Miniature Railway 1934

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Romney & Hythe, Kent.

A man working on a miniature locomotive of the smallest public railway in the world - children sized replica of the real trains. Two men rotating locomotive getting it ready for service. Several shots of the children entering train and the train departing and riding through...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42287
Sort Number:
NSP 107
Time in/Out:
01:05:20:00 / 01:06:05:00
Canister:
NSP 107
Film ID:
1254.03
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  • The railway featured here is the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway (RH&DR;).

    The railway is still going strong today. Here's a link to their website......

    www.rhdr.org.uk/

    Seen at 00:07 is their locomotive No. 7, named "Typhoon", built in 1927.

    jamied 11th Jun 2012
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