Taw locomotive

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Taw

Power type	Steam
Builder	Manning Wardle (England)
Serial number	1363
Build date	1898
Configuration	2-6-2
Gauge	1 ft 11.5 in
Leading wheel size	2 ft 0 in
Driver size	2 ft 9 in
Trailing wheel size	2 ft 0 in
Wheelbase	6 ft 6 in fixed 17 ft 9 in total
Length	22 ft 4 in over buffer beams
Width	6 ft 7 in
Height	8 ft 11 in
Locomotive weight	27 Tons 5 cwt
Fuel type	coal
Fire grate area	8.85 sq ft
Heating surface: Total	383 sq ft
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	10.5 in x 16 in
Valve gear	Joy
Career	Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
Number	E761 (post-1923)
Locale	Devon, South West England
Last run	29 September 1935
Scrapped	1935

Manning Wardle 2-6-2T built 1898 for Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Scrapped 1935

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

The tradition of naming L&B steam locos after local watercourses continues into the 21st Century, with Lyd, a replica of Lew (the fourth and final locomotive built to this basic design), being built on the Ffestiniog railway by a group associated with that line and the Welsh Highland Railway

Closer to The L&B, the railway's trust currently owns one steam locomotive - renamed Axe - which although it did not serve on the historic L&B, is being rebuilt for eventual use on the new line, currently centred at Woody Bay.