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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.3 Southern Maid.
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- to be added
3 Southern Maid
- this page
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 (16040) in 1926
Overall length: 27' 7" -
Weight in working order: 8 ton 10cwt -
Driving wheel diameter: 2' 1.5" -
Cylinders: 5.25" x 8.5"
Southern Maid was ordered in 1926 and
delivered on 20th April 1927. She was originally to be called Southern
Chief, but Captain Howey changed his mind and the nameplates were
removed before she entered service. In 1946 Southern Maid was
involved in an accident and ended up in a dyke, after being rammed by a
lorry on a level crossing near Dymchurch.
During her 1947 refit, the Southern Maid
received a large capacity tender and a livery similar to that of Green
Goddess. However, in 1954 she received a brown umber coat of paint and
smoke deflectors soon followed in 1955. A French Grey livery was applied in
1959, a Malachite green in 1965 and LNER Apple Green in 1971, when the smoke
deflectors were removed. She has seen more changes of livery than any other
Romney loco. During May 1998 she travelled up to the Ravenglass and Eskdale
Railway in Cumbria for the 75th birthday party of their loco River Esk.
Prior to her most recent overhaul, Southern Maid
appeared in the colours of the former South Eastern & Chatham Railway. She
currently has a tender similar the one attached to Northern Chief and her
whistle is an ex-Isle of Wight section 'hooter' from the Southern Railway.
Southern Maid returned to New Romney for the Steam and Diesel Gala in May
2003, following an extensive overhaul. Her new livery, lining and lettering
is based on that as seen on the locomotive when delivered in 1927.
(Ref: RHDR Website:-
www.rhdr.org.uk
)
No.3 Southern Maid Postcards
Postcard of original RH&DR pacific No.3 Southern
Maid
Postcard of original RH&DR pacific No.3 Southern
Maid at Dungeness with smoke deflectors
No.3 Southern Maid Images
10th May 2011
No.3 Southern Maid and No.1 Green Goddess
(left) at New Romney
Photo: © Ian Boyle 10th May 2011
No.3 Southern Maid at Hythe
Photo: © Ian Boyle 31st May 2011
No.3 Southern Maid arriving at
Dungeness
Photo: © Ian Boyle 2nd June 2011
No.3 Southern Maid leaving Dungeness
Photo: © Ian Boyle 2nd June 2011
No.3 Southern Maid arriving at Dungeness
Photo: © Ian Boyle 2nd June 2011
No.3 Southern Maid leaving Dungeness
Photo: © Ian Boyle 2nd June 2011
No.3 Southern Maid arriving at New Romney
from Hythe
Photo: © Ian Boyle 1st July 2011
No.3 Southern Maid at New Romney
Photo: © Ian Boyle 1st July 2011
No.3 Southern Maid arriving at Hythe
Photo: © Ian Boyle 1st July 2011
No.3 Southern Maid and Hercules
double-heading at New Romney for Dungeness
Photo: © Ian Boyle 27th May 2012
No.3 Southern Maid and Hercules
arriving at New Romney from Dungeness
Photo: © Ian Boyle 27th May 2012
No.3 Southern Maid crossing Collins'
Bridge near St Mary's Bay
Photo: © Ian Boyle 28th August 2012
