Is it true that in Kent you can travel on a express train hauled by a mini Flying Scotsman type steam engine?

Question

Is it true that in Kent you can travel on a express train hauled by a mini Flying Scotsman type steam engine?

Answer 1

Yes, it leaves from Tenterden and goes to the lovely Bodium Castle. It is relatively cheap, and on a sunny day is very beautiful. Tenterden is equadistant from Maidstone and Ashford.

Answer 2

The "mini" Flying Scotsman type engine is in service on the "Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway" which  is a privately owned railway open to the public and is built to one-third full size.

The full-sized one - The Kent and East Sussex Railway is a full-sized railway - it was once part of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway - but as it is a "preserved" line open to the public, its speed is limited to a leisurely 25 m.p.h. maximum in order to comply with current regulations.

Answer 3

It is indeed true, on the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. A good day out for all ages.

http://www.rhdr.org.uk/rhdr/home_flash.h...

Answer 4

There are no steam hauled trains on the main line.  The Romney Hythe and Dymchurch light railway runs regular services using one fifth scale steam locos on a narrow gauge track.

Answer 5

Try the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway. I cannot remember the scale of the train, but it is well worth a visit. The last time I traveled on them was in the late 1980's.

Answer 6

You must mean the RH&DR which was built as a main line in miniture. Most of the loco's are scaled down main line types and can ratle along at 20mph woth a heavy train. Not bad for a 15" gauge line.

This railway is 80 years old this year and JUly 14/15th has a host of special events lined up.

Answer 7

There is a steam train at Tenterden and one at Romney to Hythe.

The tenterden one is full size and sometimes does a Thomas the tank engine day and the Romney/Hythe is a smaller one.