Rolling stock of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway

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The Rolling stock of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway was one of the most distinctive aspects of the narrow gauge line which ran for almost twenty miles across Exmoor in North Devon, England, from 1898 to 1935.

The locomotives appeared originally in a livery of plain lined green, and later on a black base, with chestnut under-frames, hauling passenger carriages coloured terracotta with off-white upper panels, and light grey goods wagons. The schemes were simplified as individual vehicles were repainted. With the take-over of the line by the Southern Railway in 1923, and the consequent arrival of a new locomotive - Lew - in 1925, the livery was slowly changed to the Southern Maunsell version for locos and passenger stock, and umber for the goods wagons. The loco headlamps which had been black under the L&B were re-painted red.

All of the original stock - sixteen passenger coaches and eighteen goods vehicles - were built to very high standards and supplied by the Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works. This consistency in design gave the line a unique and solid image, which was preserved and even enhanced as further items of rolling stock were added to the line.

These tables list the rolling stock in more detail than can usefully be portrayed on the main article ( Lynton and Barnstaple Railway )


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Contractors' Locos
Name Works No Type Manuf.[1]
Excelsior  970 0-4-2WT WGB
Slave 1430 0-4-0ST WGB
Kilmarnock  703 0-4-0ST ABA

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L&B Locos
(1898-1935)
Name Works No Type Manuf.[1]
Yeo  1361 2-6-2T MWL
Exe  1362 2-6-2T MWL
Taw  1363 2-6-2T MWL
Lyn 15965 2-4-2T BLW
Lew  2042 2-6-2T MWL

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L&B Coaching Stock (1898-1935)
L&B
No.
Southern
Number
Coach Type Manuf.[1] Date Notes
1 6991 Saloon brake end observation BWC 1897
2 6992 Saloon brake end observation BWC 1897 Preserved at National Railway Museum
3 2473 Saloon end observation BWC 1897
4 2474 Saloon end observation BWC 1897 Preserved: awaiting restoration by L&BRT
5 6363 Composite BWC 1897
6 6365 Composite BWC 1897
7 2465 Third centre observation BWC 1897 Restored, now at Woody Bay
8 2466 Third centre observation BWC 1897
9 2467 Third centre observation BWC 1897
10 2468 Third centre observation BWC 1897
11 2469 Third BWC 1897
12 2470 Third BWC 1897
13 2471 Third BWC 1897
14 2472 Third BWC 1897
15 6993 Third Brake BWC 1897 Rebuilt, now at Ffestiniog Railway
16 4108 Third Brake BWC 1897
17 6994 Composite Brake SAP 1911 Preserved: awaiting restoration by L&BRT

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L&B Goods Stock (1898-1935)
(# These vehicles were obtained second-hand for the L&B.)
L&B
No.
Southern
Number
Wagon Type Manuf.[1] Date Notes
1 28304 Open Goods BWC 1897
2 28305 Open goods BWC 1897
3 47036 Goods van BWC 1897
4 47037 Goods van BWC 1897 Recovered parts stored by L&BR Trust
5 56039 Bogie brake van BWC 1897
6 47038 Goods van BWC 1897
7 47039 Goods van BWC 1897
8 28306 Open goods BWC 1897
9 28307 Open goods BWC 1897
10 28308 Open goods BWC 1897
11 28309 Open goods BWC 1897
12 28301 Bogie open goods BWC 1897
13 28302 Bogie open goods BWC 1897
14 56040 Bogie brake van BWC 1897
15 47040 Goods van BWC 1897
16 47041 Goods van BWC 1897
17 28310 Open goods BWC 1897
18 28311 Open goods BWC 1897
19 28312 Bogie open goods ? ?#
20 28314 Bogie platform wagon BWC 1902
21 28315 Bogie platform wagon BWC 1902
22 28313 Bogie open goods wagon BWC 1903
23 56041 Bogie brake van LBR 1909 Restored, now at Woody Bay
24 28303 Bogie open goods wagon LBR 1913
- 28316 Bogie open wagon JFH 1927
- 28317 Bogie open wagon JFH 1927
- 28318 Bogie open wagon JFH 1927
- 28319 Bogie open wagon JFH 1927
- 441S Travelling Crane CSC 1927#
- 442S Travelling Crane CSC 1927#
- 441S Crane match truck SRY 1927
- 47042 Bogie goods van JFH 1927
- 47043 Bogie goods van JFH 1927
- 47044 Bogie goods van JFH 1927
- 47045 Bogie goods van JFH 1927

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Modern Stock (1995 - )
No. Type Manuf.[1] Date Source Status Notes
  Coaching Stock          
1 All-third brake Coach LBR 2003 ex-Thorpe Park LBR rebuilt Bratton Fleming, undergoing refurbishment, Essex
2 All-third Coach LBR 2004 ex-Thorpe Park LBR rebuilt Bratton Fleming in service at Woody Bay
3 First/Third Coach LBR 2006 ex-Thorpe Park LBR rebuilt Bratton Fleming in service at Woody Bay
4 Open Coach LBR 2007 ex-Thorpe Park LBR rebuilt Bratton Fleming in service at Woody Bay
5 Open Coach LBR 2006 ex-Thorpe Park awaiting rebuild in storage
  Goods Stock          
54 Goods van - - ex-RAF Chilmark munitions van Southern Goods livery in use at Woody Bay
61 Goods van - - ex-RAF Chilmark munitions van L&B Grey livery in use at Woody Bay
62 Goods van - - ex-RAF Chilmark munitions van L&B Grey livery in use at Woody Bay

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Modern locos (1995 - )
Used since 2004


Name Works No Type Manuf. Date Notes
Steam:      
Bronllwyd 1643 0-6-0 Hudswell Clark -
Darent 984 0-6-0 Andrew Barclay -
Emmet - 0-4-0T Haylock 2001
Peter Pan - 0-4-0 Kerr Stuart -
Statfold 3903 0-4-0 Hunslet 2005 loaned by Hunslet Engine Company, Tamworth
Stanhope - 0-4-0 Kerr Stuart 1917
Velinheli - 0-4-0 Hunslet 1886
Sid 4127 0-4-0WT Maffei -
Diesel:      
Exmoor Ranger 6348 0-4-0 Hunslet 1975
Heddon Hall 6660 0-4-0 Hunslet 1965
Holwell Castle 11177 0-4-0 Simplex 1961
Titch 8729 0-4-0 Simplex 1941


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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Key to Rolling Stock Manufacturers: