RH&DR No.1 Green Goddess
Romney Hythe and Dymchurch railway locomotive No.1 Green Goddess is a 4-6-2 Steam locomotive build by Davey Paxman & Co. in 1925 and was given the works number 15469. It was one of 2 original locomotives ordered by Captain Howey and Count Louis Zborowski in 1924 and was completed and operation the following year, 2 years before the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch railway was completed. The designed was owed to Sir Nigel Gresley and his design of his A1 class which is the class Flying Scotsman was a part of. It's livery was also based on that of Flying Scotsman as it was in LNER Apple Green. The designing of the locomotive was done by Henry Greenly and the total cost of building it was £1250 or around £79,800 in 2021.
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