Dates 1994

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Train Dates for 1994.

(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.)

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Date Train/Operation Loco Itinerary/Route Special Notes
27/03
 Running-In
171
 Whitehead - Larne Harbour - Whitehead (x2) Light engine.
02/04
 Easter Bunny
171
 ECS: Whitehead - Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus - Larne Harbour & return (x2)
ECS: Carrickfergus - Carrickfergus		  
04/04
 Easter Bunny
171
 ECS: Whitehead - Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus - Larne Harbour & return (x2)
ECS: Carrickfergus - Carrickfergus		  
23/04
 Thank You Special
461
 Dublin Connolly - Mullingar & return A running-in trip used to thank members and outside parties who had worked for or supported the Society. By special invitation.
30/04
 Stock Movement
171
 Whitehead - Yorkgate - Antrim - Lisburn - Belfast CSD Due to a hot axlebox 171 did not proceed to Dublin as intended. She returned to Whitehead for repair and the train was diesel-hauled to Bangor for stabling. The carriages were diesel-hauled to Dublin on 7 May.
11/05
 Engine Transfer
171
 Whitehead - Bleach Green Junction - Antrim - Lisburn - Dublin Connolly Bleach Green emergency crossover used.
14/05
 Lough Atalia
171, 461
 461+171: Dublin Connolly - Enfield
461: Enfield - Edgeworthstown - Mullingar
171 LE: Enfield - Mullingar
171+461: Mullingar - Athenry
461: Athenry - Galway
171 LE: Athenry - Galway		  
15/05
 Lough Atalia
171, 461
 171+461: Galway - Athenry
461: Athenry - Ennis - Athenry - Mullingar - Dublin Connolly
171 LE: Athenry - Mullingar - Dublin Connolly		 Hot big end on No.171 at Athenry so sent on light engine.
16/05
 Lough Atalia
461
 Dublin Connolly - Navan - Drogheda - Dundalk - Lisburn - Antrim - Yorkgate - Whitehead Cravens to Dundalk, RPSI set thereafter.
29/05
 Royal Canal Festival
171
 Dublin Connolly - Maynooth - Enfield - Maynooth - Dublin Connolly - Maynooth - Enfield - Maynooth - Dublin Connolly  
04/06
 Stock Movement
171, 461
 461+4: Whitehead - Yorkgate - Antrim - Lisburn - Dundalk
171+3: Dublin Connolly - Dundalk
171+5: Dundalk - Lisburn - Antrim -Whitehead
461+2 ECS: Dundalk - Dublin Connolly		  
05/06
 Classic Carrick
171
 ECS: Whitehead - Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus - Larne Harbour & return (x2)
ECS: Carrickfergus - Carrickfergus		  
11/06
 Private Charter
171
 Whitehead - Yorkgate - Greenisland - Larne Harbour - Greenisland - Yorkgate - Whitehead Charter for Greenisland golf club.
11/06
 Midsummer Night's Steam
461
 Dublin Connolly - Mullingar & return  
24/06
 Steam & Jazz
171
 Whitehead - Yorkgate - Larne Harbour - Carrickfergus - Magheramorne Loop - Yorkgate - Whitehead  
02/07
 Strawberry Fair
461
 Dublin Connolly - Enniscorthy - Rosslare Harbour & return  
16/07
 Portrush Flyer
171
 Whitehead - Yorkgate - Portrush - Coleraine - Castlerock - Coleraine - Portrush - Yorkgate - Whitehead  
23/07
 Sea Breeze
461
 Dublin Connolly - Wexford - Rosslare Harbour & return  
30/07
 Portrush Flyer
171
 Whitehead - Yorkgate - Portrush - Coleraine - Castlerock - Coleraine - Portrush - Yorkgate - Whitehead  
13/08
 Portrush Flyer
171
 Whitehead - Yorkgate - Portrush - Coleraine - Castlerock - Coleraine - Portrush - Yorkgate - Whitehead  
20/08
 Sea Breeze
461
 Dublin Connolly - Wexford - Rosslare Harbour & return  
27/08
 Portrush Flyer
171
 Whitehead - Yorkgate - Portrush - Coleraine - Castlerock - Coleraine - Portrush - Yorkgate - Whitehead  
04/09
 Running-In
85
 LE: Whitehead - Carrickfergus & return
85+4B: Whitehead - Carrickfergus - Larne Harbour - Yorkgate - Whitehead		 No.85 now running with tender No.73, off a 1948 GNR U class 4-4-0.
11/09
 Greystones Shuttle
461
 Dublin Connolly - Greystones & return (x3)  
17/09
 Atlantic Coast Express
85, 171
 17: Whitehead - Yorkgate
85 LE: Whitehead - Yorkgate
171+85: Yorkgate - Londonderry - Yorkgate - Whitehead		  
19/11
 Private Charter
461
 Dublin Connolly - Greystones
Greystones - Wicklow - Greystones (x2)
Greystones - Dublin Connolly		 To celebrate 100 years of La Touche Hotel, Greystones.
04/12
 Santa Special
85
 ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central
Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2)
ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead		 The first steam working across the newly opened cross-harbour link between Yorkgate and Lagan Junction over the Dargan Bridge.
04/12
 Santa Special
461
 Dublin Pearse - Maynooth (x3)  
10/12
 Santa Special
85
 ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central
Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2)
ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead		  
11/12
 Santa Special
85
 ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central
Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2)
ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead		  
11/12
 Santa Special
461
 Dublin Pearse - Maynooth (x3)  
17/12
 Santa Special
171
 ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central
Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2)
ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead		  
18/12
 Santa Special
85
 ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central
Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2)
ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead