Railtours & Events - Irish Traction Group

Over a 21 year period, the Irish Traction Group operated 45 railtours. Regrettably, these ceased when the cost of running the tours became prohibitive, and the ITG working members focused on locomotive restoration, operation and maintenance instead.

The table below lists all railtours that were operated by the Irish Traction Group and its trading subsidiary, ITG Railtours Limited, together with a list of each locomotive to have worked the tour. Other events such as diesel galas are also included.

Date	Event name	Traction
September 10, 1989	Bangor Belle	101, 104
October 7, 1989	Irish MV	016, 103, 108, 106
April 21, 1990	Hunslet Farewell	113, 111, 101
July 22, 1990	Clockwork Orange	001, 132+134, 072
November 17, 1990	Last Resort	112, 102, 101, 071+111
March 9, 1991	Beet Route	104, 027, 056
October 12, 1991	Bridge Too Far	144+164, 035, 124+134
March 7, 1992	Cobh Rambler	159, 051
August 22, 1992	Mini MV	105
October 21, 1992	Sligo Avoider	150, 053
April 3, 1993	Mystery Train	158, 054, 005, 121+127
October 23, 1993	Bell Viewer	012, 051, 049, 036
August 20, 1994	Western Ranger	015, 177
November 26, 1994	Beet Campaigner	036, 039
January 7, 1995	Flying Pig	185, 088, 003, 130+166, 190
April 8, 1995	Tuam Freightliner	202, 131+172, 185
July 15, 1995	Early Bird	124+131, 112, 187
March 23, 1996	Yankee Explorer	170, 112+111, 130+135, 102, 208+209, 081
October 19, 1996	Europort & Lemon	084, 112
April 12, 1997	Translink Adventurer	166, 082, 155+177, 111, 113
November 8, 1997	Western Venturer	152, 081, 141+173
April 4, 1998	Herman Munster	160, 077, 149, 079, 133+134, 183, 176+187, 151
October 3, 1998	Whistling Yankee	185, 123+131, 111, 141
January 23, 1999	Silver Cloud	149, 039
March 27, 1999	Back in Black	170, 039
June 12, 1999	Mayo Metro Vick	145, 039, 003, 166, 181
October 9, 1999	Leitrim Leprechaun	187, 039
April 9, 2000	Queenstown Rambler	141, 173+181, 127+134
October 7, 2000	Tipperary Trekker	166, 127+129, 123+151
March 10, 2001	West’s Awake	185, 127+135, 081, 123+133, 073
April 13, 2002	Travelling in Hope	072, 141+184
October 12, 2002	Non-exec Director	076, 147+169, 128+133
March 22, 2003	Branch Liner	077, 151+134
October 11, 2003	Southern Comfort	112, 147+163, 144, 175, 162+186
April 3, 2004	Galway Galloper	124+145, 153+170
October 9, 2004	Suir Thing	085, 159+186
April 16, 2005	Beyond the Pale	149+156, 124+162, 151+162
October 8, 2005	Plan C	160+162, 145+153
April 8, 2006	Portrush Thumper	83+780+754+734+779+89
October 14, 2006	Supertrain	080, 171+192, 124+134
March 31, 2007	The Docklands Pioneer	233, 152+190, 146+189
February 16, 2008	The Irish Mail	D1015
May 24, 2008	The Cross Border (Plan B)	111, 89+733+738+69, 455+795+785
December 5, 2009	The White Rose	D1015
March 6, 2010	The 141 Class Farewell	078
November 18, 2012	2012 Diesel Gala	146, A39, G611, G617, RB3, Tamper
October 18, 2014	25th Anniversary Diesel Gala	146, A39, C231, G611, G617, 458
October 12, 2019	30th Anniversary Diesel Gala	146, A39R, C231, G617, 69+749
January 7, 2023	DCDR Diesel Gala	A39R, 146, G617, 458