Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, Spring Gala (12-13/05/18) 

No I don't think so. Many of those points are spring loaded so locos can run over them (slowly) when they are set against them. There are appears to be a lever beside the set at the time point you mention so it can clearly be changed to allow access to the other roads in the shed but it looks like a local change (i.e. not controlled by the signal box). I guess the points in the yard are maybe set by the drivers with the box concentrating on the main station points. I don't know for certain - you'd need to ask someone closer to the railway I guess for that.

She was out of traffic for 4 years, returning shortly before this gala. She is back in regular use now.

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Magic

15 inch

25 mph ,but consider the minuscule gauge (15 in) it feels a lot faster =))

@@allaround3536 25mph is the link limit but they could probably go faster. However, with some of the wonky track, the question is whether you would want to!

Yes River Mite is a R&ER engine that was just visiting for the gala. This year they had a Willan Beck, also from R&ER and a few years ago they had Wroxham Broad and Blickling Hall from the BVR. I don't have footage of that but you will see footage from both the BVR and R&ER elsewhere on my channel.

The video is an hour long as it is, hence why it is cut quite closely to focus on the locos. I think the locos are generally within their pulling power and could do more but there are known issues with worn track, greasy rails and perhaps lower than ideal weight on the driving wheels (to reduce wear and maintenance). These will all be contributing to slippage.

Both trains were pulled by the mountain types. Samson was only just back in traffic after a 4 year break so I chose to ride behind Hercules on the basis that the train would be less busy (and therefore easier to film from).

Southern Maid is also my favourite. She is in regular use but has missed most of the galas in recent years by developing minor faults days before. Since I don't live locally and only go down to film the galas I've missed her. I've also only just regained access to this account after more than a year locked out so I've been unable to load any more recent stuff. She does appear in one of them but only in the distance. I got a great shot of her charging through Dymchurch, whistling, but the camera had a "moment" and the clip didn't save to memory.

Now that I have restored access I will upload more recent material.

SouthernWulf His name is Hurricane.

A&E YTP Thank you!!!

Well there are two blue ones - Hurricane and Samson. Hurricane doesn't feature much as she always seemed to be in a different part of the line to me.