Capt Howey's converted 1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost as a locomotive on the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway Converted in 1931, it survived until 1961.
The Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway (RH&DR) is a 15 in gauge light railway in Kent, England, operating steam and internal combustion locomotives. The 13+1⁄2-mile line runs from the Cinque Port of Hythe via Dymchurch, St. Mary's Bay, New Romney and Romney Sands to Dungeness, close to Dungeness nuclear power station and Dungeness Lighthouse. The railway was the dream of millionaire racing drivers Captain John Edwards Presgrave ("Jack") Howey and Count Louis Zborowski. The railway was opened on 16 July 1927 by Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, William Lygon, 7th Earl locomotives were designed by Henry Greenly who was commissioned by Howey to work on the construction of the entire railway and became the railway's first chief engineer until his abrupt resignation in March 1929. In 1931, Howey converted his 1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost into the locomotive seen here that survived until 1961.
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