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At its opening in May 1898, the legendary narrow-gauge Lynton & Barnstaple Railway in North Devon was equipped with three Manning Wardle 2-6-2 tank engines. Two months later they were joined by a Baldwin 2-4-2. The Baldwin was named 'LYN' but commonly referred to by the staff as 'The Yankee'. LYN was built to a unique design, ordered and ...
Lyn (locomotive) Lyn. (locomotive) 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.
A Baldwin 2-6-2T locomotive, shown in service after the First World War. Most of the locos exported after the conflict were built around 1917 and were of the 4-6-0 arrangements, having 2ft driving wheels, 8 by 12 inch cylinders, and worked at 140-pound pressure. Being war surplus they were quite cheap compared to a new locomotive, hence 2ft ...
The BR Standard Class 3 2-6-2T was a class of steam locomotive designed by Robert Riddles for British Railways. It was essentially a hybrid design, the chassis being closely based on and sharing a number of parts with the LMS Ivatt Class 4 , and having a boiler derived from a GWR No.2 boiler as fitted to the GWR Large Prairie 2-6-2T and 5600 Class 0-6-2T tank engines.
LNER Encyclopedia: The Gresley V2 2-6-2 Prairie 'Green Arrow' Class. The Gresley V2 2-6-2 Prairie 'Green Arrow' Class. The V2s were the LNER's most famous mixed traffic design, and they were one of Gresley 's most successful locomotive types. The design can be traced back to 1932 when a modification of the K3 2-6-0 was being considered.
Dec 9, 2016 · 9 Dec 2016. #1. A review of the Bachmann G Scale Big Hauler Baldwin 2-4-2T 'Lyn' in smart Lined Green Livery. Constructed by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1898 for the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, Lyn was the only example of her class. After construction in Philadelphia, the loco was disassembled and shipped to Barnstaple, to be reassembled by ...
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The LNER 2-6-2 Prairies. Apart from a solitary experimental Midland Railway locomotive locomotive built in 1908, no 2-6-2 tender locomotives ran in Britain until 1936 when Gresley adopted the type in preference to the 4-6-0 for a powerful three-cylinder mixed traffic design. The 184 2-6-2s built outnumbered both Pacifics and 4-6-0 s delivered ...
