The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent is to hold its Autumn Gala on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 October.
The guest locomotive at the Gala will be Siân, a 2-4-2 visiting from Whistlestop Valley (formerly known as the Kirklees Light Railway, KLR). It is owned by the Siân Project Group, who are members of the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society.
Guest Engineering of Stourbridge built Siân in 1963 for the Fairbourne Railway in Wales. After the Fairbourne was re-gauged, the loco then worked at the Bure Valley Railway. In May 2018, Siân moved to the KLR in West Yorkshire, joining sister Katie there.
![No.6 "Samson" and No.5 "Hercules" // Credit Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway](https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Samson-and-Hercules-cred-Romney-Hythe-and-Dymchurch-Railway-e1525858273529-750x422.jpg)
On both days of the Gala, RHDR will run special timetables, with non-stop and multiple-headed services. The Railway also promises “special surprises”.
Pre-book your day or weekend tickets online here. A variety of ticket prices are available.
Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway runs for thirteen-and-a-half miles from the coastal town of Hythe, through Dymchurch, New Romney and finally to Dungeness.
![Steam train on the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway](https://www.railadvent.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/55ad70f9-06bb-4d08-9d70-677cc3915227-750x258.jpg)