Taw (locomotive)

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-6-2T
Gauge	1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm)
Leading dia.	2 ft 0 in (0.610 m)
Driver dia.	2 ft 9 in (0.838 m)
Trailing dia.	2 ft 0 in (0.610 m)
Wheelbase	Coupled: 6 ft 6 in (1.981 m); Total: 17 ft 9 in (5.410 m)
Length	22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) over buffer beams
Width	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Height	8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
Loco weight	27.25 long tons (27.69 t; 30.52 short tons)
Fuel type	Coal
Firebox:; • Firegrate area	8.85 sq ft (0.822 m2)
Heating surface	383 sq ft (35.58 m2)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	10.5 in × 16 in (267 mm × 406 mm)
Valve gear	Joy

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Manning Wardle, Leeds
Serial number	1363
Build date	1898

Lynton & Barnstaple Railway *Taw*
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Taw
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Manning Wardle, Leeds
Serial number	1363
Build date	1898
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• Whyte	2-6-2T
Gauge	1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm)
Leading dia.	2 ft 0 in (0.610 m)
Driver dia.	2 ft 9 in (0.838 m)
Trailing dia.	2 ft 0 in (0.610 m)
Wheelbase	Coupled: 6 ft 6 in (1.981 m); Total: 17 ft 9 in (5.410 m)
Length	22 ft 4 in (6.81 m) over buffer beams
Width	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Height	8 ft 11 in (2.72 m)
Loco weight	27.25 long tons (27.69 t; 30.52 short tons)
Fuel type	Coal
Firebox:; • Firegrate area	8.85 sq ft (0.822 m2)
Heating surface	383 sq ft (35.58 m2)
Cylinders	Two, outside
Cylinder size	10.5 in × 16 in (267 mm × 406 mm)
Valve gear	Joy
Operators
Career
Operators	Lynton and Barnstaple Railway,; Southern Railway;
Numbers	L&B: Taw,; SR: E761
Locale	Devon, South West England
Last run	29 September 1935
Scrapped	December 1935

Taw was the name of a Manning Wardle 2-6-2T locomotive which was built in 1898 for Lynton and Barnstaple Railway. Taw was scrapped in 1935

Taw, like all the locomotives on the L&B, was named after the River Taw, a local river with a three-letter name.

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

A 7.25 inch gauge version of Taw was built by J. Horsfield in 1999 and runs on the Eastleigh Lakeside Railway.

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. Bay.

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