Level Crossings & Trains on the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway (May 2022, 95th Anniversary Gala)

A compilation featuring all thirteen public highway level crossings on the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway - Kent's Mainline in Miniature. All videos were filmed during the weekend of the railway's 95th Anniversary Gala, and as such, there was a lot more running than usual, including plenty of special action! As well as every public highway level crossing on the line, the video features numerous double-headers, a top & tail movement, a tender-first running, parallel runs and plenty more during the railway's most successful Gala in over 20 years! Enjoy!
See below for full details:
Date(s) filmed: 14/05/2022 & 15/05/2022
Route: Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway (RH&DR)
- Various locations along the railway!
Video guide:
Burmarsh Road Level Crossing - 0:00
Parallel run from New Romney to Hythe!
No.5 "Hercules" | No.9 "Winston Churchill"
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Battery Road Level Crossing - 2:03
No.6 "Samson" - Dungeness to Hythe
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Dungeness Road Level Crossing - 3:12
1) No.11 "Black Prince" - New Romney to Dungeness
2) No.11 "Black Prince" - Dungeness to Hythe
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Lydd-on-Sea (Williamson Road) Level Crossing - 5:35
No.5 "Hercules" - Hythe to Dungeness
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Lydd-on-Sea (Hull Road) Level Crossing - 6:44
(Featuring UK Level Crossings Channel)
No.5 "Hercules" - Dungeness to New Romney
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Lydd-on-Sea (Taylor Road) Level Crossing - 7:59
No.1 "Green Goddess" - Hythe to Dungeness (Non-stop)
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Greatstone (Baldwin Road) Level Crossing (1/2) - 9:18
1) No.2 "Northern Chief" - Hythe to Romney Sands
(Non-stop through New Romney)
2) No.2 "Northern Chief" - Romney Sands to New Romney
(Tender-first running)
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Greatstone (Seaview Road) Level Crossing - 11:31
(Featuring: )
1) No.5 "Hercules" & No.6 "Samson" - Hythe to Dungeness
(Double-header)
2) No.1 "Green Goddess" - Dungeness to Hythe
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Romney Sands Station - 14:24
No.5 "Hercules" & No.6 "Samson Arrive.
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Romney Sands Level Crossing - 14:55
(Featuring TWO Double-headers!)
1) No.3 "Southern Maid" & No.9 "Winston Churchill"
Hythe to Dungeness
2) No.5 "Hercules" & No. 6 "Samson" - Dungeness to Hythe
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Dymchurch (Eastbridge Road) Level Crossing - 18:16
1) No.15 "Shelagh of Eskdale" & No.12 "J.B. Snell"
Hythe to Dungeness
(Diesel double-header)
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2) No.5 "Hercules" & No.2 "Northern Chief"
(Steam double-header) | Dungeness to Hythe
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Dymchurch (St. Mary's Road) Level Crossing - 20:28
(New LED Lights & Two Trains pass)
No.6 "Samson" - New Romney to Hythe
No.1 "Green Goddess" - Hythe to New Romney (Non-stop)
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Greatstone (Baldwin Road) Level Crossing (2/2) - 22:02
1) No.1 "Green Goddess" & River Irt (Top & Tail)
New Romney to Romney Sands
2) River Irt (Visiting Locomotive) - Romney Sands to Hythe
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St. Mary's Bay Level Crossing (1/2) - 24:40
1) River Irt (Visiting Locomotive) - Romney Sands to Hythe
2) No.2 "Northern Chief" - Hythe to New Romney
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Botolph's Bridge Level Crossing - 27:15
1) No.9 "Winston Churchill"
Hythe to New Romney (Non-stop)
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2) No.15 "Shelagh of Eskdale" & No.12 "J.B. Snell
Dungeness to Hythe
(Diesel double-header)
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3) No.3 "Southern Maid" & No.6 "Samson"
(Double-headed) Hythe to Hythe non-stop
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4) No.2 "Northern Chief" - (Freight demonstration)
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5) River Irt, No.15 "S. of E." & No.12 "J.B. Snell"
(Triple-headed) Hythe to New Romney
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St. Mary's Bay Level Crossing (2/2) - 33:17
Featuring the spectacular grand finale!
A parallel run from Hythe to New Romney
Closest train: River Irt, No.5, No.1 & No.9
Other train: No.3, No.6, No.2 & No.11
Thanks for watching!

[@reactionreviewsprideandmore]

Wow Burmarsh Road level crossing is the very first automated level crossing I’ve seen in the UK where 2 trains are both going in the same direction

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

It's an occasional thing down on this railway. This was one of four over the weekend done as part of the 95th anniversary celebrations.

[@ramdom408]

I have been on those trains 😗🤚

[@berks-southeast-lc-cjr]

0:32 the yodalarm that you just started to hear here sounds like Lincoln high street level crossing in 1994

[@ramdom408]

i like how you have to wait ages till the train comes everytime u go to the crossing , i have been over these crossing when i was inside of the crossing

[@ramdom408]

Train*

[@trainstrainstrains40]

I love the LCs on the RH&DR, great video!

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Cheers! They're all quite unique

[@railwayhonza]

Great video of the different crossings at the railway

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thank you!

[@UKLevelCrossingsTrains]

Absolutely fantastic videos!! I like how you have used the ultra wide lens to capture the barriers raising. Botolph Bridge’s alarms are possibly my most favourite alarm combo ever, mainly because it represents the old Second Drove!! Again, amazing catches!!!

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thank you very much! 👍😁
I mainly used the ultra-wide in those clips for the barriers raising as I had limited room to move back. I also really like the alarm combination at Botolph's Bridge and it does indeed sound similar to Second Drove in 2019/2020.

[@coromark]

The long barrier at Baldwin road looks rather odd

[@NWLevelCrossings]

Wow great shots of these Crossings!👍🏻

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thank you very much!

[@NWLevelCrossings]

@@SouthEastLevelCrossingsAmazing Videos too!!👍🏻👍🏻

[@MasGunReog]

Great video

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thank you!

[@highwindsclarke2685]

Nice video, nice weather.

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thanks. It was!

[@chrisclarke7828]

Was it Burmarsh where the train hit a car and the driver died years ago..

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

It was.