Train Dates for 2001.
(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 |
| ECS | Belfast YR - Whitehead | Loco plus coaches hauled by NIR loco after being trapped by landslide at Christmas. | ||
| Private Charter | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast GVS Belfast GVS - Whitehead & return ECS: Belfast GVS - Whitehead |
Cancer research. No.85 failed and the train was hauled by GM 111. | ||
| Proving Run | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Bleach Green - Ballymena - Antrim - Lisburn - Belfast Central - Belfast GVS | |||
| Private Charter | ECS: Belfast GVS - Botanic Botanic - Cultra ECS: Cultra - Bangor & return Cultra - Belfast GVS ECS: Belfast GVS - Whitehead |
British Fertility Society. | ||
| Good Friday Special | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar & return | |||
| Engine Movement | Dublin Connolly - Bangor - Belfast Central - Whitehead | Proving run on the Bangor line. | ||
| Easter Bunny | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Bangor & return Diesel: Belfast Central - Bangor LE: Belfast Central - Belfast YR - Belfast Central - Bangor Bangor - Belfast Central ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
Problems with the water supply sent No.461 light engine to York Road and thence to Bangor. An NIR diesel hauled the second trip to Bangor. This was No.461's final operation before overhaul. |
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| Proving | 171: Whitehead - Belfast Central - Coleraine 171 LE: Coleraine - Portrush - Coleraine 171: Coleraine - Londonderry - Belfast Central - Whitehead |
Proving run for May railtour. | ||
| Running-In | Whitehead - Carrickfergus & return (x5) | First outings since overhaul, all light engine. | ||
| Gauging Run | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Antrim - Yorkgate - Whitehead - Carrickfergus - Larne Harbour - Whitehead | Gauging for Bleach Green to Antrim opening. | ||
| Running-In | Whitehead - Carrickfergus - Whitehead - Yorkgate - Carrickfergus - Yorkgate - Whitehead | |||
| Belfast & Northern Counties | 4: Whitehead - Belfast GVS - Bangor - Lisburn - Antrim - Ballymena - Antrim - Lisburn - Larne Harbour - Whitehead 85: Whitehead - Yorkgate - Whiteabbey - Ballymena - Antrim - Lisburn - Belfast GVS - Whitehead |
The last occasion when RPSI wooden-bodied stock carried passengers on any part of the Belfast to Dublin main line. | ||
| Belfast & Northern Counties | Whitehead - Belfast GVS - Portrush - Coleraine - Londonderry - Belfast GVS - Whitehead | The first ever non-stop steam run from Great Victoria Street to Portrush. | ||
| Engine Transfer | Whitehead - Dublin Connolly | |||
| Steam & Jazz | Whitehead - Belfast GVS - Whitehead - Lisburn - Whitehead | |||
| Dublin Area Shuttle | Dublin Connolly - Maynooth & return Dublin Connolly - Greystones & return Dublin Connolly - Maynooth & return |
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| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Schools Day | Whitehead train rides & site tours | |||
| Private Charter | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast GVS Belfast GVS - Antrim - Mossley West - Belfast GVS ECS: Belfast GVS - Whitehead |
NIR Bleach Green - Antrim launch. | ||
| Private Charter | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Antrim - Belfast Central (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
NIR Bleach Green - Antrim launch for employees. | ||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Steam & Jazz | Whitehead - Belfast Central -Whitehead - Lisburn - Whitehead | |||
| Midsummer Night's Steam | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar & return | Train stopped at Maynooth to shunt and remove dining car 88 from the train with a hot axlebox. | ||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Film Contract | Inchicore | Coach 1463 filmed for Cake, a TV production for TG4. | ||
| Strawberry Fair | Dublin Connolly - Enniscorthy - Rosslare Harbour & return | |||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Portrush Flyer | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Portrush - Coleraine - Castlerock - Coleraine - Portrush - Belfast Central - Whitehead | |||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Sea Breeze | Dublin Connolly - Wexford - Rosslare Harbour & return | |||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Portrush Flyer | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Portrush - Coleraine - Castlerock - Coleraine - Portrush - Belfast Central - Whitehead | |||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Portrush Flyer | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Portrush - Coleraine - Castlerock - Coleraine - Portrush - Belfast Central - Whitehead | |||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Dublin Area Shuttle | Dublin Connolly - Maynooth & return Dublin Connolly - Greystones & return Dublin Connolly - Maynooth & return |
Diner 88 again ran hot and was once again left at Maynooth. | ||
| Private Charter | Dublin Connolly - Greystones & return | Incentive group private charter. | ||
| European Heritage Open Day | Whitehead train rides & site tours | |||
| Steam Enterprise | LE: Whitehead - Belfast GVS Belfast GVS - Dublin Connolly & return LE: Belfast GVS - Whitehead |
IÉ Cravens hired. | ||
| Clearance Test | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Londonderry & return | Light engine. | ||
| Atlantic Coast Express | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Londonderry - Coleraine - Londonderry - Belfast Central - Whitehead | |||
| Public Charter | ECS: Dublin Connolly - Leixlip Leixlip - Enfield & return ECS: Leixlip - Clonsilla & return Leixlip - Enfield & return ECS: Leixlip - Clonsilla & return Leixlip - Enfield & return ECS: Leixlip - Dublin Connolly |
Charter to Leixlip Town Commissioners. | ||
| Broomstick Belle | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Empty Carriages | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Londonderry | Positioning for Santa trains. The NIR crew stayed overnight at Londonderry! |
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| Santa Special | Londonderry - Castlerock & return (x2) Londonderry - Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Santa Special | Dublin Connolly - Bray & return (x3) | |||
| Santa Special | Dublin Connolly - Bray & return (x2) | |||
| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) Belfast Central - Carrickfergus & return ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Santa Special | Dublin Connolly - Bray & return (x3) | |||
| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) Belfast Central - Carrickfergus & return 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 |
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| Engine Transfer | Downpatrick - Whitehead | The Guinness engine returned by low-loader after 12 years on the Downpatrick Railway. |