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Dr. Syn is one of the railway's two Canadian Pacific-style locomotives, built in 1931 by the Yorkshire Engine Co., the other being Winston Churchill and has an identical history of design and build.
Named Black Prince on delivery, Number 10 changed name shortly after the war when Number 9 was re-named Winston Churchill (for obvious patriotic reasons and for display at an exhibition in Canada) and Howey knew that the line could not be without a Doctor Syn (a local fictional hero of smuggling stories).
An architectural gem in the Lake County community of Howey-in-the-Hills attests to Ernest Hemingway’s oft-quoted remark “The rich are different.” To wander through the 20 room mansion built in 1925 by the community’s founder, William J. Howey, and stroll over the 15 acres surrounding, brings a nostalgic feeling of how “Once upon a time--.”
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This is shot was taken during the ride on the famous Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch (a.k.a. RH&DR) Railway
in Kent.
Its also known as
“Kent’s Mainline in Miniature”. The world famous railway is powered by
one-third full size Steam & Diesel locomotives along the 13½ miles of track
from the Cinque Port town of Hythe, terminating in
Dungeness.
It was constructed during the 1920s and opened on 16 July 1927, the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway was the dream of millionaire racing drivers Captain J.E.P. Howey and Count Louis Zborowski.
RHDR No.9 Winston Churchill, leaving Dungeness Station.
The Yorkshire Engine Company of Sheffield finished the job of building this loco by finally assembling the parts, accrued during a chequered history for two new engines for the
RH&DR. Originally ordered from, and started by, Davey Paxman then continued at New Romney using boilers from Krauss in Munich.
Designed from drawings originated by Greenly, completed by A.L.S Richardson and based on Canadian Pacific practice!
The Canadian style was chosen by Howey as it was felt that the larger cab would give the driver better protection against some of Kent's fine summer weather, than the British styled
locomotives. He was also a fan of and visitor to the Canadian Pacific Railway. When the engine emerged onto the RH&DR in 1931 she came complete with a very 'American' Vanderbilt tender and was named Doctor Syn, after the Dymchurch smuggling-vicar created by Russell Thorndyke.
In 1948, having been renamed Winston Churchill after the war-time Prime Minister, she was sent to an exhibition in Toronto, Canada. At this time she was painted bright red, but in 1962 she received a black coat of paint and a new tender. The original, although stylish was prone to leaking.
As an experiment Winston Churchill was converted to an oil firing loco in 1973, but was rebuilt conventionally in 1979. The experiments were successful, but a rise in the price of oil meant that no savings would be made over coal.
She carries one of a pair of Crosby chime whistles that Howey had bought in Canada, and had impressed Nigel Gresley on a visit to the RH&DR. Howey then presented Gresley with the second whistle which in turn was fitted to the new LNER express Cock o' the North.
She has just undergone (2013) an in-house Major Overhaul, complete with new power cylinders and a brand new tender. Her current colour is bright red, similar to how she looked during the 1970's.
Once the mansion of the 1920's citrus tycoon William John Howey. In now sits abandoned and deteriorating in central Florida just outside the town he founded.
Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida USA
An architectural gem in the Lake County community of Howey-in-the-Hills attests to Ernest Hemingway’s oft-quoted remark “The rich are different.” To wander through the 20 room mansion built in 1925 by the community’s founder, William J. Howey, and stroll over the 15 acres surrounding, brings a nostalgic feeling of how “Once upon a time--.”
Taken later in the day, after watching Hercules approach the Dungeness Road Level Crossing, this time its the Green Goddess.
GN outline two-cylinder 4-6-2 Pacific locomotive
Designed by Henry Greenly
Built by Davey Paxman & Co., (15469) in 1925
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: LNER Apple Green
One of two locomotives ordered in 1924 by Count Louis Zborowski, Captain Howey's original partner, and designed by Henry Greenly.
Greenly based them on Nigel Gresley's famous A1 class locomotives of the London & North Eastern Railway, of which the Flying Scotsman is a surviving example. Green Goddess and tender cost £1,250 to build. The name of the locomotive was apparently taken from one of Howey's favourite plays.
She was ready long before the railway, so Howey arranged for her to be tested on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway in Cumbria during 1925. Following this, and while the line was under construction, Howey tried to whet the appetite of the local people by displaying the loco at Binns Garage in New Romney.
She has always been seen sporting a livery of green, and since the war has sported two new high capacity tenders. The second of these now belongs to Northern Chief, the first has been re-united with Green Goddess.
Green Goddess caries a Wilcox chime whistle and George Barlow was her driver for over thirty years from 1947.
She currently runs in an Apple Green livery similar to that of the former Great Northern Railway. Having been built in 1925, the year 2000 saw this fine engine celebrate its 75th birthday.
Now, a new DVD — RH&DR 2006 — which features footage from an exciting year in the history of the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway: the return of the Bug from overhaul, 2006 gala, installation of barriers at crossings and more.
Green Goddess is now back in service following a major overhaul, returning to traffic on Saturday June 13th 2009.
On the blog: Check out Episode 2 of my Audio Podcast (Discussing World Building with Author, Hugh Howey)
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RHDR No.9 Winston Churchill, approaching the Dungeness Road Level Crossing.
The Yorkshire Engine Company of Sheffield finished the job of building this loco by finally assembling the parts, accrued during a chequered history for two new engines for the
RH&DR. Originally ordered from, and started by, Davey Paxman then continued at New Romney using boilers from Krauss in Munich.
Designed from drawings originated by Greenly, completed by A.L.S Richardson and based on Canadian Pacific practice!
The Canadian style was chosen by Howey as it was felt that the larger cab would give the driver better protection against some of Kent's fine summer weather, than the British styled
locomotives. He was also a fan of and visitor to the Canadian Pacific Railway. When the engine emerged onto the RH&DR in 1931 she came complete with a very 'American' Vanderbilt tender and was named Doctor Syn, after the Dymchurch smuggling-vicar created by Russell Thorndyke.
In 1948, having been renamed Winston Churchill after the war-time Prime Minister, she was sent to an exhibition in Toronto, Canada. At this time she was painted bright red, but in 1962 she received a black coat of paint and a new tender. The original, although stylish was prone to leaking.
As an experiment Winston Churchill was converted to an oil firing loco in 1973, but was rebuilt conventionally in 1979. The experiments were successful, but a rise in the price of oil meant that no savings would be made over coal.
She carries one of a pair of Crosby chime whistles that Howey had bought in Canada, and had impressed Nigel Gresley on a visit to the RH&DR. Howey then presented Gresley with the second whistle which in turn was fitted to the new LNER express Cock o' the North.
She has just undergone (2013) an in-house Major Overhaul, complete with new power cylinders and a brand new tender. Her current colour is bright red, similar to how she looked during the 1970's.
Hiver 2016, Presqu'ile de Giens, 83, Var, PACA, France. Début de la série "Alone" en N&B ou couleur.
J’achète toujours des livres à l'avance que j' entasse sur une pile dans ma bibliothèque. En général je les lis 2 à 3 mois après les avoir acheté, ce que j'ai fait un matin.
Quand tout à coup, j'ai réalisé...Lorsque j'ai fait cette photo, j'avais acheté quelques mois auparavant le livre Silo de Hugh Howey en édition poche. Regardez dans google ! Tapez le nom de l'auteur et du livre et faites une recherche en images....Subconscient quand tu nous tiens!
Winter 2016, Presqu'ile de Giens, 83, Var, PACA, France. Beginning of the series "Alone" in B & W or color.
I always buy books in advance that I pile up on a stack in my library. In general I read them 2 or 3 months after buying them, which I did a morning.
When suddenly, I realized ... When I made this picture, I had bought a few months ago the book Hugh Howey Silo pocket edition. Look in google! Type the name of the author and the book and do a search in pictures .... Subconscious when you hold us!
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A photograph from a bird of prey photography workship organised by Alan Hewitt Photography and Andy Howey Bird of Prey Centre.
Technical Details
Canadian outline two-cylinder 4-6-2
Pacific locomotive.
Designed by Henry Greenly
and A.L.S. Richardson.
Built by Yorkshire Engine Co
(2295) in 1931
Overall length: 28'
Weight in working order: 8 ton 15cwt
Driving wheel diameter: 2' 1.5"
Bogie and trailing wheel diameter: 1'
Cylinders: 5.25" bore x 8.5" stroke
Current Livery: Black
Dr. Syn is one of the railway's two Canadian Pacific-style locomotives, built in 1931 by the Yorkshire Engine Co., the other being Winston Churchill and has an identical history of design and build.
Originally to have been built by Paxmans as GN outline pacifics (as all previous Romney pacifics), but Howey, an admirer of the American outline, decided to change the order at the suggestion of Henry Greenly. The American style would afford the driver better protection against the inclement weather on the Romney Marsh.
The frames and wheel-sets for the originally intended Pacifics were procured from Paxmans in order to complete the work at New Romney, but even this didn't happen and everything was dispatched to Sheffield for final completion.
Named Black Prince on delivery, Number 10 changed name shortly after the war when Number 9 was re-named Winston Churchill (for obvious patriotic reasons and for display at an exhibition in Canada) and Howey knew that the line could not be without a Dr Syn (a local fictional hero of smuggling stories).
Alterations during the 1980's included — chimney raised and copper-capped, both domes raised, a bell, and a headlight — to give this popular engine a very American appearance.
My first proper go at some astrophotography and I'm amazed at what I captured!
I managed to capture about 4 shooting stars and this one is the best. I'm so happy with this shot!
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Southern White faced owl (captive bred)
Native to South Africa, this bird was seen & photographed at Andy Howey's bird of Prey centre at Haggerston Castle
As well as visiting the bus event mentioned in the previous posting, last weekend saw another visit to the Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway.
Because we were staying in the area we were on hand for the duration of Sunday's timetabled services which allowed time for both photography and riding.
Here amidst the alluring desolation of Dungeness, Bo-Bo Diesel loco 'Captain Howey' nears the end of the baloon loop with the day's first working back to Hythe. The Nuclear power station forms an imposing backdrop.
A photograph from a bird of prey photography workship organised by Alan Hewitt Photography and Andy Howey Bird of Prey Centre.
German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 1871/1, 1927-1928. Photo: First National Pictures / Fanamet.
American actress Colleen Moore (1899-1988) was a star of the silent screen who appeared in about 100 films beginning in 1917. During the 1920s, she put her stamp on American social history, creating in dozens of films the image of the wide-eyed, insouciant flapper with her bobbed hair and short skirts.
Colleen Moore was born Kathleen Morrison in Port Huron, Michigan in 1899 (the date which she insisted was correct in her autobiography Silent Star, was 1902). Her father was an irrigation engineer and his job was good enough to provide the family a middle-class environment. She was educated in parochial schools and studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory. As a child she was fascinated with films and stars such as Marguerite Clark and Mary Pickford and kept a scrapbook of those actresses. By 1917 she was on her way to becoming a star herself. Her uncle, Walter C. Howey, was the editor of the Chicago Tribune and had helped D.W. Griffith make his films The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) more presentable to the censors. Knowing of his niece's acting aspirations, Hovey asked Griffith to help her get a start in the film industry. No sooner had she arrived in Hollywood than she found herself playing in five films that year, The Savage (Rupert Julkian, 1917) being her first. Her first starring role was as Annie in Little Orphant Annie (Colin Campbell, 1918). Colleen was on her way. She also starred in a number of B-films and in Westerns opposite Tom Mix, like The Wilderness Trail (Edward LeSaint, 1919) and The Cyclone (Clifford Smith, 1920).
The film that defined Colleen Moore as which defined her as the inventor of the 'flapper' look was Flaming Youth (John Francis Dillon, 1923), in which she played Patricia Fentriss. Her Dutch bob in the film was soon copied by hairdressers across America and her air of an emancipated young woman inspired countless imitations. The year she married the first of her four husbands, Frank McCormick, production head of First National Pictures, later part of Warner Brothers. There followed such films as The Perfect Flapper (John Francis Dillon, 1924), The Desert Flower (Irving Cummings, 1925), Ella Cinders (Alfred E. Green, 1926) and Her Wild Oat (Marshall Neilan, 1927). By 1927 she was the top box-office draw in the US, making $12,500 a week. Her second husband was a New York broker, Albert F. Scott. Moore put her money into the stock market, making very shrewd investments. She took a hiatus from acting between 1929 and 1933, just as sound film was introduced. Her four sound pictures released in 1933 and 1934 were not financial successes. Moore then retired permanently from screen acting. Her final film role was as Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter (Robert G. Vignola, 1934). In 1937 she married her third husband, Homer Hargrave, again a stockbroker, and ended her film career. After she retired she wrote two books on investing and she traveled widely, frequently to China. At 83, she married her fourth husband, builder Paul Maginot. In 1988, Colleen Moore died of an undisclosed ailment in Paso Robles, California. She was 88. At the time of her death she was writing a novel, a Hollywood murder mystery centered around a Mae West type. Tragically, approximately half of Moore's films are now considered lost. Of her most celebrated film, Flaming Youth (1923), only one reel survives.
Sources: Glenn Fowler (The New York Times), Denny Jackson (IMDb), Ed Stephan (IMDb), Wikipedia and IMDb.
When built by TMA Engineering in 1989, loco no. 14 was unnamed and in this yellow livery lined out in red. It has since been rpainted blue with white stripes and has been named "Captain Howey" after the founder of the railway. IN this view from 14 July 1991 she is seen at New Romney.
Based them on Nigel Gresley's famous
A1 class locomotives of the London & North
Eastern Railway, of which the Flying Scotsman
is a surviving example. Green Goddess and
tender cost £1,250 to build. The name of the
locomotive was apparently taken from one
of Howey's favourite plays.
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This loco was built in 1914 by Bassett Lowke, the only 'Class 60' they ever produced. It was built for Captain Howey (of Romney Hythe & Dymchurch fame) for use on his private Staughton Manor Railway. Early publicity photos show it named 'Gigantic' but it was soon renamed 'John Anthony' on arrivial at its new home. It then went to Eaton Hall for trials before being sold to Ravenglass in 1916 for £400 where it was renamed yet again to 'Colossus'.
In 1919 Hunt and Co. built another loco for Ravenglass closely based on 'Colossus' which was named 'Sir Aubrey Brocklebank'.
In 1927 someone came up with the dubious idea of combining the bottom halves of these two locos (along with a new boiler and mainframe) into one new articulated loco which was named 'River Mite'. Unfortunately this was not a great success and by the late 1930s it was withdrawn from service and dismantled.
The two bottom halves (frames, wheels, cylinders and valve gear) remained at Ravenglass until being sold to Harry Barlow of Southport in 1942. One set was later converted into a 4-4-0. Both chassis sets were advertised for sale in 1969 when Harry Barlow retired and were acquired by Mark Bamford of the JCB family.
I've no idea what happened after that.
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Taken @Haggerston Castle, Beal, Northumberland (United Kingdom)
I attended a Birds of prey workshop - this is one of the images I shot www.hawksheadphotography.com/northumberland-birds-of-prey/ Awesome workshop - you really get up close and personal and spend alot of time with the birds.The workshop leader Kaleel Zibe really know his stuff - I've not shot much wildlife before and it's a new discipline for me. I really enjoyed it!
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The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway (RH&DR) is a 15 in (381 mm) gauge light railway in Kent, England, operating steam and internal combustion locomotives. The 13.5 mile (21.7 km) line runs from the Cinque Port of Hythe via Dymchurch, St. Mary's Bay, New Romney and Romney Sands to Dungeness, close to the Dungeness nuclear power stations and Dungeness Lighthouse.
The railway was the dream of millionaire racing drivers Captain John Edwards Presgrave ("Jack") Howey and Count Louis Zborowski. The latter had constructed a railway at Higham Park, his home at Bridge, Kent, and agreed to donate the rolling stock and infrastructure to the project. However, he was killed in a motor racing accident at the Monza Grand Prix on 19 October 1924 before the Romney Marsh site was chosen, and Howey continued the project alone.
The railway was opened on 16 July 1927 by Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp. In 1940 the railway was taken over by the military during World War II, and a miniature armoured train was used on the line. The line re-opened between Hythe and New Romney in 1946, the New Romney to Dungeness section following with a formal opening by Laurel and Hardy on 21 March 1947. Today, the railway carries over 150,000 passengers each year.
Dr. Syn is one of the railway's two Canadian Pacific-style locomotives, built in 1931 by the Yorkshire Engine Co., the other being Winston Churchill and has an identical history of design and build. Named Black Prince on delivery, Number 10 changed name shortly after the war when Number 9 was re-named Winston Churchill (for obvious patriotic reasons and for display at an exhibition in Canada) and Howey knew that the line could not be without a Doctor Syn (a local fictional hero of smuggling stories).
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RHDR No.8 Hurricane, leaving Dungeness Station.
GN outline two-cylinder (formerly three-cylinder)
4-6-2 Pacific locomotive
Designed by Henry Greenly
Built by Davey Paxman & Co., (16044) 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: Caledonian Blue
Delivered on 20th July 1927, Hurricane was identical to Typhoon — a powerful three cylinder locomotive. She at once became Captain Howey's favourite and was fitted with special features such as stainless steel handrails and, in 1934, a high capacity tender modeled on the corridor tenders of the LNER.
She remained three cylinder until the inside motion failed in July 1937. She fell from favour and the Captain had her painted blue and renamed Bluebottle. In this guise she was used to pull the new blue train until the war, during which time she was used extensively by the Army.
After the war she retained her blue livery, found favour with the Captain once again and was renamed Hurricane. In 1950 she received smoke deflectors.
In 1957, Hurricane hauled a Royal train carrying HM the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles and Princess Anne. To commemorate this event, she now carries a plaque on her cab-side.
She carries a chromium-plated whistle similar to those fitted to the streamlined A4 pacifics of the LNER like Mallard. It was a gift of their designer Nigel Gresley to Captain Howey, who had previously presented a Canadian Pacific whistle to the famous engineer.
In August 1994, Hurricane became another RH&DR locomotive to be a victim of an accident with a motor vehicle, this time on a private crossing near Greatstone. After receiving repairs, she continued to see service, until a full overhaul during 1996 —1997. During this she was given a new tender similar to the previous 1934 model.
Hurricane returned for in time to enter service for the 1998 season and became the 1999 timetable cover star.
Following an accident near Dungeness in July 2005, Hurricane has once again undergone a complete and major overhaul, returned to traffic in February 2008.
In May 2008 she travelled all the way to Cumbria, with Typhoon, to spend some time on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway. Click here to see some photos of the trip »
She remains as popular with visitors today as she did with the railways founder.