tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post3524456292243919567..comments2024-03-27T16:39:43.522+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch RailwayJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-32042367446868475622015-09-21T09:30:08.718+01:002015-09-21T09:30:08.718+01:00I was on the RHDR yestreday. The picture of the t...I was on the RHDR yestreday. The picture of the two boys could have been my son and his friend (but weren't).<br /><br />While the Armoured Train did not claim any enemy victims, the RHDY does - in a rather unlikely way. <br /><br />It is said a Stuka bombed the railay and hit a locmotive. The driver was thrown clear without injury as the boiler blew up, throwing debris high into the air. Some of the bits hit the stuka, killing the pilot and destroying the plane. The locomotive was rebuilt and back in service 5 months later.<br /><br />The railway also played a significant role in Operation Pluto in 1944/1945 – the construction of the "PipeLine Under The Ocean" to provide the Allied troops in France with fuel.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com