This was awesome I live in Folkestone and I’ve always wanted to be apart of this fantastic railway as it held so much magic for me when I was a child … ❤️👍🏻

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

3 ай бұрын

It’s an excellent railway indeed!

@josephinebennington7247

2 ай бұрын

If you live in Folkestone, you are apart from it. Maybe you want to be a part of it?

The sounds of the light railway were a background my growing up years. Born in hythe 😊

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

2 ай бұрын

Glad you got some nostalgia out of this video Bob 👍 lovely town Hythe

I think it must been about 50yrs ago when I was on this nice to see it still going .

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

No.12 was built in 1983 making it 39 years old

It’s very many years since I last rode on your railway and it was fascinating to have a cab ride. Many thanks…and I have subscribed. Regards, Rob in Bournemouth.

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for Subscribing! It's not my railway it's the RHDR but still I'm glad you've enjoyed the Cab ride!

Thank you for allowing me to make this beautiful journey with you.

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

eh???

As I was watching this video this exact train came past the back of the garden of where I’m staying! Thanks for the interesting video!

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

Your most welcome Henling! 😊

Thanks for another great video of the return working

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

2 жыл бұрын

No worries David!

A great trip! I was last here in 1945 (aged10) stayed at a holiday villa in Greatstone. Saw most of the locos - no diesels then. I remember the double track to Dungeness with remains of the camouflage netting after the wartime armored trains. Great memories, thank you.

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Derek! That's a pretty Extraordianry memory of the Dungeness Section that is and I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

Last travelled on this on the 70s...was a fantastic experience and great to see it's still going....I'm sure there was a section that ran along behind an old holiday camp... probably houses by now...👍👍👍

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video! A lot has changed in 50 years but it's still amazing to visit and travel on

@coling7819

Жыл бұрын

That camp was Maddison’s,had its own stop ,it’s now called Romney Sands holiday Park,and still there .

A very nice trip, thanks from Australia.

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

G Day to you in Australia! (Well evening lol) Glad you enjoyed the trip! and feel free to check out the other drivers eye view I’ve done on this line

A great "little" railway, very well run, great memories for me, lovely days out.

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

Thanks David and i'm glad you enjoyed the video!

Great video, spent many a summer fortnight in the 1970s travelling up and down this line and this brought back some great memories. (I think your caption for Lade Halt at 12:11 is a bit premature - the halt was adjacent to Taylor Road, which is crossed at 12:58.) I can remember when all those level crossings were non-barriered and I also recall reading of several accidents because of this. I can also remember when a driver of a Hythe train was knocked unconscious by an oncoming train between Dymchurch and Hythe and as a result ran into the buffers and onto the station concourse. It was the late 1960s, I think and the engine was No. 5 Hercules.

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

Thanks KE. It's good the level crossing all have barriers and lights to improve safety to stop further accidents. Glad to hear you've had some great memories.

These trains are so tiny it's adorable. I love how these trains have all the infrastructure that the big trains have like the half-barriers at the level crossings. Fun date idea.

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

It's definetly worth going out for the day as the trains and the railway is just perfection! It's cool isn't it about the infrastructure even if it's 1/3 scale. Added bonus is it looks like it's doing 60mph when you're doing 20mph :D

Loved every second!

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Rod! I do have the Hythe-Dungeness video too if interested 👍

Very nice video, especially for me as I love the diesel. It performs very like it bigger cousins which have sadly nearly all gone on passenger trains at least. Last time I rode this line was in the late 90's. It was actually my first weekend away with my girlfriend who I later married. Before that was a special train organised I think for the Instituute of Mechanical Engineers and before that a ride way back in the 1960's. I'd do it again but I live abroad now. Oh well, happy memories!

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

It's brilliant to hear you have happy memories of the line! Be sure to revisit the line if you ever come back to the UK for a holiday. It's still amazing 30 years on!

Great view of a house my family rented coming out of New Romney!! The trains made it a special holiday

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

5 ай бұрын

It’s always special to visit this railway and im glad you enjoyed this

Great job 👏

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

7 ай бұрын

Thanks

Fantastic

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Antony

I travelled on this in 2021 and would like to go again, albeit with a bit longer at Dungeness (covid restrictions meant you returned on the train you arrived in). Really uncomfortable seats though. Definitely bringing a cushion next time!! Thanks for the video.

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

No worries and glad you enjoyed the video!

Gorgeous.❤️ but the driver means 2000 revs, not 20,000 revs.✔️😀

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Ай бұрын

I know Duncan don’t worry 😂 Glad you enjoyed it

What a cracking line, must get down there a sample the delights 👍 P.s unless that's a race engine in that loco I doubt it's doing 20'000 revs 🤣🤣👍 P.p.s Was this a driver experience day ?

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Father McCreee! It's definetely worth the visit and yes it was a Driver Experience Day. I know it's not 20,000 revs but just 2,000. Easy mistake to make lol

@chrisevans7582

Жыл бұрын

@@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico By a driving instructor?

@arch9enius

Жыл бұрын

A race engine in a loco sounds like an idea , I gather there is a chassis spare.

Very interesting and enjoyable. I am intrigued, however, at the thought of a Perkins 6-cylinder diesel engine running at 20,000 rev/min. Is the tachometer scale right?

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

No the instructor by mistake got the scales mixed up. It's actually 2,000 revs not 20,000 :)

@MervynPartin

Жыл бұрын

@@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico That makes more sense. Thanks for your reply. The trip looked quite a great experience.

Would I be right in thinking that the reference to thousands of revs actually means hundreds. 2000 rpm for a small diesel seems more likley.

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

It is indeed 2000rpm it's just the instructor got it wrong lol

Last time I was there there were both tracks used between New Romney an Hythe. What happened? And why all these speed restrictions?

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

New Track and ballast was settling in still.

@treebeard4842

Жыл бұрын

@@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico Ah, that figures! Thank you very much!

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

You're most welcome :)

@drewski6843

6 ай бұрын

Nice vid.. wish we had something like this here in the states. 20 mph is the top speed? I thought these tiny mights traveled faster than 20 mph? Thanks again for the video

and the driver of winston churchill is alan my sisters other half.

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

Ah brilliant!

Was the line fully double tracked?

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

At one stage it was all Double track. However after WW2 the damage to the south part of the line meant it had to be singled to Dungeness from New Romney. Only double track part now really is at Romney Sands and Dungeness stations

@A-Trainspotter-From-Berkshire

Жыл бұрын

@@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico Thanks for the info. I am surprised then that they have not redoubled the line, since it would permit them to run more trains for limited extra cost.

2:58 michael myers theme starts playing 😂

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

Yes it did

8:54 Who was that, Eric Sykes ?

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

No idea lol

15,000 revs! 20,000 revs?

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

2 ай бұрын

Easy mistake to make from the driving instructor I know lol 😂 We did 1,500-2,000 revs

@josephinebennington7247

2 ай бұрын

@@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico 👍👍😉

What was the role of this little locomotive?

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

It's role is mixed. It mostly does shunts passenger carriages around New Romney. It also does patrols to check the line is in working order. As well as the evening train during the summer.

@vst9266

Жыл бұрын

@@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico why they didnt made them the normal size?

@MASSspec1990

Жыл бұрын

@@vst9266 the original gents who built it, did so to 1/3 scale.

I can’t understand why the instructor keeps say 10,000, 15,000, 20,000 revs, surely it should 1,000, 1,500, 2,000. The engine has probably will only rev to 3 or 4,000 revs.

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

Just a simple mistake, We all do it. But 2,000 revs is the maximum for this railway line.

20,000 “revs?” Is that what I’m hearing? You have a powerplant turning 20,000 rpm??

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

I wish! But no it's actually 2,000 rpm (Tutors mistake)

I wonder if people use this railway to get to work 😂

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

It would be interesting if people do

@rodpettet2819

7 ай бұрын

I recall school kids using it in the 1960s and also to deliver milk and groceries I think.

i dont think the chap giving the instructions has a clue how fast diesel engines run, he keeps saying 15,000 rpm its not a racing bike engine , 15 hundred perhaps

@TicTacTrolleyServiceTico

Жыл бұрын

I don't think it was intentional as we all make mistakes. But yes it was 1,500 revs not 15,000