train Rides | |
17/08 | Steam Whitehead - Wee Critters | 3BG | Whitehead Train Rides | |
18/08 | Marble City | 131 | Dublin Connolly - Kilkenny & return | |
24/08 | Steam Whitehead | 3BG | Whitehead Train Rides | |
31/08 | B142 Launch | B142 | Whitehead Train Rides | Jim Corr drove the locomotive through a red ribbon. |
0/09 | Dublin Riviera | 131 | Dublin Connolly - Bray & return Bray - Wicklow & return Wicklow - Greystones & return |
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08/09 | RPSI 60 Special | 131 | Dublin Connolly - Dundalk & return Dundalk - Drogheda & return |
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13/09 | 171 Launch | 171 | The Duke of Gloucester drove the locomotive through a red ribbon. | |
14/09 | Steam Whitehead - European Heritage Open Day | 3BG | Whitehead Train Rides | |
18/09 | Engine Transfer | 85 | Dublin Connolly - Inchicore |