Lew (locomotive)
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Lew was a Manning Wardle 2-6-2T built in 1925 for the narrow gauge Lynton and Barnstaple Railway.
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History
Lew, following L&B tradition, was named after one of the local rivers with a three-letter name, the River Lew.
Lew was built to the same design as the previous L&B Manning Wardle locomotives, but with a redesigned cab to eliminate a smoke trap and give more room to the crew. After the railway closed, the remaining L&B equipment was sold at auction in November 1935.[1] The nameplates, along with the nameplates of the other locomotives, were removed and donated to York Railway Museum (the predecessor of the National Railway Museum).[2] Lew was purchased to work the trains dismantling the railway, and was used for this purpose until late summer 1936.[3]
In September 1936, Lew was photographed with the words "A.L.C. Pernambuco Lot 1 Kilos 22353" painted on the front of its tank,[3] believed to refer to the purchaser, a plantation in Brazil. On 28 September 1936,[4] Lew sailed from Swansea, on the SS Sabor. Sabor arrived in Pernambuco on 15 October 1936.[5] Sabor left Pernambuco on 17 October, called at Bahia on 20 October,[6] and arrived in Rio de Janeiro on 23 October.[7]
Lyd
A replica of Lew, named Lyd in accordance with the L&B tradition of naming its locos after local three-letter rivers, was completed at Boston Lodge on the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway in August 2010.[8]
