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Lyd is a close replica of Lew, one of the 2-6-2Ts of the legendary Lynton & Barnstaple Railway in Devon (closed 1935). As there is a possibility (increasingly remote) that Lew may still exist in South America, where the engine was shipped after the L&B closed, a new name has been chosen. The first manufacturing tasks were carried out in Cornwall but the main building of the engine later moved to the FR's Boston Lodge Works. The project was being funded partly by the individuals behind it and partly by a variety of contribution schemes. The loco entered service in September 2010, making its first public runs during the WHR Superpower weekend. During December 2010 Lyd was lined out in BR livery, given an early BR crest and numbered 30190, as a nod towards what might have become of the original L&B engines had they survived to nationalisation. Photo credit: Bruce Brayne |