Train Dates for 1980.
(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 |
| Dublin Bay | LE: Mullingar - Dublin Connolly Dublin Connolly - Bray & return (x3) |
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| Dublin Bay | Dublin Connolly - Howth & return (x3) LE: Dublin Connolly - Mullingar |
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| Carrickfergus 800 | 171 ECS: Whitehead - Belfast YR 171: Belfast YR - Carrickfergus & return (x2) 186: Belfast YR - Carrickfergus - Belfast YR - Whitehead |
The engines swopped at Carrickfergus. | ||
| Empty Carriages | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Antrim - Lisburn - Dublin Connolly | |||
| South Kerry | 184: Dublin Pearse - Dún Laoghaire Pier - Dublin Connolly 171: Dublin Connolly - Mallow - Tralee |
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| South Kerry | 171: Tralee - Mallow - Dublin Connolly 184: Dublin Connolly - Dún Laoghaire Pier 184 LE: Dún Laoghaire Pier - Dublin Connolly 171: Dublin Connolly - Belfast Central - Belfast CSD |
Due to a misunderstanding, 184 worked light engine Dún Laoghaire Pier-Dublin, leaving the tour train stranded. The train eventually reached Dublin hauled by the engine of the regular boat train. | ||
| South Kerry | Belfast CSD - Lisburn - Antrim - Belfast YR - Whitehead | |||
| Steam Gala | 171: Whitehead - Belfast YR - Whitehead 186: Whitehead - Belfast YR - Whitehead |
No.186's last day in steam before long-term withdrawal. | ||
| Film Contract | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Antrim - Lisburn - Poyntzpass Poyntzpass - Bridge 200 - Poyntzpass (wrong line working) Poyntzpass - Lisburn - Antrim - Belfast YR - Whitehead |
Filming for "My Dear Palestrina", a TV production. | ||
| Portrush Flyer | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Portrush Portrush - Coleraine - Londonderry - Coleraine - Portrush Portrush - Belfast YR - Whitehead |
Afternoon trip from Portrush to Londonderry. First steam train to use the new Waterside station. | ||
| Portrush Flyer | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Portrush Portrush - Coleraine - Castlerock - Coleraine - Portrush Portrush - Belfast YR - Whitehead |
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| Portrush Flyer | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Portrush Portrush - Coleraine - Castlerock - Coleraine - Portrush Portrush - Belfast YR - Whitehead |
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| Engine Transfer | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Antrim - Lisburn - Dublin Connolly | |||
| Film Contract | Dublin Connolly - Malahide - Dublin Connolly | Filming for Canada Dry TV commercial. | ||
| Film Contract | Dublin Connolly - Malahide - Dublin Connolly | Filming for Canada Dry TV commercial. | ||
| Engine Transfer | Dublin - Lisburn - Antrim - Belfast YR - Whitehead | |||
| Empty Carriages | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Antrim - Lisburn - Belfast CSD | |||
| Steam Enterprise | Belfast Central - Dublin Connolly & return | Postponed from 13 September following a bomb scare. Appropriately this inaugural working was handled by an all ex-Great Northern crew. | ||
| Empty Carriages | Belfast CSD - Lisburn - Antrim - Belfast YR - Whitehead |