Train Dates for 1992.
(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 | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Larne Harbour - Whitehead | Light engine. | ||
| Empty Carriages | Mullingar - Dublin Connolly | |||
| Private Charter | Dublin Connolly - Dublin Pearse - Dún Laoghaire - Dublin Connolly | Launch of Iarnród Éireann Rail Breaks 92 programme. | ||
| Running-In | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Coleraine & return | With carriages. | ||
| Driver Training | LE: Dublin Connolly - Dublin Heuston ECS: Dublin Heuston - Dublin Connolly - Rathdrum - Dublin Connolly |
|||
| Driver Training | LE: Dublin Connolly - Dublin Heuston ECS: Dublin Heuston - Dublin Connolly - Rathdrum - Dublin Connolly |
|||
| Running-In | LE Whitehead - Belfast YR & return ECS: Whitehead - Belfast YR - Larne Harbour - Carrickfergus - Whitehead |
|||
| Guinness Wedding | ECS: Dublin Connolly - Maynooth Maynooth - Mullingar - Maynooth ECS: Maynooth - Dublin Connolly |
Guinness wedding 'Musical Picnic' charter. | ||
| Gráinne Uaile | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar - Athlone - Westport | |||
| Gráinne Uaile | 461 LE: Westport - Manulla Junction Diesel: Westport - Manulla Junction 461: Manulla Junction - Ballina - Athlone - Mullingar - Dublin Connolly Diesel: Dublin Connolly - Dundalk |
Due to a bomb incident, passengers were transferred from Dundalk to Belfast by bus. | ||
| Gráinne Uaile | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Larne Harbour - Carrickfergus - Larne Harbour - Whitehead | Original destination was Castlerock but a bomb scare at Monkstown put paid to that. | ||
| Empty Carriages | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar | 2 carriages. | ||
| Empty Carriages | Mullingar - Dublin Connolly | 1 carriage. | ||
| Royal Canal Festival | Dublin Connolly - Maynooth - Enfield - Maynooth - Dublin Connolly - Maynooth - Enfield - Maynooth - Dublin Connolly | |||
| Royal Canal Festival | Dublin Connolly - Maynooth - Enfield - Maynooth - Dublin Connolly - Maynooth - Enfield - Maynooth - Dublin Connolly | |||
| Midsummer Night's Steam | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar & return | The first of what became a traditional operation in the RPSI's annual calendar. | ||
| Hills Of Donegal | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Londonderry & return | Connecting bus took passengers on a tour into Donegal. | ||
| Strawberry Fair | Dublin Connolly - Enniscorthy - Rosslare Harbour & return | |||
| Brake Test | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Londonderry & return | To establish that a vacuum-braked train running at line speed could stop between any given warning board and the road crossing. Test stops were done at Aughalish, Barmouth, Magilligan and Eglinton going out, and at Ballykelly. Clooney and Kellswater North coming back. An unscheduled event was at Ballyboyland, when the train struck a herd of cows wandering on the line. There were two bovine fatalities! | ||
| 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 | |||
| Portrush Flyer | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Portrush - Coleraine - Castlerock - Coleraine - Portrush - Belfast YR - Whitehead | |||
| Sea Breeze | Dublin Connolly - Wexford - Rosslare Harbour & return | |||
| Private Charter | Dublin Pearse - Wicklow - Greystones - Dublin Pearse | Radio Telefís Éireann charter. A special held during the European Broadcasting Union's annual conference, which in 1992 was hosted by RTÉ. | ||
| Film Contract | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Castlerock - Downhill - Castlerock - Downhill - Castlerock - Belfast YR - Whitehead | NIR gave permission for running between Castlerock and Downhill (including propelling) without having to go through to Londonderry. | ||
| Maynooth Shuttles | Dublin Connolly - Maynooth & return (x3) | |||
| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Clonsilla (x3) | No.461 + 8 carriages worked from Connolly. Trains ran round in Boston Yard. Returned to Connolly afterwards. Train was to work to Maynooth, but rescheduled to Clonsilla to save undue stress on recently repaired driving axleboxes on locomotive. | ||
| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Yorkgate Yorkgate - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Yorkgate - Whitehead |
First ever mainline Whitehead-based Santa train and first public steam train into the newly opened Belfast Yorkgate station. | ||
| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Clonsilla (x3) | The trips were scheduled for Maynooth but worked only to Clonsilla to save stress on recently repaired driving axleboxes | ||
| Private Charter | Whitehead - Yorkgate - Whitehead - Yorkgate - Whitehead | DOE NI charter. | ||
| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Maynooth (x3) | |||
| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Maynooth (x3) | |||
| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Yorkgate Yorkgate - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Yorkgate - Whitehead |