RH&DR No. 4 The Bug

The Bug is a brown 0-4-0 side tank tender steam locomotive.
== History ==
The Bug was built in 1926 by Krauss of Munich, Germany for the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway in Kent, United Kingdom. The Bug was designed to aid in the construction of the line and the extension to Dungeness. But after the railway opened The Bug saw little service and so was sold to a showman in Blackpool in Lancashire who sold The Bug to the Belle Vue Park Railway.https://www.rhdr.org.uk/locomotives/https://www.rhdra.org/no-4-the-bug/https://www.steamlocomotive.info/vlocomotive.cfm?Display=4886https://transportsofdelight.smugmug.com/RAILWAYS/BRITISH-NARROW-GAUGE-AND-MINIATURE-RAILWAYS/MINIATURE-RAILWAYS/ROMNEY-HYTHE-DYMCHURCH-RAILWAY/i-CbPVXbWhttps://www.rhdr.org.uk/locomotives/the-bug/
On this railway it was renamed Jean and operated until 1950 when the railway closed and the locomotive was sold for scrap. It lay under a pile of scrap until 1972 when it was repatriated by Sir William McAlpine. In 1974, The Bug was restored to operational status by Dick Cushing being painted in Southern Green, it was used to promote the railway operating at exhibitions. The Bug is not in service, awaiting overhaul and is painted in Brighton Umber (Improved Engine Green) and uses a custom RH&DR whistle.
== Trivia ==
* The Bug is the smallest steam locomotive in the RH&DR's fleet.
* The Bug was the first of the fleet to be numbered 4 and now the last.
* The Bug as Basil in The Bug Club.
* 7.5 inch gauge plans have been made for The Bug and published in an American live steam modeler magazine.
== Gallery ==
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File:Loco-side-profile-bug.jpg
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== Bibliography ==
Category:Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway
Category:Steam locomotives
Category:United Kingdom
Category:Four-coupled locomotives
Category:15-inch gauge
Category:Miniature locomotives
Category:Locomotives
Category:Minimum Gauge
Category:Tank locomotives
Category:Side tank locomotives
Category:0-4-0 locomotives
Category:0-4-0 steam locomotives
Category:0-4-0T steam locomotives
Category:0-4-0T locomotives
Category:Tender locomotives
Category:Preserved locomotives
Category:Built in 1926
Category:Krauss locomotives
Category:Krauss-Maffei locomotives
Category:German locomotives