Rolling stock of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway

The Rolling stock of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway was one of the most distinctive aspects of the narrow gauge line which ran for almost twenty miles across Exmoor in North Devon, England, from 1898 to 1935.

The locomotives appeared originally in a livery of plain lined green, and later on a black base, with chestnut under-frames, hauling passenger carriages coloured terracotta with off-white upper panels, and light grey goods wagons. The schemes were simplified as individual vehicles were repainted. With the take-over of the line by the Southern Railway in 1923, and the consequent arrival of a new locomotive - Lew - in 1925, the livery was slowly changed to the Southern Maunsell version for locos and passenger stock, and umber for the goods wagons. The loco headlamps which had been black under the L&B were re-painted red.

All of the original stock - sixteen passenger coaches and eighteen goods vehicles - were built to very high standards and supplied by the Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works.

Contractor's locomotives

Locomotives used during the construction of the railway

Name	Works №	Type	Builder
Excelsior	970	0-4-2WT	Bagnall
Slave	1430	0-4-0ST	Bagnall
Kilmarnock	703	0-4-0ST	Andrew Barclay

Original Rolling Stock (1898-1935)

Rolling stock of the original railway.

Locomotives

Name	Works №	Type	Builder
Yeo	1361	2-6-2T	Manning Wardle
Exe	1362	2-6-2T	Manning Wardle
Taw	1363	2-6-2T	Manning Wardle
Lyn	15965	2-4-2T	Baldwin Locomotive Works
Lew	2042	2-6-2T	Manning Wardle

Passenger stock

L&B №	Southern Number	Coach Type	Builder	Date Built	Notes
1	6991	Saloon brake end observation	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897	Some parts survive, awaiting reconstruction.
2	6992	Saloon brake end observation	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897	Preserved at National Railway Museum.
3	2473	Saloon end observation	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
4	2474	Saloon end observation.	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897	Some parts survive, awaiting reconstruction.
5	6364	Composite	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897	Under reconstruction by L&BR Essex group 2015.
6	6365	Composite	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
7	2465	Third centre observation	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897	In service. Reconstructed 2004, refurbished 2010-2013, returned to Woody Bay 16th April 2013 as L&BR 7.
8	2466	Third centre observation	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
9	2467	Third centre observation	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897	Some parts survive, awaiting reconstruction.
10	2468	Third centre observation	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
11	2469	Third	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897	In service. Reconstructed 2013-2015, returned to Woody Bay 22nd April 2015 as L&BR 11.
12	2470	Third	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
13	2471	Third	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
14	2472	Third	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
15	6993	Third Brake	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897	In service. Restored 1963, now on Ffestiniog Railway as FR 14.
16	4108	Third Brake	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897	In service. Reconstructed 2010-2013, returned to Woody Bay 18th September 2013 as L&BR 16.
17	6994	Composite Brake	Shapland & Petter	1911[1]	In service. Reconstructed 2010-2013, returned to Woody Bay 16th April 2013 as L&BR 17.

Goods Stock

L&B №	Southern Number	Wagon Type	Builder	Date Built	Notes
1	28304	Open Goods	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
2	28305	Open goods	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
3	47036	Goods van	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
4	47037	Goods van	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897	Preserved: awaiting restoration by L&BRT (Original number unknown but believed to be No4)
5	56039	Bogie brake van	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
6	47038	Goods van	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
7	47039	Goods van	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
8	28306	Open goods	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
9	28307	Open goods	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
10	28308	Open goods	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
11	28309	Open goods	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
12	28301	Bogie open goods	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
13	28302	Bogie open goods	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
14	56040	Bogie brake van	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
15	47040	Goods van	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
16	47041	Goods van	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
17	28310	Open goods	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
18	28311	Open goods	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1897
19	28312	Bogie open goods	?	?	Used in construction of line
20	28314	Bogie platform wagon	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1902
21	28315	Bogie platform wagon	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1902
22	28313	Bogie open goods wagon	Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works	1903
23	56041	Bogie brake van	Lynton & Barnstaple Railway	1909	Restored 2006. Undergoing renovation/fitting for service use
24	28303	Bogie open goods wagon	Lynton & Barnstaple Railway	1913
-	28316	Bogie open wagon	James & Frederick Howard	1927
-	28317	Bogie open wagon	James & Frederick Howard	1927
-	28318	Bogie open wagon	James & Frederick Howard	1927
-	28319	Bogie open wagon	James & Frederick Howard	1927
-	441S	Travelling Crane	Chambers, Scott & Co.	1927
-	442S	Travelling Crane	Chambers, Scott & Co.	1927
-	441S	Crane match truck	Southern Railway	1927
-	47042	Bogie goods van	James & Frederick Howard	1927	Preserved: awaiting restoration by L&BRT (Original number unknown)
-	47043	Bogie goods van	James & Frederick Howard	1927
-	47044	Bogie goods van	James & Frederick Howard	1927
-	47045	Bogie goods van	James & Frederick Howard	1927

Modern Stock (1995-Present)

Non-original rolling stock of the revived railway

Locomotives

Name	Works №	Type	Builder	Date Built	Notes
Axe	2451	0-6-0T	Kerr Stuart	1915	Owned by the L&BR. Restored to steam 2008. Tender under construction, 2014.
Charles Wytock	2819	4-4-0T	Bagnall	1946	Privately owned. Delivered to Woody Bay April 2014. Entered service May 2015.
Isaac	3023	0-4-2T	Bagnall	1953	Privately owned. Restored at Ffestiniog Railway, delivered to Woody Bay November 2013
Pilton	2393	0-6-0	Baguley	1952	Restored at Statfold Barn Railway, delivered to Woody Bay April 2013, Entered Service May 2014 in all-over black livery as "D2393"
Heddon Hall	6660	0-4-0	Hunslet	1965
-	6652	0-4-0	Hunslet	1965	Entered service, 2012 in all-over green livery as "D6652"

Coaching Stock

As of May 2014, all passengers travel in restored original L&B Heritage Coaches, see table above

Goods Stock

№	Type	Builder	Date Built	Source	Livery	Notes
12	Bogie goods wagon	-	-	ex-MoD Bogie flat wagon		In service at Woody Bay
50	Flat wagon	-	-	ex-MoD Wagon		In service at Woody Bay
51	Ballast Hopper	-	-	ex-MoD Bogie flat wagon		In service at Woody Bay
51	Flat wagon	-	-	ex-MoD Wagon		In service at Woody Bay
52	Flat wagon	-	-	ex-MoD Wagon		In service at Woody Bay
53	Bogie open wagon	-	-	-		In service at Woody Bay
54	Bogie open wagon	-	-	-		In service at Woody Bay
54	Goods van	-	-	ex-RAF Chilmark munitions van	Southern Goods	In service at Woody Bay
60	Brakevan	-	-	ex-MoD Bogie brakevan		In service at Woody Bay
61	Goods van	-	-	ex-RAF Chilmark munitions van	L&B Grey	In service at Woody Bay
62	Goods van	-	-	ex-RAF Chilmark munitions van	L&B Grey	In service at Woody Bay
63	Goods van	-	-	ex-RAF Chilmark munitions van	Southern Goods	In service at Woody Bay
64	Goods van	-	-	ex-RAF Chilmark munitions van	Southern Goods	In service at Woody Bay
65	Goods van	-	-	ex-RAF Chilmark munitions van	L&B Grey	In service at Woody Bay
28320	Bogie goods wagon	-	-	ex-MoD Bogie flat wagon	Southern Goods	In service at Woody Bay
28322	Bogie goods wagon	-	-	ex-MoD Bogie flat wagon	Southern Goods	In service at Woody Bay
56042	Brakevan	-	-	ex-MoD Brakevan	Southern Goods	In service at Woody Bay

Notes

1. The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Measured and Drawn, By S.D. Phillips, SD Publications, 2012, ISBN 978-0-9572101-0-3