Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway - 'Green Goddess Returns' 09/06/2019

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5 жыл бұрын

The flagship locomotive of the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway - No1 "Green Goddess" - has returned to the rails once again after an overhaul, following a collision with a tractor in 2016.
Early in the autumn of 2016, "Green Goddess" fell victim to a collision with a tractor, causing significant damage to the locomotive and necessitating its immediate withdrawal from service. The RH&DR wasted no time in moving No1 into the workshops at New Romney, for overhaul work to begin in earnest. A little shy of 3 years later, and the efforts demonstrated by the railway, and its dedicated band of volunteers, have paid off.
Celebrating the locomotives' return to service, the RH&DR held a one-day-only event dubbed 'Green Goddess Returns', featuring an intensive timetable which included opportunities to observe the locomotive on display in the iconic landscape surrounding the railway, as well as a parallel run. "Green Goddess" was shouldered by 4 members of the home-fleet for the event, showcasing at least one member of each class based at the railway: Pacific, Mountain, 'North American' Pacific, and Diesel.
Locomotives:
RH&DR Mountain Class - No6 "Samson"
RH&DR Pacific Class - No2 "Northern Chief"
RH&DR Pacific Class - No1 "Green Goddess"
RH&DR 'North American' Pacific Class - No9 "Winston Churchill"
RH&DR Diesel Class - No12 "J.B. Snell"
All footage filmed on Sunday the 9th of June 2019.

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@trainfan-ks5hk 5 жыл бұрын

What you think you get: awesome and powerful large express locomotive What you get: smole and powerful express locomotive I see this as a complete win

@phillwainewright4221 5 жыл бұрын

2:00 - Look at the state of that track!

@TheSouthernerYTChannel 5 жыл бұрын

The camera makes it look worse than it is.

@johnnyjames7139 5 жыл бұрын

I have a photo of Mr. George Barlow with Green Goddess. He was senior engine driver for decades. Met long time general manager John Snell at Redwood Valley Railway, Berkely California.

@bernardfutter5327 5 жыл бұрын

So glad Green Goddess is restored. In these straightened times I feared that was the end of her when I read about the collision. We have a family photograph somewhere of me standing on the footplate as a 7y old in 1946.It was in the yard, and as a member of a railway family I was amused to see a driving wheel being raised against the springs with a crow bar! One could wander anywhere in those days.

@redkite6752 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic railway- went on it 40yrs ago and 4yrs ago- hopefully again a bit sooner. I thought my garden railway trackbed was rough! I'm surprised these locos don't derail more.

@brittnaesimmons5170 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic

@100SteveB 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, not been on the RH&DR since i was a kid back in the late 70's. Remember the locos well. Sad to see how tired the permanent way is looking, some re-ballasting and new track needed by the looks of it. Fantastic railway though, they do well to keep it going seeing that it's open all year. Amazing to see these locos still going strong after nearly a century of use.

@lisabrown8833 5 жыл бұрын

Lovely . My Dad, whose funeral is on Monday, liked this train . We all went on a day many years ago for one of my sons birthday treats . Wonderful to see this pop up on my feed.

@mercury7590 5 жыл бұрын

I remember how they had a special day to ring in Samson’s return, great day I can imagine.

@TheSouthernerYTChannel 5 жыл бұрын

It was a great day: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h61-gMZo1JbXYqM.html

@sirivanhoe8672 4 жыл бұрын

I traveled on this train in about 1946 or 7, Wonderful to see it again after all these years. Such memories. There was still lots of barbed wire about then and not many trees and bushes. My minder was a lady from a holiday camp, We had a carriage area to ourselves, Well done to all who worked to restore the loco and the train. The Green Goddess, the name stayed with me. 👍🏻

@BornotB-xi6kg 5 жыл бұрын

Ayy! I've been here like 3 times with my cousins and I rode this train, good to see it's running again!

@locowerke 5 жыл бұрын

So good to see No.1 back in action and looking superb; thanks for posting your efforts, always enjoyable!!

@paulnash1810 5 жыл бұрын

Remember my late Dad taking me on the RH&DR when I was a nipper many,many years ago, must have been in the 50's.Despite the dodgy track in places loco's look amazing.

@LNERfan 5 жыл бұрын

My favorite thing about these little guys is that back in the day they were actually used for light transit purposes.

@ArtyI 5 жыл бұрын

Doc Brown I’m gonna need that time machine

@TheSouthernerYTChannel 5 жыл бұрын

School trains still operated as late as 2015.

@LNERfan 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheSouthernerYTChannel Is that what these guys are called? School trains? (I'm from the US, where we never had these lovely little guys)

@TheSouthernerYTChannel 5 жыл бұрын

No. A railway like this is just referred to as a Narrow-Gauge Railway (there are a few in the US). This railway ran a 'School Service' until 2015, carrying students from Dungeness to New Romney.

@LNERfan 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheSouthernerYTChannel Oh, this counts as a narrow gauge railway? (I mean, it _is_ a gauge of rail that's more narrow than the standard, but I thought this kind had its own name). But that is some of the neatest stuff I've ever heard. I wish *I* could commute to school on one of these!

@richardfreeman2944 5 жыл бұрын

See the little Queen of steam, yesterday congratulations to Danny and all involved ,

@northeastlower 5 жыл бұрын

If you can put up with the slightly rough ride this railway is a British gem of a railway

@Trip-the-Sungazer 5 жыл бұрын

All hail the Green Goddess of Steam!

@Locos-del-oeste 5 жыл бұрын

Exelente video !!! Super locomotora 😍🚂

@kingorry7223 5 жыл бұрын

Good to see her back!

@Pirate-Scorcher-1998 5 жыл бұрын

12:44 just saw a cute bunny Spectacular video though :D

@TheSouthernerYTChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Funnily enough, I didn't notice the bunny until I was editing this video together. Gave me a chuckle.

@Pirate-Scorcher-1998 5 жыл бұрын

TheSoutherner well now you know lol

@NS-ul7zh 5 жыл бұрын

This is so awesome!

@captvictor 5 жыл бұрын

fantastic footage

@TheSouthernerYTChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@cprtrain 5 жыл бұрын

They do need to work on their track. It is very rough in spots.

@aleu650 5 жыл бұрын

They need a mini Plasser & Theurer ;)

@TheSouthernerYTChannel 5 жыл бұрын

@cprtrain If you feel it's a problem, then you know what to do: www.rhdr.org.uk/volunteering/

@chriszanf 5 ай бұрын

@2:20 That trackbed looks rough!

@SenorBumboCactoni 5 жыл бұрын

Thats a great name for a train

@TheSouthernerYTChannel 5 жыл бұрын

The Romney have the best loco names, it must be said.

@railsandracing 3 жыл бұрын

That was a really enjoyable video. Great work! This seems like quite a nice railway.

@TheSouthernerYTChannel 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it. The railway is fantastic.

@SimonTog 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice, thumbs up :)

@lucieclark7508 5 жыл бұрын

Green goddess whistle do sent sound right?

@vectorbrony3473 5 жыл бұрын

Good to have her back. Hopefully no more tractors to get in her way

@NationalGuard5 5 жыл бұрын

Or rude steamrollers.

@muhamadmiftahurrizqi5909 Жыл бұрын

Mini steam Loco, so cute

@PuuberZ 5 жыл бұрын

2:06 I'm shocked it did not derail on that track.

@TheSouthernerYTChannel 5 жыл бұрын

With my camera zoomed in that far, it looks worse than it is. It's worth bearing in mind that this railway is 1/3rd of full scale, running on 15" gauge track. Every bump, jolt, and dip that the camera picks up gets exaggerated compared to the size of the locomotives.

@rhdrbob 4 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know How long has no.2 had her new whistle?

@jwallacect 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful equipment. Track needs surfacing.

@TheMNrailfan227 5 жыл бұрын

Pffft, talk about walking in cake.

@TheSouthernerYTChannel 5 жыл бұрын

If you believe it's a problem that needs sorting, then you know what to do: www.rhdr.org.uk/volunteering/

@alejandrayalanbowman367 5 жыл бұрын

That track is looking terrible these days. It is seriously time to do something about it before there is an accident. Th locos and trains are useless if they have no track to run on.

@TheSouthernerYTChannel 5 жыл бұрын

All very well saying this, but it all comes down to cash flow and donations. So you'd best dig deep. It's worth bearing in mind that this railway is 1/3rd of full scale, running on 15" gauge track. Every bump, jolt, and dip that the camera picks up gets exaggerated compared to the size of the locomotives.

@albertsnewromneyvids9243 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video soon

@TheSouthernerYTChannel 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers

@grumpyflyweight 5 жыл бұрын

Glad that bunny moved before Green Goddess hit it.

@LDaniel_BDuce 5 жыл бұрын

Well, since rabbits have good hearing, it probably heard it before the camera started filming. And it probably felt the train through the tracks

@Palkia792 5 жыл бұрын

amazing footage. Am I Ok to say I worry as the tracks look really bumpy especially all the long shots taken in the video. it looks like a really bumpy ride

@TheSouthernerYTChannel 5 жыл бұрын

It's worth bearing in mind that this railway is 1/3rd of full scale, running on 15" gauge track. Every bump, jolt, and dip that the camera picks up gets exaggerated compared to the size of the locomotives.

@Palkia792 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheSouthernerYTChannel true, the tracks just didn't look straight to me, looks woobly. I haven't been to the railway since I was younger. The railway had a video made about their railway and my family got featured a bit when rode behind Hurricane. I would love to revisit. :D

@TheSouthernerYTChannel 5 жыл бұрын

@@Palkia792 It's no secret that the tracks aren't 100% straight and true. However, the camera makes it look much worse than it actually is.

@Palkia792 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheSouthernerYTChannel thank you for clearing that up. :) certainly lookning forward to a trip to the railway again. just worried about since the carriages a lot smaller and obviously not as wide doors

@SvenTviking 4 жыл бұрын

The health and safety at work regulations book is about 2/5 mine regulations, 2/5 railway regulations and 1/5 everything else. Suffice to say if those tracks were dangerous, HSE would stop the RH&D running until they were fixed.

@peterhunt2723 5 жыл бұрын

First rode this railway in1949 and 1950 then 1974 and1978, think the track was better then but still a grand railway. Henry Greenly didn't do a bad job!

@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 5 жыл бұрын

wow its a train race with green goddess and Samson racing each other

@MrHeesbeen 5 жыл бұрын

Looking at the sideways and up and down movement of the locomotive on some stretches of track, it does not seem to be a comfortable ride for the driver or indeed, the passengers.

@TheSouthernerYTChannel 5 жыл бұрын

I can tell you, it's much smoother than it looks.

@therailwayseriesstoryteller 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, hi Henry! You look... Smaller?

@TheSouthernerYTChannel 5 жыл бұрын

And has more wheels

@DillonTrinhProductions 4 жыл бұрын

I feel so bad for you for you responding to these comments.

@Wolfric_Rogers 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like a small A3 pacific

@TheSouthernerYTChannel 5 жыл бұрын

It is. The design was adapted from the GNR A1's.

@18EStudios 5 жыл бұрын

We got a trespasser at 12:44 😂

@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 5 жыл бұрын

I believe the tractor was trying to beat the train at the level crossing and I believe the tractor driver was at fault because he should have wait for green goddess to go through then he can go

@TMSRACING 5 жыл бұрын

Tractor driver was waiting at the occupation crossing but didn't realise their front counter weight was breaching the loading gauge

@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329 5 жыл бұрын

did it rusty

@albertsnewromneyvids9243 3 жыл бұрын

Near my caravan