Current RPSI Projects
Last updated 8/6/2011
At any one time a small number of volunteers and an even smaller number of employees are working on a large number of different projects.  You could come and help out!

Restoration projects

Subject	Purpose	Status	Location
CSE 0-4-0T+WT No.1	Overhaul for branch line use at Downpatrick	Continuing as time and funding permit	Whitehead
CDR 2-6-4T No.5 Drumboe	Piecemeal overhaul as funding permits	Paused awaiting further funding	Whitehead
MGWR Carriage No.62M	Overhaul for branch line use at Downpatrick	Mechanical work complete	Whitehead
GNR(I) 4-4-0 No.85 Merlin	Full restoration to main line use	Partly funded, work underway	Whitehead
NIR Bo-Bo No.102 Falcon	Cosmetic overhaul for Ulster Folk and Transport Museum	Repainting and minor repairs in progress.	Whitehead
GNR(I) 4-4-0 No.171 Slieve Gullion	Full restoration to main line use	Fundraising underway	Whitehead
RPSI Carriage No.303	Overhaul for main line use	Only electrical work remaining	Whitehead
GSR 2-6-0 No.461	Full restoration to main line use	Near completion	Whitehead
RPSI Carriage No.463	Overhaul for main line use	Diesel generator being installed	Whitehead
NCC Van No.697	Restoration as museum piece	Work underway as Young Offenders' training exercise	HM Young Offenders' Centre Hydebank wood
GS&WR Carriage No.861	Overhaul for main line use	Dismantling	Whitehead
NIR Carriage No.935	Overhaul for main line use	Major work to roof and interior continuing	Whitehead

Maintenance and building projects

Subject	Purpose	Status	Location
All Operational fleet	Maintain a fleet of locomotives and carriages suitable for main line use on Iarnród Éireann and Northern Ireland Railways	Ongoing	Whitehead, Inchicore, Mullingar
Whitehead track	Continuing programme of track renewal	Ongoing	Whitehead
Whitehead premises	Develop to improve effectiveness as an engineering works and a visitor attraction	Planning and seeking funding	Whitehead

RPSI Locomotives

RPSI Carriages

Photonews reports on recent progress