lördag 2 december 2006

The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway


New Romney station
Originally uploaded by seadipper.
Went there last summer for the first time. It really does have the atmosphere of a full-scale steam age main line, with the right sounds and smells.

Most of the locomotives are scaled down versions of the LNER Gresley Pacifics, with two cylinders instead of the three cylinders of the prototypes. They were designed by the engineer Henry Greenly.

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