Lyd (locomotive)

Lyd
Lyd at Tan-y-Bwlch station on the Ffestiniog Railway, now carrying SR green.
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderFfestiniog Railway
Serial number14
Build dateSteamed 2 May 2010
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte2-6-2T
Gauge1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm)[1]
Length28 feet (8.5 m)
Axle load6.5 tons[2]
Adhesive weightFront driver: 6.5 tons
Mid driver: 6 tons
Rear driver: 5 tons[2]
Loco weight25 long tons (25,000 kg)
Fuel typeOil (to 2011)
Coal (since December 2011)
Career
DispositionOperational

Lyd is a narrow gauge steam locomotive built by the Ffestiniog Railway in their own Boston Lodge shops over a period of 15 years.

Lyd is based on the design of the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Locomotive E188 Lew which was built by Manning Wardle in 1925 for the Southern Railway, who owned the line at the time.

  1. ^ Industrial Locomotives: including preserved and minor railway locomotives. Vol. 17EL. Melton Mowbray: Industrial Railway Society. 2015. ISBN 978 1 901556 88 9.
  2. ^ a b "The Lyd Page". Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Trust. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2016.