REAL, MINIATURE, LIVE STEAM ENGINES MAKING THEIR LIVING COMMERCIALLY—AND TOO BIG TO TAKE HOME UNDER ONE’S ARM!
On the last sunny day in September I was lucky enough to spend the day with Doctor Syn.
Doctor Syn was a fictional smuggling hero on the Kent marshes. Don’t worry, I wasn’t smuggling contraband into the country. My family brought me a driver experience on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway and this Doctor Syn is RH&DR Number 10, a lovely Canadian Pacific style loco build in 1931.
I drove No. 10 as a ‘light loco’ (loco only) for four miles. Then I rode on the footplate for a 28 mile round trip over the whole line with a scheduled passenger service. It was a fantastic experience. The unforgettable feeling of travelling at 20 mph in a gently swaying 15 inch gauge loco with the heat of the fire, the smell of smoke and the hiss of steam.
Simon, who was driving No. 10 that day, taught me…
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