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No. 131’s main line return marks NIR half-century

NORTHERN Ireland Railways (NIR) celebrated 50 years of providing train services with a special steam excursion from Belfast Great Victoria Street to Whitehead Excursion Station on April 1.

The charter was hauled by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland’s recently restored GNR(I)‘Q’ 4-4-0 No. 131.

The event

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