Train Dates for 2008.
(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 |
| Easter Bunny | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Approval Run | 4 LE: Whitehead - Larne Harbour & return Diesel: Whitehead - Yorkgate & return 4: Whitehead - Yorkgate & return |
Acceptance tests on 462 and 547. 70mph proving on full carriage set (300, 301, 302, 462, 547) with GM. | ||
| Barrow Bridge | Whitehead - Dundalk - Dublin Connolly | Set ran empty to Dundalk because of restriction of SDL not yet fully certified. | ||
| Barrow Bridge | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar & return | |||
| Barrow Bridge | Dublin Connolly - Carlow - Waterford - Clonmel - Waterford | |||
| Barrow Bridge | Waterford - Rosslare - Dublin Connolly | Set ran empty between Rosslare Strand and Rosslare Harbour for gauging at new station. | ||
| Barrow Bridge | Dublin Connolly - Dundalk - Drogheda - Dundalk - Whitehead | Set ran empty north of Dundalk because of restriction of SDL not yet fully certified. | ||
| Sooty Face | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Steam & Jazz | Whitehead - Lisburn - Belfast Central - Ballymena - Antrim - Belfast Central - Whitehead | Visit to Lisburn was to run round at Central's busy period. | ||
| Steam & Jazz | Whitehead - Lisburn - Belfast Central - Ballymena - Antrim - Belfast Central - Whitehead | |||
| Film Contract | Whitehead | TG4 Irish language filming as part of programme looking at cookery in the local area. | ||
| Steam & Jazz | Whitehead - Lisburn - Belfast Central - Ballymena - Antrim - Belfast Central - Whitehead | |||
| Strawberries & Steam | 4: Whitehead - Belfast Central - Dublin Connolly 186: Dublin Connolly - Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Schools Day | Whitehead train rides | Both Whitehead primary schools visited. | ||
| Steam & Jazz | Whitehead - Lisburn - Belfast Central - Ballymena - Antrim - Belfast Central - Whitehead | |||
| Private Charter | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar - Enfield - Mullingar | Private "Narnia Express" charter by Belvedere House, Mullingar. | ||
| Private Charter | Mullingar - Dublin Connolly | Private "Narnia Express" charter by Belvedere House, Mullingar. | ||
| Sea Breeze | Dublin Connolly - Wexford - Rosslare Harbour & return | |||
| Whitehead Community Festival | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Sea Breeze | Dublin Connolly - Wexford - Rosslare Harbour & return | |||
| Bangor Belle | Whitehead - Portadown - Bangor & return | |||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| Bangor Belle | Whitehead - Lisburn Lisburn - Bangor & return (x2) Lisburn - Whitehead |
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| Sea Breeze | Dublin Connolly - Wexford - Rosslare Harbour & return | |||
| Summer Steam | Whitehead train rides | |||
| European Heritage Open Day | Whitehead train rides & site tours | |||
| Country Comes To Town | ECS: Whitehead - Lisburn Lisburn - Moira - Lurgan - Portadown & return (x3) ECS: Lisburn - Whitehead |
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| Engine Transfer | Dublin Connolly - Whitehead | Movement to Whitehead for valve repairs. | ||
| Dundalk Works 50 | 186+Mk2: Whitehead - Dundalk - Drogheda - Dundalk 186+Cravens: Dundalk - Dublin Connolly GM+Cravens: Dublin Connolly - Dundalk - Drogheda - Dundalk GM+Mk2: Dundalk - Whitehead |
NIR GM substituted for No.4. | ||
| Broomstick Belle | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Ghost Train | Dublin Connolly - Mullingar - Enfield - Mullingar - Dublin Connolly | |||
| Driver Assessment | Whitehead - Lisburn - Whitehead | 3 Mk2s and van. | ||
| Driver Assessment | Whitehead - Lisburn - Crumlin - Ballymena - Crumlin - Lisburn - Whitehead | 3 Mk2s and van. | ||
| Driver Assessment | Whitehead - Lisburn - Whitehead | 3 Mk2s and van. | ||
| Autumn Leaves | 4: Whitehead - Belfast Central - Dublin Connolly 186: Dublin Connolly - Belfast Central - Whitehead |
4 Mk2 and van. | ||
| Driver Training | Dublin Connolly - Maynooth - Dublin Pearse - Maynooth - Dublin Connolly | |||
| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Maynooth & return (x3) | |||
| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Portadown Portadown - Lisburn (x2) ECS: Portadown - Whitehead |
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| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Maynooth & return (x3) | |||
| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Maynooth & return (x3) | |||
| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Maynooth & return (x3) | |||
| Santa Special | Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) Belfast Central - Lisburn & return |
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| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Maynooth & return (x3) | |||
| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Santa Special | Dublin Pearse - Maynooth & return (x3) | |||
| Santa Special | ECS: Whitehead - Belfast Central Belfast Central - Whitehead & return (x2) ECS: Belfast Central - Whitehead |
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| Mulled Wine & Mince Pie | 186: Whitehead - Belfast Central - Dublin Connolly 4: Dublin Connolly - Belfast Central - Whitehead |