| Power type | Steam |
|---|---|
| Builder | Manning Wardle(England) |
| Serial number | 1362 |
| Build date | 1898 |
| Configuration | 2-6-2 |
| Gauge | 1 ft 11. Manning Wardle was a Steam Locomotive manufacturer based in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The Whyte notation for classifying Steam locomotives by Wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte Other classification schemes like Under the Whyte notation for the classification of Steam locomotives by Wheel arrangement, a 2-6-2 has two Leading wheels six coupled Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. 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. The leading wheel or leading axle of a Steam locomotive is an unpowered Wheel or Axle located in front of the driving wheels On a Steam locomotive, a driving wheel is a powered Wheel which is driven by the Locomotive 's Pistons (or Turbine, in the On a Steam locomotive, a trailing wheel or trailing axle is an unpowered Wheel or Axle located behind the driving wheels 85 sq ft |
| Heating surface: Total | 383 sq ft |
| Cylinders | 2 |
| Cylinder size | 10. A cylinder is the central working part of a Reciprocating engine, the space in which a Piston travels 5 in x 16 in |
| Valve gear | Joy |
| Career | Lynton and Barnstaple Railway |
| Number | E760 (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
Exe, like all the locomotives on the L&B, was named afterthe River Exe, a local watercourse with a three letter name. The valve gear of a Steam engine is the mechanism that operates the inlet and exhaust Valves to admit Steam into the cylinder and allow exhaust The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway (L&B opened as an independent railway in May 1898 Devon is a large county in the South West of England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway (L&B opened as an independent railway in May 1898 The River Exe in England rises near the village of Simonsbath, on Exmoor in Somerset, near the Bristol Channel coast
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. The Ffestiniog Railway (Rheilffordd Ffestiniog is a narrow gauge Heritage railway, located in North West Wales. The Welsh Highland Railway (WHR is a Narrow gauge railway in Wales, which originally ran from Dinas near Caernarfon to Porthmadog
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