RH&DR No. 6 Samson

Samson is a blue 4-8-2 freelance "Mountain" type tender steam locomotive.
== History ==
Samson was built in 1927 by the Davey Paxman company and deliver to the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway on the 20th of April in 1927 along with No.5 Hercules. From 1931 to 1946, Samson was stored (practically abandoned) at New Romney after the ballast traffic failed to materialize and was used for spare parts. To a point in which after the second world war Samson was derelict but was sent to Hove, Sussex (near Brighton) to be rebuilt and from 1955 operated with a lined black livery.https://www.rhdr.org.uk/locomotives/https://www.rhdr.org.uk/locomotives/samson/https://transportsofdelight.smugmug.com/RAILWAYS/BRITISH-NARROW-GAUGE-AND-MINIATURE-RAILWAYS/MINIATURE-RAILWAYS/ROMNEY-HYTHE-DYMCHURCH-RAILWAY/i-qXWRs2mhttps://www.rhdra.org/no-6-samson/https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=5064
Then in 1961, Samson received as super-heated boiler. On the 6th of August in 1973, Samson struck a stolen car at St. Mary's crossing with the driver of Samson, Peter Hobson being killed and Samson badly damaged at sent to Leeds, Yorkshire for repairs, it was the first incident in which a driver of the engine was killed at a level crossing. In 1984, Samson was used at a Garden Festival in Liverpool and in 1989, Samson was repainted into Prussian Blue inspired by the Great Eastern Railway blue. Her 2018 major overhaul saw her emerge in Caledonian Blue and loose her smoke deflectors loose her red rods. Samson is currently operational and is using an American Crosby Chime whistle while wearing a Caledonian Blue livery.
== Trivia ==
* Samson is one of the only locomotives, part of the RH&DR fleet to have been used for spares at one point in it's life time.
* Samson has been out of service the longest out of all RH&DR locomotives apart from The Bug.
* Samson is the fifth RH&DR locomotive to visit the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway.
== Gallery ==
File:Samson.jpg
File:Samson tender Dunge.png
File:Samsonsteam.jpg
File:RH & DR Samson at Dymchurch.jpg
File:Rhdr locomotive samson 2.jpg
File:Rhdr locomotive samson 1.jpg
File:Rhdr locomotive samson.jpg
File:RH&DRSamsonwithface.jpg
*
== Bibliography ==
Category:Locomotives
Category:Steam locomotives
Category:Tender locomotives
Category:4-8-2 locomotives
Category:4-8-2 steam locomotives
Category:Preserved locomotives
Category:Built in 1927
Category:United Kingdom
Category:15-inch gauge
Category:Minimum Gauge
Category:Miniature locomotives
Category:Eight-coupled locomotives
Category:Paxman locomotives
Category:Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway