Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns

Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns Ltd (RSH) was a locomotive builder with works in North East England.

After the 1955 modernisation plan of British Railways RSH responded by building the following class of diesel locomotives some of which are preserved (Including D306 & D318).

Withdrawn Sept. 2018; built as Austerity WD 71515 Built for Kearsley Power Station, rebuilt as battery electric for Heysham Power Station Undergoing overhaul Operational Operational On static display awaiting overhaul New Zealand EW class electric New Zealand EW class locomotive Stored out of use On static display awaiting overhaul.

Operated on the Boyne City Railroad in Michigan after being bought and transferred to the United States.

After bankruptcy of Boone City RR, it transferred to the Tennessee Railway Museum in Chattanooga, then finally to a scrapyard in Louisville, KY, when it was saved from being destroyed and melted as scrap.