Train Dates for 1999.
(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 |
| Private Charter | 85 ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central 85: Belfast Central - Carrickfergus 85 ECS: Carrickfergus - Whitehead 171 ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central - Bangor - Belfast Central - Carrickfergus 171: Carrickfergus - Belfast Central 171 ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
Scouting Association charter. Route clearance to Bangor between passenger runs. |
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| Good Friday Special | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar & return | |||
| Easter Bunny | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Engine Transfer | Whitehead - Dublin Connolly | |||
| Dundalk 150 | 85 LE: Whitehead - Belfast GVS 85: Belfast GVS - Dundalk - Drogheda - Dundalk - Dublin Connolly 171: Dublin Connolly - Dundalk - Poyntzpass - Dundalk - Belfast GVS 171 LE: Belfast GVS - Whitehead |
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| Saint Munchin | 461 ECS: Dublin Heuston - Ballybrophy 85: Dublin Heuston - Ballybrophy 85 LE: Ballybrophy - Limerick Junction 461: Ballybrophy - Nenagh -Limerick - Ennis - Limerick 461 ECS: Limerick - Limerick Junction |
RPSI Dublin set was used except for Cravens on the Cork main line. No.461 and train were diesel-hauled from Limerick to Limerick Junction. |
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| Saint Munchin | 85: Limerick Junction - Dublin Connolly - Belfast Central 85 LE: Belfast Central - Whitehead 461 ECS: Limerick Junction - Dublin Heuston 461 LE: Dublin Heuston - Inchicore |
RPSI Dublin set was used except for Cravens on the Cork main line. Passengers bussed to the Junction due to an engineer's possession. |
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| Saint Munchin | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Lisburn - Antrim - Castlerock - Antrim - Lisburn - Belfast Central - Whitehead | |||
| Film Contract | Dublin Pearse | Static filming for "Norah Barnacle" at Dublin Pearse, representing Galway. Filming involved only coach 1142. | ||
| Private Charter | Dublin Connolly - Greystones & return | Charter for an incentive group from Holland. | ||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Schools Day | Whitehead train rides & site tours | |||
| Schools Day | Whitehead train rides & site tours | |||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Steam & Jazz | Whitehead - Belfast Central -Carrickfergus - Central - Bangor - Belfast Central - Whitehead | |||
| Mid-Summer Night's Steam | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar & return | |||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Inchicore Open Day | Inchicore | In steam for an open day at Inchicore works. | ||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Strawberry Fair | Dublin - Enniscorthy - Rosslare Harbour & return | |||
| Private Charter | Dublin Connolly - Rathdrum ECS: Rathdrum - Arklow & return Rathdrum - Dublin Connolly |
For the Royal Society of Chemists annual conference at TCD. | ||
| Sea Breeze | Dublin - Wexford - Rosslare Harbour & return | |||
| Open Day | Whitehead train rides & site tours | |||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Bangor Belle | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Bangor & return (x3) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
Belfast Central Railway was severed for engineering work so no "Portrush Flyer" operations. | ||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Sea Breeze | Dublin - Wexford - Rosslare Harbour & return | |||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Bangor Belle | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Bangor & return (x4) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Sea Breeze | Dublin - Wexford - Rosslare Harbour & return | |||
| European Heritage Open Day | Whitehead train rides & site tours | |||
| Atlantic Coast Express | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Lisburn - Antrim - Londonderry - Antrim - Lisburn - Belfast Central | Due to serious delays the engine ran out of coal at Ballymena and was piloted into Belfast by an NIR GM diesel. | ||
| Private Charter | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Cultra - Bangor & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
NIR Family Day at Cultra. | ||
| Engine Transfer | LE: Whitehead - Inchicore | |||
| Engine Transfer | LE: Inchicore - Limerick Junction | |||
| Cork 150 | Limerick Junction - Cork & return | Private charter by Irish Rail of train (5 Mk2d coaches and generator van), possibly the heaviest load ever handled by an unassisted four-coupled engine out of Cork. | ||
| Engine Transfer | LE: Limerick Junction - Dublin Connolly - Whitehead | |||
| Broomstick Belle | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Ghost Train | LE: Dublin Connolly - Enniscorthy Enniscorthy - Wexford Quays - Rosslare Harbour |
Five flat wagons with open sided containers and goods brake van. Three of the wagons were equipped with stage sets, and the other two with generator and sound desk. The train made three stops along Wexford Quays for a series of ghostly acts involving vampires, demented scientists and assorted ghouls! Following a spectacular firework display, the actors detrained and the now empty wagons and brake van worked to Rosslare to stable. | ||
| Engine Transfer | Rosslare Harbour - Dublin Connolly. | |||
| Private Charter | Dublin Heuston - Islandbridge - Dublin Connolly - Wicklow & return | Coach charter to the ITG. Two RPSI coaches with an IÉ heating van, hauled by preserved A class diesel A39 were used to work a special in connection with the Irish Transport Group's AGM. |
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| Christmas Shopper | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Lisburn - Antrim - Coleraine - Castlerock - Coleraine - Ballymoney - Coleraine - Antrim - Lisburn - Belfast Central - Whitehead | |||
| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Santa Special | Dublin Connolly - Greystones & return (x3) | |||
| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Santa Special | Dublin Connolly - Greystones & return (x3) | |||
| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) Belfast Central - Carrickfergus & return ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |