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Lyn was a 2-4-2 tank steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1898 for the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway in England. While the original Lyn was scrapped in 1935, a complete recreation of the locomotive exists, having been completed in 2017, and bears the same name as its precursor.
Joe Rogers & Gary Dolzall take a look at one example of the USA's famous Baldwin Locomotive Works providing motive power for one of Britain's best-known, rural narrow gauge lines.
LYN was the only American-built locomotive built for the Southern Railway, although others saw mainline service forty years later, during the Second World War. A number of modifications were made to LYN over her life including the fitting of coal rails to the bunker, changes to the smokebox door and re-boilering in 1907.
LYN was built to a unique design, ordered and delivered in a very short time by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, USA. When the Southern Railway took over the line in 1923, they added a letter E (For Eastleigh works - the Southern shed Pilton was seconded to) as well as the number 762.
- 1ft 11½
- 2-4-2T
- 23ft 9in (over buffer beams)
- 6ft 8in
Lyn. The World's only new-build American steam loco is now at Woody Bay! LYN at Woody Bay September 2017. The new LYN arrived at Woody Bay in September 2017. Running-in trials showed that the ex MOD 1 in 5 turnouts at Killington Lane could not accommodate the loco safely.
Lyn was completed in 2017. It is a replica of an original locomotive built for the L&B by the Baldwin in the USA in 1898. The original locomotive was scrapped after the L&B closed in 1935. The replica was built by the 762 Club, an organisation set up to build new locomotives for the revived L&B.
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