Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway 12/08/2017

[@271250cl]

I rode on this little railway when I was ten. I'm now 70. The same loco's run the line today, and they were quite old back in 1960! Remarkable.

[@bobcholawo6787]

I just found out there is nothing wrong in being 70 even if I would rather be 30 again. ..... I have similar steam adventure memories too. God bless you.

[@JasonMasters]

It pains my heart that I live almost on the other side of the globe and can't realistically travel that far to experience this fine little railway and those beautiful engines.

[@ronstarkronstark500]

You are not alone. But we can enjoy them here.

[@douglaspotter9963]

Where do you to live I live in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ronstarkronstark500]

Douglas Potter I live in Southern California!

[@wq6737]

Wunderschöne Lokomotiven, eine wunderschöne Eisenbahnanlage ebenso. Glückliches England für die Menschen die dieses Hobby pflegen. Das ist technische Kultur !

[@josephsdale3724]

Oh man, what wouldn't I give to own one of these beautiful machines!! Such an art to build and such a joy to watch!

[@PerkyNanaSnifters]

Lovely video of my favourite obsession. Have been an avid fan and supporter of the railway ever since I was born and spend as much time there as I can!

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

I'm not surprised. It has a very unique charm. I love going there when I get a chance, but being the other side of the South Coast, unfortunately that's few and far between.

[@ChrizRockster]

I'd say this is the best scale for steam locomotives as a hobby. All of them are so impressive, and its the same excitement from this scale as the full scale. Just superb engineering.

[@mitchellhogg4627]

ChrisWhite85 it's not a hobby...thats a full fledged railway that offers a daily service...

[@TABRO284]

What is this scale? I agree its nice

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Engines are approximately 1/3rd scale, running on 15" gauge track.

[@peterhunt2723]

What memories, we stayed at the Jolly Fisherman in Greatstones in 1949 and 1950 and I discovered this Railway, it must have cost my dad a fortune in fares for me. Last rode the line in 1975.

[@JBofBrisbane]

About two weeks before I lobbed in there. I hope to get back some day.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

That’s a fantastic video

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Cheers

[@jazzman1626]

I watched the other video of the origins of this railway, the film mede in 1978. It’s fantastic that it’s still going strong! That hurricane locomotive is a beautiful colour.

[@hornplayer1228]

Took a ride during very hot summer in 2008. Started a couple of grass fires at side of tracks along the way.

[@WTU208]

It is 15 inch gauge according to wiki (in case you were wondering).

[@eastanglianlife5461]

I have never been to Romney marsh and was under the mistaken impression that it was a full-size railway it's very nice anyway

[@rambler241]

Excellent - well filmed, well edited - pure enjoyment.

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Thank you

[@xianderthest8014]

19:33 that greyish white train husk in the background look like the German BR57. The train that pops up when you look up Panzerzug.

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

During World War 2, the RH&DR had its own armoured train, hauled by No5 "Hercules". What's seen in the video, is a wooden replica of No5's armouring.

[@achanwahn]

That's so awesome it's still running

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

The fruits of determination and volunteering. It's a beautiful line.

[@michaelfield3901]

Looking after the little engines must be like having pet dragons, don't you think? I've always loved this place.

[@alasdairreed4370]

Great footage ! but no Dr Syn definitely a childhood favorite of mine in the 60-70s

[@dylanhillier-linkin8408]

Alasdair Reed as far as I know Dr Syn is back up and running because it had been in for maintenance for a while

[@bobdiehl8994]

Road the RHDR in 1991, what a great railway

[@dambuster6387]

Works of art.

[@oliverthegreatwesternengin8029]

Some of them look just like LNER Express Locomotives but smaller.

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

That was the idea. The first locos were a design derived from the GNR A1's.

[@ludwigtails]

Oliver The Great Western Engine ik right

[@javionwright2695]

Oliver The Great Western Engine they do

[@deakonswatta297]

Yea you are right Oliver the great western engine they are really useful on this railway

[@rambler241]

Never occurred to me before - zero ballast cost!

[@Nathan93Baker]

Why?

[@Phil-wq9uq]

WWWOOOWWW I want one. Me too!

[@douglaspotter9963]

Phil me to

[@gomezadams9900]

How do the engineers stay dry when it rains out?

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

They don't.

[@javionwright2695]

And how they can pull all of coaches without any problems

[@Happy_Steaming]

Around 11

[@khalidzia535]

Awesome👏👏👍😊

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Cheers

[@khalidzia535]

@@TheSouthernerYTChannel Which country is this!

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

GB

[@FrankTuchscherer]

Schöne Lokomotive, ich bitte mal,um eine Information zur Spurweite.

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway is 15" gauge.

[@phusitsukthaworn8823]

I want to be there someday...

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Fingers crossed for you

[@shomeparanormal]

Can someone point out where this is. This is something special and I would love to visit someday soon.

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

New Romney, Kent, South Coast of the UK.

[@niloykumardhar46]

This is an amazing railway. Very Beautiful. Can you let us know the top speed of this Steam Engine. It looks very speedy toy train. Want to know about top speed.

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

25mph. Lower on certain sections.

[@niloykumardhar46]

Okay. Thank you Sir.

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Welcome

[@BOHEMIANMEX]

Perfection on wheels! in which year this loco was built?

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Depends which loco you're refering to: www.rhdr.org.uk/locomotives/

[@armando3811]

Impressive! Are they actually made by any company? (How much) or must be built from scratch!...

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Feel free to take a read: www.rhdr.org.uk/locomotives/

[@TheDuke-vb9cq]

George. The Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway was the brainchild of 2 Millionaire 1920's racing car drivers. The line was built and opened in stages between 1924-28. The locomotives Nos 1-3 and 5-8 were built by Davey Paxman of Colchester England in the 1920's. Nos 9 and 10 were built by The Yorkshire Engine Company in 1931. More recent additions to the fleet include a German built (Krupp) Pacific 4-6-2 steam locomotive of around 1934, and more recently two diesel locomotives built for the RH&DR to cope with a contract for a daily schools train. This had to also operate in winter months when heat and light was also required, hence the diesels. The line is 13.5 miles long, and runs along the Kent Coast in South East England. It now primarily functions as a tourist attraction, but has a long and complex history, including some intriguing armoured trains during World War 2.

[@TwmUkLive]

No made by model engineers , they take a lot of money, time , care and love to make

[@paulsmith6616]

Sorry for being so late, only came across this today. Oliver they are replicas of the Thompson Class A 2 locomotives. I am not an L N E R fan, but the A 2 is intriguing and the longer you look\interact, the more pleasing to the eye she/it becomes. By the way, Hercules looks suspiciously like a Stanier 'what if?' Um, am I wrong?

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

I believe the original order for the first pairing of RHDR locos ("Green Goddess" and "Northern Chief") had them derived from the GNR A1's, when the order was made in 1924 - very much before Thompson's time. The 'Mountain' 4-8-2 were an adaption of the Pacific concept, to be more focused on freight traffic.

[@javionwright2695]

Can you give me any tip about building a steam locomotive cause I’m building a narrow gauge railway in my town

[@mlummas514]

javion wright i would for a model engeering club, e.g. 3 1/2" 5" 71/4" and ask them.

[@ManicTaffz]

What camera do you use? Great vid btw

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

At the time of filming, a Panasonic HC-V500. Thank you

[@summerwind3217]

I subscribed

[@MrGreendew2]

Hi, what is the speed limit for the line?

[@glenmears3774]

There technically isn't one

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Strictly speaking, it doesn't have one. Though some sections are limited to 15mph.

[@nomon95]

is corect some sections the speed is low,,but others run fast,i dont know the speed, but 25mph seems reasonable in the fast tracks.

[@markturner4219]

The speed limit is 25 miles per hour which equates approximately to a scale 75 mph.

[@stestewart1119]

What's the scale?

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Locos are roughly 1/3rd Scale, running in 15" track

[@XGAMER-gp8rl]

Ist 381mm, right?

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Yes

[@pratiksireducation5194]

Any one can tell me which place it is...??????

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Kent, UK

[@tomyrail7468]

Notice the armoured train lol

[@Jimyjames73]

🙂🚂🚂🚂

[@kantaena6688]

Like

[@ricardosepulveda5357]

CHILE

[@robloxcleethorpeslightrail2017]

18:38

[@Bluegoose-df7if]

Can I have one ? Just kidding

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

I'll go halves with you

[@Bluegoose-df7if]

TheSoutherner we an’t going to cut it in Half

[@trainfan-ks5hk]

Me like

[@Trip0101]

Zzz

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Have a good sleep?

[@Trip0101]

I'm really sorry my 3 year old (who loves RH&DR) must have made that comment while I wasn't paying attention!

[@TheSouthernerYTChannel]

Haha, nah it's cool. I was joking with you. I hope your 3 year old enjoyed the video :)