RH&DR No. 2 Northern Chief

Northern Chief is a green 4-6-2 tender steam locomotive.
== History ==
Northern Chief was built in 1925 by Davey Paxman and company by order of Count. Louis Zborowski in 1924 at the cost of around 2000 pounds. Northern Chief was delivered to the RH&DR before it finished construction and so was stored at New Romney. On the 5th of August in 1926 it pulled the first train upon the visit of the Duke of York. In 1971 it visited the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway in Cumbria to assist in motive power trials being the second engine to visit the R&ER.https://www.rhdr.org.uk/locomotives/northern-chief/https://transportsofdelight.smugmug.com/RAILWAYS/BRITISH-NARROW-GAUGE-AND-MINIATURE-RAILWAYS/MINIATURE-RAILWAYS/ROMNEY-HYTHE-DYMCHURCH-RAILWAY/i-hKP7QfGhttps://www.rhdra.org/no-2-northern-chief/https://www.rhdr.org.uk/locomotives/https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=4647
On the 2nd of September in 1935, Northern Chief was hit by a truck at the Bonnington (Now Eastbridge) Rd crossing with the locomotive falling on it's right side upon the Canal bridge while the truck was damaged beyond repair. In April 1970, Northern Chief was in a collision with an Austin 1100 car Botolph's Bridge level crossing, the driver Cyril Carter's quick reaction caused a lighter impact with nobody being injured and the car remaining repairable. This was Northern Chief's latest recorded accident. Northern Chief is currently in traffic using a Bulleid whistle.
== Trivia ==
* Northern Chief has always carried a type of green livery apart from during world war two where it carried wartime black.
*Northern Chief is the locomotive who has gone the longest in service without overhaul
== Gallery ==
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== Bibliography ==
Category:Locomotives
Category:Steam locomotives
Category:Tender locomotives
Category:4-6-2 locomotives
Category:4-6-2 steam locomotives
Category:Preserved locomotives
Category:Built in 1925
Category:United Kingdom
Category:15-inch gauge
Category:15 inch Gauge Locomotives
Category:Minimum Gauge
Category:Miniature locomotives
Category:Six-coupled locomotives
Category:Paxman locomotives
Category:Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway