Yeo locomotive

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Yeo

Yeo and train approaching Woody Bay in Southern livery
Power type	Steam
Builder	Manning Wardle (England)
Serial number	1361
Build date	1898
Configuration	2-6-2
Gauge	1 ft 11.5 in
Leading wheel size	2 ft 0 in
Driver size	2 ft 9 in
Trailing wheel size	2 ft 0 in
Wheelbase	6 ft 6 in fixed 17 ft 9 in total
Length	22 ft 4 in over buffer beams
Width	6 ft 7 in
Height	8 ft 11 in
Locomotive weight	27 Tons 5 cwt
Fuel type	coal
Fire grate area	8.85 sq ft
Heating surface: Total	383 sq ft
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	10.5 in x 16 in
Valve gear	Joy
Career	Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
Number	E759 (post-1923)
Locale	Devon, South West England
Last run	29 September 1935
Scrapped	1935

Manning Wardle 2-6-2T built 1898 for Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Scrapped 1935

Yeo, like all the locomotives on the L&B, was named after the River Yeo, 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.

A set of frames for a replica of Yeo have been manuafactured for the project, and are in storage for when funds are available to do more. This is however seen as a longer-term project, once sufficient length of the line has been reopened.

A half size model was built by David Curwen in 1978 for the Réseau Guerlédan Chemin de Fer Touristique in Brittany, France. When the line closed, it transferred to the Fairbourne Railway in North Wales