The railtour departed Belfast Central on time with locomotive No. 111 hauling Gatwick coaches Nos. 8946 + 8945 + 8941 + 8942 + Generator Van No. 8911 for the first leg of the railtour to Dublin Connolly and back again to Belfast Central. At Belfast Central there was a cross platform connection into the four-piece “80”80 class set formed of vehicles Nos. 8089 + 8733 + 8738 + 8069. The railcar set then operated the Belfast Central to Ballymena (via Bleach Green Junction), Ballymena to Lisburn (via Antrim) and Lisburn to Whitehead RPSI platform as booked. At Whitehead, the railtour participants were given an escorted tour around the RPSI’s depot. 

The “80”80 class railcar set then departed Whitehead RPSI platform on time at 15:35, but only managed to get as far as Whitehead NIR station where it was declared a total failure after the brakes seized on in power car No. 8089. Passengers were then asked to disembark from the train and transfer over to the opposite platform to await a replacement railcar set to arrive. The set concerned was “8”450 Castle class set Nos. 8455 + 8795 + 8785, which had been laying over at Carrickfergus station waiting to operate the 16:30 Carrickfergus to Belfast Central service. This set ran empty to Whitehead to pick up the railtour passengers, and then ran non-stop back to Carrickfergus to resume its booked working to Belfast Central, albeit running late. At Belfast Central railtour passengers transferred back onto the Gatwick set, again hauled by locomotive No. 111, for the final leg of the railtour to Dublin Connolly and back again to Belfast Central. The train departed Belfast Central approximately 30 minutes late, but arrived only around 15 minutes late at Dublin Connolly.