Train Dates for 1985.
(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 |
| Running-In | LE: Mullingar - Athlone & return | |||
| Empty carriages | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Antrim - Lisburn - Dublin Connolly - Mullingar | |||
| Engine Transfer | Mullingar - Athlone - Portarlington - Cork | |||
| Cork 800 | 171 ECS: Mullingar - Dublin Connolly 184 (local): Cork - Cobh & return (x2) 171: Dublin Connolly - Cork 184: Cork - Cobh - Cobh Junction (set back into Youghal branch) - Cork |
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| Cork 800 | 171+184: Cork - Mallow 184: Mallow - Charleville - Limerick Junction 171: Mallow - Limerick Junction 171: Limerick Junction - Dublin Connolly - Belfast Central 184 LE: Limerick Junction - Portarlington - Athlone - Mullingar 171 LE: Belfast Central - Belfast CSD |
Train split between Mallow and Limerick Junction; 171 overtook at Charleville. | ||
| Cork 800 | LE: Belfast CSD - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Lisburn - Antrim - Belfast YR - Larne Harbour - Whitehead |
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| BBC Trial | Belfast Central - Londonderry & return | RPSI bogie van 411 was attached to back of the 11:35 ex-Belfast and 14:40 ex-Londonderry. This was an unsuccessful attempt by the BBC to operate the studio coach of what would have been a steam operation to Portrush broadcasting the Radio Ulster programme Day by Day live from the train. | ||
| Charity Portrush Flyer | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Portrush - Belfast YR - Whitehead | Operated for the Rotary Club of Belfast. | ||
| Private Charter | 4 ECS: Whitehead - Belfast YR - Portrush 4: Portrush - Antrim 171 LE: Whitehead - Belfast YR - Antrim 171: Antrim - Lisburn - Belfast Central - Cultra 171 ECS: Cultra - Bangor 171 LE: Bangor - Belfast CSD - Bangor 171 ECS: Bangor - Cultra 171: Cultra - Belfast Central - Lisburn - Antrim 4 LE: Antrim - Belfast YR - Whitehead - Belfast YR - Antrim 4: Antrim - Portrush 4 ECS: Portrush - Belfast YR - Whitehead 171 LE: Antrim - Belfast YR - Whitehead |
A very long day of operations for the Permanent Way Institute. | ||
| Portrush Flyer | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Portrush - Coleraine - Castlerock - Coleraine - Portrush - Belfast YR - Whitehead | |||
| Portrush Flyer | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Portrush - Coleraine - Castlerock - Coleraine - Portrush - Belfast YR - Whitehead | |||
| Running-in | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Whitehead | First mainline outing. Rescued a failed NIR 80-class railcar along the way. |
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| Portrush Flyer | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Portrush - Coleraine - Castlerock - Coleraine - Portrush - Belfast YR - Whitehead | |||
| Bangor Belle | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast YR - Antrim - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Bangor & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Belfast CSD |
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| Steam Enterprise | ECS: Belfast CSD - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Dublin Connolly & return ECS: Belfast Central - Belfast CSD 4 LE: Whitehead - Belfast YR - Antrim - Belfast CSD |
No.171 failed at Dundalk on the way south and the rest of the trip was diesel-hauled. | ||
| Steam Enterprise | ECS: Belfast CSD - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Dublin Connolly & return ECS: Belfast Central - Belfast CSD |
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| Engine Transfer | Mullingar - Moate & return | Test run. | ||
| Larne Lough | ECS: Belfast CSD - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Lisburn - Antrim - Belfast YR - Larne Harbour - Belfast YR -Whitehead |
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| 70 Class farewell | Belfast YR - Londonderry - Coleraine - Downhill - Coleraine - Antrim - Lisburn - Belfast Central | A farewell to the 70 class diesels with a non-stop to Derry. A lineside bus was organised for the working to Downhill. | ||
| Running-In | Whitehead - Belfast YR & return (x2) | Inaugural public working in the RPSI custody. | ||
| Maynooth Shuttle | ECS: Mullingar - Dublin Connolly Dublin Connolly - Maynooth & return (x2) ECS: Dublin Connolly - Mullingar |
First operation by Mullingar-based RPSI coach set. | ||
| Running-In | Whitehead - Greenisland - Larne Harbour - Greenisland - Larne Harbour - Whitehead | |||
| Running-In | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Antrim - Belfast YR - Whitehead | |||
| Running-In | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Antrim - Lisburn - Belfast Central - Lisburn - Antrim - Belfast YR - Whitehead | |||
| Santa Special | Mullingar - Killucan & return (x3) |