RPSI main line steam returns in Northern Ireland
Although society says there will be no Dublin steam this year.
THE first public steam-hauled trains to be operated by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (RPSI) in almost two years ran on October 30/31, heralding a return to main line operation on the Northern Ireland network.
GNR(I) ‘Q’ 4-4-0 No. 131 had the honour of working the RPSI’s first trains since December 21, 2019, having initially ventured back onto the network on October 2 to work a series of light engine and Empty Coaching Stock (ECS) runs between Whitehead, Carrickfergus and Greenisland.