RH&DR 15 inch railway

[christo]

Photo Balkanmodels: 16/4/2015. The small steam engine under the bridge is gathering more speed.

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[christo]

Photo Balkanmodels: 16/4/2015. The small steam engine under the bridge is getting closer. I can see the carriages.

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[christo]

Photo Balkanmodels: 16/4/2015. The small steam engine under the bridge can be identified as Number 9 Hurricane.

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[christo]

Photo Balkanmodels: 16/4/2015. Hurricane is almost under the road bridge. The driver concentrating on the signals.

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[christo]

Photo Balkanmodels: 16/4/2015. Hurricane is under the road bridge. The tender looks quite large for the size of the loco but all tenders on the line looked a similar size. Anyhow that was the last train departing for Dungeness. Tomorrow I will travel myself.

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[christo]

Early the next day, I found myself at New Romney station with tickets to travel the line. The first train to Dungeness was diesel hauled.

Photo Balkanmodels: 17/4/2015. Diesel number 14 "Captain Howey" ready to pull our train.

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[christo]

Photo Balkanmodels: 17/4/2015. A last shot of Diesel number 14 "Captain Howey" before jumping aboard for the journey.

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[christo]

Photo Balkanmodels: 17/4/2015. After about 1/2 an hour, the train arrived at Dungeness; a very bleak and desolate place with a nuclear power station as its neighbour. Time to take a closer look at "Captain Howey".

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[christo]

Photo Balkanmodels: 17/4/2015. Looking closer at "Captain Howey", one notes the reversible seats so that the engine can run the other way.

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[christo]

Photo Balkanmodels: 17/4/2015. The driver is giving "Captain Howey" some attention.

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