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28th January 2010 - Update
Details of four of our trains in 2010 have been added to the events page.  Details of more trains will be added soon!

23rd December 2009 - Update
The programme has been announced for next year's May Railtour.  The 'Dalriada' will feature RPSI steam and chartered diesel haulage, as far North as Coleraine and as far South as Dublin (or beyond - some details are still to be confirmed!).

Click here for more details.  You can reserve your place with the advance booking form available here.

Coming rather sooner, though, is the next of our Belfast Meetings.  The first half will be a talk by Roy Forsythe and Richard Hayes on 'Lost Stations of Ireland' - a look at the remains of the disused structures the railways have left behind them.

The second half is summed up by the trailer below.

17th December 2009 - News
Our Santa trains from Dublin have been running well this year, with many happy families meeting Santa in the comfortable surroundings of our vintage carriages, hauled by one of our steam locomotives.

However last Saturday evening things became unstuck as No.4 broke down. Our friends in Iarnród Éireann managed to arrange a diesel locomotive at short notice to pull the train for us the following day (Sunday). Santa was on board handing out presents to the children as usual, but rather than white steam drifting past the windows and the steady puff of a steam locomotive, the diesel engine roared along in a haze of blue exhaust. Meanwhile our engineers were assessing the problems with No.4 to see if they could be fixed in time for the next weekend.
 
 

We are working hard to repair No.4 and have her ready to go for Saturday's trains.

A full photonews report of December's activities, both north and south, will appear on this website once the pressures of running and maintaining the trains involved ease off in the new year!
 

16th December 2009 - Update

• The Mince Pie and Mulled Wine train times have been updated.  The times off Belfast Central and Lisburn have been brought forward by 5 minutes due to alterations in the NIR timetable.  Please note the new Belfast Central departure time is 1155 and the new Lisburn departure time is 1235.
• The Irish Railways Bibliography has been updated.

11th December 2009 - Update
An update has been made to our Online Shop. 
These books have been added to the Online Shop.  The first two are very welcome reprints, as they both sold out quickly when first published

•  Along UTA Lines - Ulster’s Rail Network in the 1960s by Ian McLarnon Sinclair. 

Paperback, 23 x 18 cm, 32 colour & 267 b&w photos, 192 pages,  £14.99.
• Death in the North Channel – the Loss of the Princess Victoria in January 1953  by Stephen Cameron. 

Paperback, 26 x 21 cm, 180 b&w photos, 144 pages,  £14.95.
• The Wee Donegal Revisited in Colour  by Robert Robotham and Joe Curran 

Paperback, 29 x 20 cm,  155 colour photos, 108 pages, £19.99

30th November 2009 - Update
SALES NEWS 
The following items have been added to the Online Shop:

• DVD by Markle - Irish Railway Review No.9, 80 minutes, £18.95

A review of Irish railway operations in 2009, including including Ireland's remaining freight traffic and a visit to Headhunters Barber Shop, Enniskillen - famed for its railway museum.
• Tales of the Permanent Way – Stories from the Heart of Ireland’s Railways by Michael Barry

Hardback book, 25 x 20 cm, 180 photos (mostly colour), 160 pages, £22.00
The story of Irish railways is told from the perspective of permanent way personnel - from chief civil engineers through to track gangers.
• British Railway Signalling in Colour by Robert Hendry

Paperback, 28 x 22 cm,  190 colour photos, 80 pages, £14.99 
The first all colour book devoted to all aspects of railway signalling on Portadown South, Poyntzpass, Gorey and Kilkenny signal cabins are included.

26th November 2009 - Update
Tickets for our Santa trains nearly all sold!  There are still some left for the second Portadown - Lisburn train on 5th December, and on the Belfast - Lisburn train on the 6th December.
See the events page for details.

17th November 2009 - Update
Tickets for our Santa trains are selling out fast.  Train 2 is now sold out on the 6th, 13th and 19th December.  Tickets for our Portadown train are no longer on sale in the Millenium Court.  Tickets for Portadown trains are still available in person from Winnies Newsagency, 72 Woodhouse Street, Portadown or in person, by phone or online from the Belfast Welcome Centre (02890246609).

15th November 2009 - Update
Tickets for our Santa trains are selling out fast.  There are still some left for the Portadown - Lisburn, Belfast - Whitehead and Belfast - Lisburn trains, but the 13:55 train from Belfast on 13th December is now sold out.
See the events page for details.

10th November 2009 - Update
Tickets for the Portadown - Lisburn Santa trains on Saturday 5th December are now on sale.  See the events page for further information.

7th November 2009 - Update and Reminder

• Belfast Santa steam trains are now on sale.  You can purchase in person, by phone or on-line from Belfast Welcome Centre, 47 Donegall Place, Belfast, BT1 5AD, telephone +44 28 9024 6609 or click here for online booking.  Full details of times etc from our Events Page.
• Next Wednesday will see the second of the new season of Belfast Meetings. 

A Memorial of Dundalk Works - 1880-1959

The Great Northern Railway’s engineering works in Dundalk will be remembered in an illustrated talk by Charles P Friel on Wednesday 11 November 2009 in the Parke Hall, Orangefield Presbyterian Church on the Castlereagh Road, Belfast, beginning at 7.30pm. 

The GNR(I) Works built 47 new steam engines as well as hundreds of carriages and wagons and also repaired and maintained the company’s vast fleet of vehicles and machinery.

All of this work needed a huge number of highly-skilled craftsmen, engineers and clerks, foremen and message boys amongst many others. 

A general view of the works in its heyday (Duffner, Dundalk)

The erecting shop in 1959 (EM Patterson / CP Friel collection)

The Works outlived the Great Northern before finally passing out of railway hands on 1st October 1959.

The evening will be a lavishly-illustrated tour of the Works and will include scenes from most of the workshops in the place and the people who worked there.  Some of the pictures to be seen in the talk date back to the late 1890s and many have been only rarely seen in public, if at all! The pictures will include many rarely-photographed aspects of the Works including some work done for others - not all of them railways. There will be pictures too of the final years of the Works and what happened after closure as well as some coverage of what has been preserved. 

Dundalk Works had much to be proud of and the breadth of its activities will come as a surprise to many. The talk should catch a flavour of this once-great institution. 

Don't forget the meetings have moved to a new location with wheelchair access.  As ever tea and coffeee will be available and the RPSI sales stand will be in action.  Click here for the full meetings programme for this season.

• Locomotive Compendium Ireland  by Colin Boocock.  Hardback.  30 x 22 cm, 6 maps, 136 b&w photos, 71 colour photos, 128 pages, £19.99.

A survey of every class of steam and diesel locomotive, standard and narrow gauge, that has worked on the public railways in Ireland since 1949, excluding multiple units, industrial railways and pleasure railways.
• Christmas cards – set of 6, 2 each of 3 RPSI scenes from paintings by Debra Wenlock, £8.00

Card 1: “Guinness Loco and ‘Ivan’ the Brake Van at Whitehead”
Card 2:  “Loco 186 at Mullingar”
Card 3:  “Merlin at Connolly Station, Dublin”

However, please note that this year the meetings have moved to a new venue at Parke Hall, Orangefield Presbyterian Church, Castlereagh Road, Belfast (click here for a map).  As ever, the meeting will be from 7:30 until about 10:15.

13th October 2009 - News
Our Belfast based Halloween "Broomstick Belle" trains are now on sale.  Tickets are available from the Belfast Welcome Centre or can be booked by telephone or online.  Have a look at our Events Page for more information.

9th October 2009 - News
Our Ghost Train from Dublin to Mullingar and return on 25th October is now sold out.

25th September 2009 - News
We have received a lot of enquiries about our Santa steam trains from Portadown and Belfast.  Tickets have not yet gone on sale for these trains.
Tickets will go on sale in early November and full details will be posted here on our website.

19 September 2009 - News
As most will have seen in the media, the railway line between Portadown and Lisburn was closed for the early part of today. 

We would like to apologise to our prospective passengers who had hoped to travel on our steam train trips between Lisburn and Portadown in connection with the Country Comes to Town festival in Portadown.

We are very disappointed that the line through Lurgan was closed this morning, preventing our locomotive and vintage train from getting to Portadown from our base in Whitehead.

We were in constant contact with NI Railways and were informed that their staff had been advised that the opening of the line would be too late to allow our train to operate as planned.

And apologies for the delay in getting this update on the website - the webmasters were working shunting the train back into the yard at Whitehead.

11th September 2009 - Update
HELP WANTED
Volunteers are wanted this year to wear the 'Red Suit' during the Dublin Santa Trains season. No previous experience necessary but if you have what it takes, and would like to help out, please get in touch now.  You may send your contact details to (remove the "(nospam)"):  rpsitrains(nospam)@hotmail.com
Thank you in advance, you will be made very welcome.

10th September 2009 - Update
Full details of the 19th September "Country Comes to Town" trains from Portadown and Lisburn are now online.  Tickets on sale now. 

9th September 2009 - Update
Full details of this winter's Belfast Meetings are now online.  You can also download a printable poster here.  Please note that after many years in the same place the venue has changed. At the new hall the meetings will be easily accessible for wheelchair users and the less mobile in general.

7th September 2009 - Update
A photonews report detailing the work undertaken so far on No.85 Merlin has been published. Click here to view it.

6th September 2009 - News
The investigative work into the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum's GNR(I) V class compound No.85 is now at an advanced stage. The boiler was lifted on Saturday. The next stage is a detailed examination of the boiler to ascertain what work needs to be done to return it to use.
 

No.85's boiler being lifted under the shear legs at Whitehead. Photo by N J Lightowler.

A more detailed photonews report on work on No.85 will appear on this website soon!

4th September 2009 - Update
The photonews report on the Greystones shuttles has been expanded with an extra picture and more detailed captions.  Thanks to E Creamer for providing the extra information.

31st August 2009 - Update
All tickets for for the Santa Steam trains in the Dublin area are now SOLD OUT.  Tickets will be sent by post nearer to the time.  Please note that Santa trains in the Belfast area are not yet on sale.

25th August 2009 - Update
If you want to book your seats on Santa's Steam Train from Dublin this year you'll have to be quick - the only date still with places remaining is Saturday 5th December. See advance booking form for details of how to book.

24th August 2009 - News and updates
The media's attention may have been on other parts of the railway last weekend, but we have some big news of our own!  On Saturday the RPSI officially took over its sixteenth locomotive, No.141, first of the 141 class bo-bo General Motors diesels of 1962.  When the RPSI was formed she was the latest in technology, but is now thoroughly well-travelled and historic in her own right.  She will represent her class as part of the RPSI collection for generations to come. Read more about it here.

The following day saw our oldest engine in action, taking passengers from Dublin Connolly to Greystones and Greystones to Wicklow - and of course back again!  Click here for photographs.
 

16th August 2009 - Update
We still have two more of our 'Summer Steam' open days at Whitehead this year - if you want to know what goes on, just watch the video below!  Further details may be found on our events page.

11th August 2009 - Update
The 'Greystones Experience' trains on Sunday 23rd August have now sold out.

5th August 2009 - Update
The Steam Enterprise train on the 9th of August is now sold out.

3rd August 2009 - Update

• Tickets are now on sale for our Santa Steam trains in the Dublin area.  Click here for the Christmas booking form, or see the Events Page for information on all our trains.
• The weather stayed mainly dry for the trip from Portadown to Bangor on Saturday 1st August. Despite a delay in departure from Portadown, the operation ran more or less as planned and a fine day was had by all.  No.186 was accompanied by 5 coaches and the Dutch van.  It was a long day for the RPSI and NIR crews due to the connecting empty train mileage from Whitehead to Portadown morning and evening, plus the light engine run from Bangor to Belfast Central Junction to turn the locomotive.
• The Kingstown Special trains on Sunday 2nd August, with No.4 and Cravens set, ran without a hitch and the weather was kind. 1,750 tickets were sold over the 5 trains and time keeping was excellent.  There is some brief coverage here of the run (19:50 minutes).  There are some pictures here. 
• Barry Pickup captured this photograph of No.4 at Sandymount whilst working the 17.55 Kingstown Special Connolly - Dún Laoghaire.  The DART 'customer' on the left appears to be too absorbed in his book to notice 4 and her train! The futuristic new roof of Lansdowne Road rugby ground is visible in the background.

29th July 2009 - Update
This Saturday's 'Bangor Belle' train is now sold out.

19th July 2009 - Update
More details are now online for the Kingstown Special on August 2nd.  Celebrating 175 years since the opening of the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the five return trips from Dún Laoghaire to Bray will cost just €4 for adults and €1 for under 16s.  Click here for Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council's web page on the event.

This weekend sees another 'Summer Steam' open day at Whitehead.  With guided tours of the site, this allows visitors a unique chance to see what goes into keeping our trains running, as well as some of our large collection of locomotives and carriages that haven't been on the main line recently.  The Guinness engine will be giving rides - with a choice of riding in brake van 81 or a more comfortable carriage - and teas and coffees will be available!

14th July 2009 - news
In Dublin's Inchicore Works, work is continuing on our Cravens carriages. 1523 is being repainted.
 

The photo shows one of several primary coats now applied.  Following this further sanding and preparation is required to achieve a smooth finish. The under frames and buffers are being stripped back for application of black paint. The team hope to commence the top coat shortly.

6th July 2009

• The events page has been updated with details for the August 23rd "Greystones Experience" steam train.  You can book now using the advance booking form.
• Barry Pickup captured this photograph of No.4 at Kilcoole on Sunday's "Sea Breeze" train from Dublin-Wexford-Rosslare.  Click the image for a larger version.

• Friday 3rd July saw the finish of the Steam & Jazz season for 2009.  For the fourth time this year, the weather held fine and a capacity crowd enjoyed the evening to the full.  No.186 and train get a rest now during July until her next mainline train in August.
• The website has been updated to advertise tickets currently on sale for the following events:

01/08/2009 - Bangor Belle, Tickets from Winnie’s Newsagents, Portadown
02/08/2009 - Kingstown Special, Tickets from website booking form, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council Cash Office and Dalkey Castle Heritage Centre (www.dlrevents.ie)
09/08/2009 - Steam Enterprise, Tickets from website and Belfast Welcome Centre
23/08/2009 - Greystones Shuttle, Tickets from website booking form and Irish Rail Greystones
• Don't forget our Whitehead Open Days
• These items are now available from the RPSI shop:
• Back In Steam – the Downpatrick and County Down Railway from 1982  by Gerry Cochrane. Photos of RPSI locomotives “Guiness” and “R.H.Smyth” in action at Downpatrick are included. Paperback, 26 x 21 cm, 92 colour & 62 b&w photos, 128 pages, £14.95.
• British Railway Signalling Development in Colour by Robert Hendry. 8 Irish signal cabins are included. Paperback, 28 x 22 cm,  66 colour photos, 96 pages, £14.99
• DVD by Brian Stinson – May 2009 – Carrowbeg Railtour, including the Comeragh Diesel Railtour, 117 minutes, £12
• LMS in Ireland  by Mark Kennedy.  Paperback, 28 x 22 cm,  250 b&w photos, 96 pages, £12.99
• Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway by Neil Sprinks.  Paperback, 28 x 22 cm,  180 b&w photos, 2 maps, 80 pages, £12.99

• Steam Enterprise tickets are now on sale.  This will be the last chance to travel behind No.4 before she is temporarily taken out of service for fitting of new safety equipment for a number of weeks.
• A press release of interest to RPSI members.

The courtyard of Buckingham Palace was the scene for some RPSI discussion on 24th June as RPSI President, Lord O'Neill received a KCVO and RPSI Council member John Lockett received an OBE.

• A series of photonews reports have been put online for this years May International Railtour.  The tour was called the "Carrowbeg Railtour" and included a diesel hauled day called the "Comeragh Railtour".  The photonews reports cover 7th May, 8th May, 9th May, 10th May and 11th May.  I'd like to thank everyone who contributed photographs, but particularly Charles and James Friel for their work in resizing the photographs for display, providing captions and proof reading.
• The events page has been updated with the following ticket status:

19/6/2009 Steam & Jazz: Tickets available
21/6/2009 Sea Breeze: SOLD OUT
26/6/2009 Steam & Jazz: SOLD OUT
03/7/2009 Steam & Jazz: SOLD OUT
05/7/2009 Sea Breeze: Tickets available but selling fast

9th June 2009

• Steam and Jazz ticket sales update.  The current situation is that there are still tickets available for the train on Friday 19th June and a handful for the train on Friday 3rd July.  Remember that you can pre-order your wine for this train.
• On Sunday 7th June, 285 passengers travelled on a charter train for Malahide Lions Club.  The train consisted of No.4 and the RPSI Cravens carriage set.  The train operated from Malahide to Dundalk and participants also enjoyed a tour of the Cooley Peninsula by bus (6 coaches).

While the bus tour took place, over 300 locals enjoyed a trip from Dundalk to Drogheda and back.

No.4 arrives at Dundalk with the Lions Club charter.  Photo S Murphy

28th May 2009 - Update
The 12th June and 26th June Steam and Jazz trains are now sold out.  Tickets are still available for the trains on 19th June and 3rd July.  Remember that you can save yourself the hassle of bringing wine on our Steam and Jazz trains this year (and support the RPSI in the process).  Order your wine for collection at the bar.  Our wine order form is now available

21st May 2009 - Update
Save yourself the hassle of bringing wine on our Steam and Jazz trains this year.  Order your wine for collection at the bar.  Our wine order form is now available.

20th May 2009 - News

• A significant improvement has been made to the Top Link photonews report.  Thank you to everyone who provided photographs of this tour and to Charles Friel for his corrections, captions and photographs.  The report now illustrates full coverage of the weekend.
• These items have been added to the Sales Order Form:

“Comeragh Diesel Railtour” Brochure, Dublin–Waterford–Limerick Junction-Dublin, 34 photos, 44 pages, £3
“Carrowbeg Railtour” Brochure, Dublin-Westport-Ballina-Dublin-Whitehead, 53 photos, 80 pages, £3 
"The Atock/Attock Family – a Worldwide Railway Engineering Dynasty" by Ernie Shepherd      Paperback, 21 x 15 cm, 162 b&w photos, 264 pages,  £15.95
**FREE COPY OF “COMERAGH DIESEL RAILTOUR” BROCHURE WITH EACH POSTAL ORDER WORTH £20 OR MORE (WHILE STOCKS LAST)**

16th May 2009 - Updates

• From Tuesday 19th May, all enquiries for steam trains from Dublin should be directed to RPSI / RPSI Railtours / RPSI Tickets, Docklands Innovation Park, 128-130 East Wall Road, Dublin 3.  The telephone number is (01) 480 0553.
• Although some time after the event, it is important to mark the "Top Link Railtour", both for the fabulous photos sent in and also to mark the retirement of Tony Renehan, the driver for whom the railtour was operated.  A new photonews page has been created to cover the Top Link train.  Any corrections or additions are welcomed.

3rd May 2009 - Update
A new photonews page has been added showing work at Whitehead last weekend. Click here to view it.

25th April 2009 - Update and news

• Our RPSI Shop page has been updated with the latest DVD from Brian Stinson.  This 97 minute DVD covers the "Top Link" Railtour in January 2009.
• FUNDING NEWS

Two new grant awards have been made this year to date, from Northern Ireland Museums Council (NIMC) and the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), to assist with funding for a Small Exhibits project and the next stage of all important Heritage Skills training for NIR personnel involved with steam operations.

The RPSI Whitehead Youth Team, led by Mark Walsh, will benefit from £14,000 funding, shared equally by NIMC and HLF, to allow the Society’s small exhibits, presently stored by members in diverse locations, to be brought together at Whitehead and made available for public display, interpretative and educational purposes. The project will entail repairs to part of the Whitehead Stables block, to provide suitable and secure conditions for central storage, and work to Dining Car 87, including the creation of an exhibition area with display cases.

The recently completed Conservation report, one of a number commissioned by the Society last year with HLF assistance, recommended that, as an accredited museum, steps should be taken to bring our collection of artefacts together as an educational and interpretative resource, adding another dimension for visitors to the site. External displays/exhibitions with other accredited organisations could also be supported.

The RPSI's Museums Committee will have the opportunity to check the record and descriptions of all artefacts held by the Society as they are moved to the central store, and it is hoped that this initiative will encourage the donation of new items over time.

HLF have also supported further training of NIR personnel, following upon the successful scheme last year which saw the passing out of two new steam drivers. More operating personnel will be identified to undertake a programme of theoretical and practical training which will allow them to progress to the steam footplate, thus ensuring that the heritage skills are maintained and used within the current railway operating environment.

Johnny Glendinning, RPSI Chairman, together with the RPSI Training Standards Officer, have worked closely with NIR who have supported, with considerable foresight, this important initiative.

The Society gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the funders in supporting these projects, and the ongoing help and guidance provided by NIR. It is recognition of the important part we play in keeping alive part of our industrial heritage, with all the participative and educational opportunities that it provides for future generations.

• 13th April Easter Eggspresses - both our Dublin and Belfast based Easter operations ran with capacity filled trains and happy passengers.

 

No.186 at Mullingar Station. Photo C Pabst

No.4 passes Jordanstown.  Photo D Grimshaw

10th April 2009 - Update
Details of this year's steam train dates have been added to the website. Click here to see what's on offer.

9th April 2009 - News
Our Easter Eggspress train from Dublin Connolly is now sold out.  The first of our two Easter Eggspress trains from Belfast Central is sold out and only a few seats remain for the second train.  Booking details are on our Events Page.

1st April 2009 - News
It has been announced that a new form of motive power has been introduced for shunting at Whitehead.  Click here for the full story.

23rd March 2009 - Update
Full details are now available for this year's May Tour.  Click here for the prospectus and here for the booking form.  All bookings must be received by the 15th of April, so don't delay!

20th March 2009 - Update 
A number of back issues of our Society magazine "Five Foot Three" have been added to our Five Foot Three webpage.  The latest is FFT35. 

6th March 2009 - Update

• Tickets are now on sale for the Easter Eggspress steam trains from Belfast-Whitehead and back on Monday 13th April.  Full details and online booking link from our Events Page.
• A number of back issues of our Society magazine "Five Foot Three" have been added to our Five Foot Three webpage.  The magazines have been either text-sanned and then the scan corrected, in 2 cases the full magazine has been scanned and in a number of cases the text has been retyped by our Honorary Secretary.  The journals represent a history of the RPSI and offer a fascinating read and reference material.  We hope you enjoy.  We will continue to add to the collection as time permits and our goal is to provide all the pictures as well (the webmaster already has a backlog to get through)!

18th February 2009 - Update
These items are now available from the RPSI shop:

• Crossing the Boyne : the Great Viaduct 1855 – 2005  by Iarnrod Eireann in association with the Old Drogheda Society.  Paperback, 20 x 21 cm, 12 colour and 35 b&w photos, 96 pages, £7.50
• DVD by Brian Stinson - Hibernian Steam Scene Volume 7  65 minutes, £15.  Lineside scenes from eight Dublin based trains which ran during 2008 – Driver Tony Renehan’s final year before retirement.
• DVD by Brian Stinson - Hibernian Steam Scene Volume 8  62 minutes, £15.  Lineside scenes from nine Whitehead/Belfast based trains which ran during 2008, including steam on the mothballed Lisburn-Antrim line.
• Lough Swilly Buses  by Irvine Millar.  Hardback, 28 x 21 cm, 200 colour & 240 B&W photos, 224 pages, £25.00.  The transition from rail to road operations is described in detail.
• “The Top Link” Railtour Brochure, edited by Charles Friel.   Belfast - Dublin- Cork & return, 58 ph, 44 pp,  £3.  A limited number of these brochures is available for sale.

22nd January 2009 - Update
Details have been announced for this year's international railtour.  Click here to see the schedule and book tickets.

20th January 2009 - Update
The RPSI website was down today whilst we sorted out some problems.  We're sorry for the inconvenience and we are obviously back online now!

19th January 2009 - Update
Although tickets are sold out for the Dublin-Cork-Dublin part of the "Toplink" tour weekend, tickets are available for the positioning trains.  Tickets are available as follows and should be bought from the on train ticket inspector on the day:
Friday 30/01/09 - Whitehead-Belfast-Dublin - Tickets cost £20/€25
Sunday 01/02/09 - Dublin-Belfast-Whitehead - Tickets cost £20/€25

7th January 2009 - Update
Happy New Year.
Our Top Link train to Cork has now sold out. 
A lot of passengers have booked Metropole hotel in Cork and available rooms there are now low.  We advise those who find the hotel full to use the www.discoverireland.com website to search for B&B accomodation on the Glanmire Road in Cork.