Lyn locomotive

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Lyn

Lyn in Early L&B livery
Power type	Steam
Builder	Baldwin Locomotive Works(USA)
Serial number	15965
Build date	May 1898
Configuration	2-4-2
Gauge	1 ft 11.5 in
Leading wheel size	1 ft 10 in
Driver size	2 ft 9 in
Trailing wheel size	1 ft 10 in
Wheelbase	5 ft 0 in fixed 17 ft 7 in total
Length	23 ft 6 in over buffer beams
Width	7 ft 2 in
Height	8 ft 11 in
Total weight	22 Tons
Fuel type	coal
Fire grate area	7.7 sq ft
Heating surface: Total	379.2 sq ft
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	10 in x 16 in
Valve gear	Stephenson
Career	Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
Number	E762 (post-1923)
Locale	Devon, South West England
Last run	September 1935
Scrapped	December 1935

Baldwin 2-4-2T built 1898 for Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Scrapped 1935

Lyn, like all the locomotives on the L&B, was named after the River Lyn, a local watercourse with a three-letter name.

The tradition of naming L&B steam locos after local watercourses continues into the 21st Century, with Lyd, a replica of Lew (the fourth and final locomotive built to this basic design), being built on the Ffestiniog railway by a group associated with that line and the Welsh Highland Railway

Closer to The L&B, the railway's trust currently owns one steam locomotive - renamed Axe - which although it did not serve on the historic L&B, is being rebuilt for eventual use on the new line, currently centred at Woody Bay.