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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.
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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. The design of the replica includes many modern featur...
The replica Lyn includes modifications to the frames and pony trucks specifically to enable running on the tighter curves of the Welsh Highland Railway. It made its first visit for the Superpower event in September 2018. On this occasion it ran between Caernarfon and Waunfawr, top and tailing a train with Taliesin. Lyn returned to the WHR in 2019 w...
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.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.
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
The Lyn was a 2-4-2 tank steam locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1898 for the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway.. History []. Between July 1897 and January 1898, employees of many British engineering companies were striking in an attempt to win the right to an eight-hour working day, leaving locomotive builders with large backlogs of unfulfilled orders.
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The 15,965th Baldwin locomotive built, LYN featured outside bar frames typical of American 2-4-2s of the period. The sand domes positioned to each side of the steam dome are also typical of American loco design. LYN was the only L&B engine to have a fully enclosed cab.
