Exe (locomotive)

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
Power type	Steam
Builder	Manning Wardle, Leeds
Serial number	1362
Build date	1898

Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Exe
Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Builder	Manning Wardle, Leeds
Serial number	1362
Build date	1898
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
Career
Operators	Lynton and Barnstaple Railway,; Southern Railway;
Numbers	L&B: Exe,; SR: E760
Locale	Devon, South West England
Last run	29 September 1935
Scrapped	December 1935

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.

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

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