Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
Locomotives withdrawn from service
This list includes engines sold, scrapped, failed in trials, or otherwise withdrawn. All engines were internal combustion locomotives.

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway

Section Title: Locomotives withdrawn from service
Table Section Text: This list includes engines sold, scrapped, failed in trials, or otherwise withdrawn. All engines were internal combustion locomotives.

Name or designation	Wheel arrangement	Builder	Year built	Year withdrawn	Notes

Theakston Fordson	Bo′2′	Theakston	1928	c. 1935	Very early experiment with internal combustion. Large passenger locomotive with fully enclosed 2-seater cab.

Super-Scooter (JAP Scooter)	Ultra-light 4-wheel scooter	RH&DR	c. 1929	c. 1945	Light, open-cabbed, track inspection scooter, powered by 6 hp JAP motorcycle engine. Captain Howey recorded New Romney to Hythe in 8 minutes, light engine.

War Department Locomotive	4-wheel scooter	War Department	1929	1949	The only privately owned locomotive to have seen long-term service on the RH&DR. Stabled at Hythe engine shed, worked the War Department branch line.

Rolls Royce Locomotive	Bo′2′	RH&DR	c. 1932	1961	Built out of Captain Howey's Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost motor car. Large, fully enclosed cab, 2-seater, express passenger engine.

Firefly	0-6-0	HCS Bullock (rebuilt RH&DR)	1936 (rebuilt 1945)	1947	Although a 10 1⁄4 in (260 mm) gauge engine, Firefly was liveried and lettered as a RH&DR locomotive, and operated the post-war shuttle service when part of the line from New Romney to Warren Halt was temporarily re-gauged to 10 1⁄4 in (260 mm) gauge.

Motor Cycle Scooter	Ultra-light 4-wheel scooter	RH&DR	c. 1949	c. 1952	Light, open-cabbed, track inspection scooter, powered by motorcycle engine. The only RH&DR locomotive ever built of which no known photograph exists.

Royal Anchor	B-B	Charles Lane of Liphook	1956	1956	Diesel Hydraulic double-ended (two cabs) locomotive, built for RH&DR service (as the Rolls Royce locomotive was near withdrawal). Royal Anchor failed trials due to lack of power.

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The War Department locomotive was built in 1929.
The War Department locomotive was built in 1929 and withdrawn from service in 1949.
The War Department locomotive had been in service from 1929 to 1949.

final_sentence: The War Department locomotive was built in 1929.
final_sentence: The War Department locomotive was built in 1929 and withdrawn from service in 1949.
final_sentence: The War Department locomotive had been in service from 1929 to 1949.