RHDR No.7 - "Typhoon"
RHDR No.7 Typhoon waiting at Dungeness Station.
The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway is a 15 in/381 mm gauge light railway in Kent, England. The 131⁄2-mile (22 km) line runs from the Cinque Port of Hythe via Dymchurch, St. Mary's Bay, New Romney and Romney Sands to Dungeness, close to Dungeness nuclear power station and Dungeness lighthouse.
From 1926 to 1978, the RH&DR held the title of the "Smallest public railway in the world" (in terms of track gauge). The title was lost to the 12 1⁄4 in (311 mm) gauge Réseau Guerlédan in France in 1978 and regained from 1979, when the Réseau Guerlédan closed, until 1982, when the 10 1⁄4 in (260 mm) gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway opened.
The railway was featured in an episode of the BBC series The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.
GN outline two-cylinder (formerly three-cylinder) 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive
Designed by Henry Greenly
Built by Davey Paxman & Co., (16043) in 1927
Overall length: 27' 7"
Weight in working order: 8 ton 10cwt
Driving wheel diameter: 2' 1.5"
Bogie and trailing wheel diameter: 1'
Cylinders: 5.25" x 8.5"
Current Livery: Malachite Green
Based on the Henry Greenly-designed Pacifics that were already at the railway; Green Goddess, Northern Chief and Southern Maid. Typhoon differed in that she had three cylinders. The railway's founder and owner, Captain J E P Howey, craved more power and ultimately speed from his locomotives and the three cylinder route was experimented with on this engine and her sister No.8, Hurricane.
Before being delivered to New Romney on 19th May 1927, Typhoon posed for publicity photographs next to the full-size Flying Scotsman locomotive at Kings Cross.
The expected performance gains from the three-cylinders didn't outweigh the increased running costs and many breakdowns experienced and she was converted to the tried and tested two-cylinder configuration during 1935-36.
A new large capacity tender was built for her in 1946, in 1955 the smoke deflectors were fitted and in 1958 she received a superheated boiler.
Typhoon, prior to her recent overhaul, was finished in a dark green similar to that once used by the former Southern Railway, and her whistle is from one of that company's Bullied designed 'West Country' class locomotives.
During 1996 Typhoon saw 99 days service and in the process clocked up 6,236 miles on RH&DR metals.
In May 1997 — as Typhoon celebrated 70 years at New Romney — she traveled north to the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway to take part in the 21st birthday celebrations of their loco Northern Rock.
For the Steam and Diesel Gala in May 2003, Typhoon returned to New Romney from a long and thorough overhaul looking magnificent. She re-entered service on 30th May.
In May 2008 she travelled all the way to Cumbria, with Hurricane, to spend some time on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway.
RHDR No.7 - "Typhoon"
RHDR No.7 Typhoon waiting at Dungeness Station.
The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway is a 15 in/381 mm gauge light railway in Kent, England. The 131⁄2-mile (22 km) line runs from the Cinque Port of Hythe via Dymchurch, St. Mary's Bay, New Romney and Romney Sands to Dungeness, close to Dungeness nuclear power station and Dungeness lighthouse.
From 1926 to 1978, the RH&DR held the title of the "Smallest public railway in the world" (in terms of track gauge). The title was lost to the 12 1⁄4 in (311 mm) gauge Réseau Guerlédan in France in 1978 and regained from 1979, when the Réseau Guerlédan closed, until 1982, when the 10 1⁄4 in (260 mm) gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway opened.
The railway was featured in an episode of the BBC series The Inspector Lynley Mysteries.
GN outline two-cylinder (formerly three-cylinder) 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive
Designed by Henry Greenly
Built by Davey Paxman & Co., (16043) in 1927
Overall length: 27' 7"
Weight in working order: 8 ton 10cwt
Driving wheel diameter: 2' 1.5"
Bogie and trailing wheel diameter: 1'
Cylinders: 5.25" x 8.5"
Current Livery: Malachite Green
Based on the Henry Greenly-designed Pacifics that were already at the railway; Green Goddess, Northern Chief and Southern Maid. Typhoon differed in that she had three cylinders. The railway's founder and owner, Captain J E P Howey, craved more power and ultimately speed from his locomotives and the three cylinder route was experimented with on this engine and her sister No.8, Hurricane.
Before being delivered to New Romney on 19th May 1927, Typhoon posed for publicity photographs next to the full-size Flying Scotsman locomotive at Kings Cross.
The expected performance gains from the three-cylinders didn't outweigh the increased running costs and many breakdowns experienced and she was converted to the tried and tested two-cylinder configuration during 1935-36.
A new large capacity tender was built for her in 1946, in 1955 the smoke deflectors were fitted and in 1958 she received a superheated boiler.
Typhoon, prior to her recent overhaul, was finished in a dark green similar to that once used by the former Southern Railway, and her whistle is from one of that company's Bullied designed 'West Country' class locomotives.
During 1996 Typhoon saw 99 days service and in the process clocked up 6,236 miles on RH&DR metals.
In May 1997 — as Typhoon celebrated 70 years at New Romney — she traveled north to the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway to take part in the 21st birthday celebrations of their loco Northern Rock.
For the Steam and Diesel Gala in May 2003, Typhoon returned to New Romney from a long and thorough overhaul looking magnificent. She re-entered service on 30th May.
In May 2008 she travelled all the way to Cumbria, with Hurricane, to spend some time on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway.