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Railtour Archive

Detailed below is a list of all railtours that have been operated by the Irish Traction Group and its trading subsidiary ITG Railtours Limited, together with a list of each locomotive to have worked that particular railtour.

All the tours have itineraries, copies of the tour brochure (if one was printed) and a copy of the commemorative ticket. Some of the tours have photographs of locomotives working the trains. It is intended to show at least one picture on all the locomotives on each tour. There are a number of tours where we do not have pictures these are shown in orange in the table below. If you have a missing locomotive picture you would be able to let the ITG use please email them to:

 
Date Name of Train Locomotives
10/09/89  Bangor Belle   101, 104.
07/10/89  Irish MV  016, 103, 108, 106.
21/04/90 Hunslet Farewell  113, 111, 101.
22/07/90    Clockwork Orange 001, 132 + 134, 072, 112, 143*, 123 + 185, 155 + 188.
17/11/90  Last Resort   112, 102, 101, 071 + 111.
09/03/91  Beet Route 104, 027, 056.
12/10/91 Bridge To Far  144 + 164, 035, 124 + 134.
07/03/92  Cobh Rambler   159, 051.
22/08/92  Mini MV  105.     
24/10/92 Sligo Avoider  150, 053.
03/04/93  Mystery Train   158, 054, 005, 121 + 127.
23/10/93  Bell Viewer 012, 051, 049, 036.
20/08/94 Western Ranger   015, 177.
26/11/94 Beet Campaigner 036, 039.
08/04/95 Tuam Freightliner   202, 131 + 172, 185*
15/07/95  Early Bird  124 + 131, 112, 187*
07/10/95 Flying Pig 185*, 088, 003#, 130 + 166, 190.
23/03/96   Yankee Explorer 170*, 112 + 111, 130 + 135, 102, 208 + 209, 081.
19/10/96  Europort & Lemon 084, 112.
12/04/97 Translink Adventurer   166*, 082, 155 + 177, 111, 113.
08/11/97  Western Venturer  152*, 081, 141 + 173.
04/04/98 Herman Munster 160*, 077, 149, 079, 133 + 134, 183, 176 + 187, 151*.
03/10/98   Whistling Yankee    185*, 123 + 131, 111, 141.
23/01/99  Silver Cloud 149*, 039.
27/03/99  Back In Black 170*, 039.
12/06/99 Mayo Metro-Vick   145*, 039, 003, 166, 181*.
09/10/99  Leitrim Leprechaun   187*, 039.
08/04/00 Queenstown Rambler  141*, 173 + 181, 127 + 134.
07/10/00 Tipperary Trekker 166*, 127 + 129, 123 + 151.
10/03/01 West’s Awake 185*, 127 + 135, 081, 123 + 133, 073.
13/04/02  Travelling In Hope    072, 141 + 184.
12/10/02   Non-Exec. Director 076, 147 + 169, 128 + 133.
22/03/03 Branch-Liner  077, 151 + 134.
11/10/03  Southern Comfort 112, 147 + 163, 144, 175, 162 + 186.
03/04/04    Galway Galloper  124 + 145, 153 + 170.
09/10/04   Suir Thing  085, 159 + 186.
16/04/05  Beyond the Pale 149 + 156, 124 + 162, 151 + 162.
08/10/05 Plan C   160 + 162, 145 + 153.
08/04/06   Portrush Thumper  80 Class railcar set.
14/10/06  Supertrain       080, 171 + 192, 124 + 134.
31/03/07 The Docklands Pioneer 233, 152 + 190, 146 + 189
16/02/08 The Irish Mail D1015
24/05/08 The Cross Border (Plan B) 111, 80 class railcar set, 450 class railcar set
05/12/09 The White Rose D1015
06/03/10 The 141 Class Farewell 078
     

*              Dublin Heuston - Islandbridge Jnc and/or Islandbridge Jnc - Dublin Heuston

#              Limerick - Limerick Check and Limerick Check - Limerick

 

Railtours up to and including the “Flying Pig” railtour on 7th October 1995 were organised by the Irish Traction Group (with the exception of the “Clockwork Orange” railtour on 22nd July 1990 which was jointly organised with Southern Railtours Limited). All railtours that operated between the “Yankee Explorer” railtour on 23rd March 1996 and the “White Rose” railtour on 5th December 2009 were organised by ITG Railtours Limited, the trading subsidiary of the Irish Traction Group. On 31st December 2009 ITG Railtours Limited ceased to trade, and railtours since the “141 Class Farewell” railtour on 6th March 2010 were once again organised by the Irish Traction Group. 

In addition to the above, the Irish Traction Group and ITG Railtours Limited between them have also organised five visits to the Downpatrick & Co. Down Railway on which the following ex. CIE diesel locomotives have been used to operate special services:

08/10/95   Shuttles E432, G613, G617.
20/10/96  Shuttles G611, G613, G617.
09/04/00 Shuttles G611, G613, G617.
17/04/05 Shuttles   E421, G611, G613.
07/03/10 Shuttles   A39, E421, G617.

Furthermore, on 13th November 1999, the Irish Traction Group operated a special train in connection with the Group’s 10th Annual General Meeting. This special train was not advertised to the general public and was only open to attendees of the AGM and invited guests. As such, it was not deemed to be a railtour and is therefore not included in the above list. The special train ran from Dublin Heuston to Wicklow and back, and was hauled by locomotive No. A39.

Including the four visits to the Downpatrick & Co. Down Railway, a total of 97 different Irish diesel locomotives and 1 "BR" diesel locomotive have appeared on the railtours.  A class by class summary of these locomotives is given below.

NIR/NI Railways Locomotives

101 Class 101, 102, 103.
104 Class 104, 105, 106, 108.
111 Class 111, 112, 113.
208 Class 208, 209.

CIE/IR/IE Locomotives 

001 Class 001, 003, 005, 012, 015, 016, 027, 035, 036, 039, 049, 051, 053, 054, 056.
071 Class 071, 072, 073, 076, 077, 078, 079, 080, 081, 082, 084, 085, 088.
121 Class 121, 123, 124, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135.
141 Class 141, 143*, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 155, 156, 158, 159, 160, 162, 163, 164, 166, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 175, 176, 177.
181 Class 181, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 192.
201 Class 202, 233.
421 Class E421, E432.
611 Class G611, G613, G617.

*              Dublin Heuston - Islandbridge Junction only

"BR" Locomotives

Class 52 D1015

 

 

Date last updated: 08 March 2010