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Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway
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This page shows postcards & images of the Romney
Hythe & Dymchurch Railway (RH&DR) locomotive No.2 Northern Chief.
Websites:-
www.rhdr.org.uk
Email:-
info@rhdr.org.uk
Telephone:- 01797
362353
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1 Green Goddess
- to be added
2 Northern Chief - this page
3 Southern Maid
4 The Bug - to
be added
5 Hercules - to be added
6 Samson - to be added
7 Typhoon - to be added
8 Hurricane - to be added
9 Winston Churchill - to be added
10 Doctor Syn - to be added
11 Black Prince - to be added
12 John Southland - to be added
14 Captain Howey - to be added
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Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway
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GN outline two-cylinder 4-6-2 Pacific
locomotive designed by Henry Greenly and
built by Davey Paxman & Co (15470) in 1925
Overall length: 27' 7" -
Weight in working order: 8 ton 10cwt -
Driving wheel diameter: 2' 1.5" -
Cylinders: 5.25" x 8.5"
This locomotive was ordered at
the same time as Green Goddess, by Count Louis Zborowski, and stored with
her at New Romney until building of the line started. She was used during
construction and hauled the first official train on the occasion of the Duke
of York's visit on 5th August 1926. Her early history is very similar to No.
1, but in 1936 she appeared with tapered boiler lagging, more pronounced
than specified in Henry Greenly's original design.
Northern Chief did some work during the war but was in
poor condition by 1946, and to get her through that first post-war season
she had to be fitted with No.3's boiler. Following an accident at Dymchurch
she received her own re-tubed boiler, before getting a complete overhaul at
New Romney in 1947-48. In 1952 her boiler was adapted to take a superheater,
which led to all locos receiving a superheated boilers on their next refit.
Her smoke deflectors were fitted in 1955. In 1971 she was sent to the
Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway to assist that company in locomotive trials,
becoming the second RH&DR loco to visit the Lake District.
Until 1981, she retained her original Greenly designed
tender. However, she is now on her third tender which was originally built
for Green Goddess, but given to Northern Chief in 1989.
Northern Chief has
always been liveried in one green or another, except during the war when she
was painted black. At present, her green livery resembles that of British
Railway's locomotives of the 1950's. This locomotive, which became something
of a television star courtesy of Channel Fours 'Classic Trains' series,
celebrated 75 years of life during the year 2000. Northern Chief was out of
service for overhaul at K.A.D. Engineering between the Galas of 2003 and
2005. (ref:
www.rhdr.org.uk
)
No.2 Northern Chief Postcards
Postcard of original RH&DR pacific No.2 Northern
Chief
Postcard of original RH&DR pacific No.2 Northern
Chief
No.2 Northern Chief Images
12th November 2006
No.2 Northern Chief on a
winter train at
Dungeness (driver experience?)
Photo: © Ian Boyle 12th November 2006
No.2 Northern Chief
arriving at Dymchurch, double-headed with John Southland
Photo: © Ian Boyle 1st July 2011
No.2 Northern Chief at
New Romney
Photo: © Ian Boyle 1st July 2011
