Train Dates for 2005.
(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 |
| Coiley Award | Whitehead - Belfast Central - Lisburn - Bangor - Belfast Central - Whitehead | Billed as a celebration of the HRA's Coiley Award for No.186, but actually a trip for driver assessment. | ||
| Clearance Run | Whitehead - Belfast YR - Coleraine - Belfast Central - Lisburn | A Halcrow trip, plus brake test for Mk2 301. When at Central, loco ran light engine to GVS for turning. Train stabled at Lisburn due to Larne line closure for relaying. | ||
| Good Friday Special | Dublin Pearse - Arklow & return | Run to Arklow from Dublin Pearse due to the DASH line closures. | ||
| Easter Bunny | Lisburn - Belfast Central - Antrim & return (x2) | |||
| Private Charter | ECS: Lisburn - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Cultra ECS: Cultra - Bangor - Belfast Central - Lisburn |
British Institute of Neurologists, Central to Cultra single journey. | ||
| Public Charter | ECS: Lisburn - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Bangor & return (x3) ECS: Belfast Central - Lisburn |
Titanic special charter by Belfast City Council. | ||
| Stamp Launch | Dublin Connolly | Light steam for launch of An Post's stamps commemorating 150 years of the Dublin to Belfast mainline. | ||
| Private Charter | ECS: Lisburn - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Cultra ECS: Cultra - Bangor - Belfast Central - Lisburn |
British Transplant Society, Central to Cultra single journey. | ||
| Sea Breeze | Dublin Pearse - Wexford - Rosslare Harbour & return | Starting from Pearse due to DASH. | ||
| Private Charter | ECS: Lisburn - Botanic Botanic - Belfast Central - Cultra ECS: Cultra - Bangor - Belfast Central - Lisburn |
NITB, Central to Cultra single journey. | ||
| Suir Valley (Fringe) | Lisburn - Belfast Central - Dublin Connolly | Loco and carriage transfer, return by service train. First visit to Dublin by No.186 since 28th May 1979. |
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| Suir Valley (Fringe) | Dublin Connolly - Rosslare Harbour - Waterford | |||
| Suir Valley | Dublin Pearse - Rosslare Harbour - Waterford | |||
| Suir Valley | Waterford - Limerick Junction - Limerick - Tipperary - Waterford | |||
| Suir Valley | Waterford - Kildare - Dublin Connolly - Belfast Central | |||
| Suir Valley (Fringe) | Waterford - Rosslare Harbour - Dublin Connolly | |||
| Private Charter | Dublin Pearse - Wicklow & return | |||
| Film Contract | Inchicore - Tralee | Positioning for "The Wind That Shakes The Barley".. | ||
| Film Contract | Tralee - Killarney | Filming for "The Wind That Shakes The Barley". | ||
| Film Contract | Killarney - Inchicore | Positioning for "The Wind That Shakes The Barley".. | ||
| Volunteer Open Day | Whitehead | |||
| Three Cities | 4: Lisburn - Dublin Connolly 186: Dublin Connolly - Belfast Central - Lisburn |
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| Film Contract | Dublin Pearse | Filming for "Lassie" centred mainly around coaches 1142, 88 and 1916. | ||
| Causeway Coast | Lisburn - Belfast Central - Templepatrick - Portrush - Crumlin - Belfast Central - Lisburn | Return trip via Antrim branch to turn train after "Suir Valley" railtour. | ||
| Steam & Jazz | Lisburn - Portadown - Belfast Central - Lisburn | A mechanical difficulty with the locomotive meant that the starting point was Lisburn, passengers travelling on the service train from Belfast Central. | ||
| Private Charter | Athlone - Galway & return | Loco + Irish Rail coaches for a Permanent Way Institute charter. | ||
| Steam & Jazz | Lisburn - Belfast Central - Portadown - Belfast Central - Lisburn | |||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Steam & Jazz | Lisburn - Belfast Central - Portadown - Belfast central - Lisburn | |||
| Mid-Summer Night's Steam | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar & return | |||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Film Contract | Dublin Connolly | In steam for a photo-shoot for the new book "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince". | ||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Midlander | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar - Longford - Mullingar - Dublin Connolly | Operated with 6 Cravens and a van as the RPSI set de-railed in Connolly yard. | ||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Ballast Contract | Whitehead - Greenisland | Moved by low-loader in light steam to start work on Larne line relaying contract for Amec Spie. | ||
| Portrush Flyer | Lisburn - Belfast Central - Portrush - Ballymoney - Portrush - Belfast Central - Lisburn | |||
| Portrush Flyer | Lisburn - Belfast Central - Portrush - Ballymoney - Portrush - Belfast Central - Lisburn | |||
| Private Charter | ECS: Lisburn - Yorkgate Yorkgate - Belfast Central - Cultra ECS: Cultra - Bangor & return Cultra - Belfast Central - Yorkgate ECS: Yorkgate - Lisburn |
VE Day charter to Cultra by Mount Vernon Community Association. | ||
| Public Charter | Dublin Heuston - Tullamore Tullamore - Athlone & return (x2) Tullamore - Dublin Heuston |
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| Bangor Belle | Lisburn - Bangor - Belfast Central - Bangor - Lisburn - Bangor - Lisburn | No.186's tender derailed while entering the loop platform at Lisburn after the second trip to Bangor. | ||
| Private Charter | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar & return | Charter for International Police Association. | ||
| Boyne Bridge 150 | Dublin Connolly - Drogheda Drogheda - Dundalk & return (x3) Drogheda - Dublin Connolly |
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| European Heritage Day | Whitehead train rides & site tours | |||
| Broomstick Belle | Lisburn - Belfast Central - Antrim & return (x3) | |||
| Greystones 150 | Dublin Connolly - Greystones Greystones - Wicklow & return (x3) Greystones - Dublin Connolly |
Operated by Irish Rail. | ||
| Private Charter | ECS: Lisburn - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Cultra ECS: Cultra - Bangor |
Invest NI Company, Central to Cultra single journey. Train stabled in Bangor middle road due to driver running out of hours. |
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| Private Charter | Bangor - Belfast Central - Lisburn | Return leg of 15/11/2005 trip. | ||
| Santa Special | Lisburn - Ballymena - Coleraine & return Coleraine - Castlerock & return (x2) |
One Santa train operated from Ballymena (one-way, return by NIR) and two from Coleraine. | ||
| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Maynooth & return (x3) | No.4 plus 3 Cravens and 5 RPSI coaches plus van. | ||
| Santa Special | Lisburn - Belfast Central - Antrim & return (x3) | |||
| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Maynooth & return (x3) | |||
| Ballast Contract | Whitehead | No.3 "R.H. Smyth" returned to Whitehead off the main line under its own steam at the close of the project. | ||
| Santa Special | Lisburn - Belfast Central - Antrim & return (x2) | No.186 failed with a hot big end at Antrim. GM 111 hauled train back to Lisburn. No.186 returned to Lisburn via Crumlin. | ||
| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Maynooth & return (x3) | |||
| Santa Special | Lisburn - Belfast Central - Antrim & return (x3) | Operated by NIR 80-class railcar. | ||
| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Maynooth & return (x3) | |||
| Santa Special | Lisburn - Belfast Central - Antrim & return (x2) | Operated by NIR 80-class railcar. | ||
| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Maynooth & return (x3) | |||
| Santa Special | Lisburn - Belfast Central - Antrim & return (x3) | Operated by NIR 80-class railcar. |