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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 loco appeared on the Welsh Highland Railway for the Superpower event in September 2010. It is seen here in the Aberglaslyn pass on 11 September. It is now on tour, visiting the Launceston Steam Railway and the reborn Lynton & Barnstable Railway. Photo credit: Chris G Jones Recently featured: Prince – The Coalition – Lyd