Exe (locomotive)
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Exe was one of the three Manning Wardle 2-6-2T locomotives built in 1898 for the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway. All three were scrapped when the line was closed in 1935.
Exe, like all the locomotives on the L&B, was named after a local river with a three letter name: in this case the River Exe.
The tradition of naming L&B steam locos after local rivers continues into the 21st Century, with Lyd, a replica of Lew (the fourth locomotive built to this basic design), operational on the Ffestiniog railway and the Welsh Highland Railway, and a new build replica of Lyn currently operating at the L&B out of Woody Bay station.
Closer to The L&B, the railway's trust currently owns one other steam locomotive - renamed Axe - although it did not serve on the historic L&B, on the partially re-instated line, and frequently operates with Lyn and a number of other "guest" locos from time to time, all centred at Woody Bay.
- Lynton and Barnstaple Railway locomotives
- 2-6-2T locomotives
- Manning Wardle locomotives
- Railway locomotives introduced in 1898
- Individual locomotives of Great Britain
- Scrapped locomotives
- Narrow gauge locomotives of the United Kingdom
- England steam locomotive stubs
- Mixed traffic locomotives