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Where to buy L&B trains

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2-6-2T Yeo, Exe, Taw Builder: Manning Wardle, 1897 Southern numbers: 759, 760, 761 Survivors? All scrapped at Pilton depot, 1935. Today: Frames for a replica of Yeo cut. The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway has launched a scheme to complete replicas of Yeo and Exe. Buy it in ‘OO9’: Heljan 2-4-2T Lyn Builder: Baldwin, 1897 Southern numbers: 762 Survivors? Scrapped at Pilton depot, 1935. Today: Replica built by Alan Keef Ltd, entered service at Woody Bay in 2018. Buy it in ‘OO9’: Heljan 2-6-2T Lew Builder: Manning Wardle, 1925 Southern number: 188 Survivors? Sold to R.A. Castle and used on demolition trains until 1936. Exported to Brazil and believed to have survived into the 1950s. Today: New-build Lyd was completed at Boston Lodge to the Ffestiniog Railway’s loading gauge in 2010. Based at the Ffestiniog Railway, it makes regular forays to North Devon. Buy it in ‘OO9’: Heljan Saloon Brake Composite Builder: Bristol Carriage & Wagon Co., 1897 Numbers: 1/2 (SR Nos. 6991/6992) Survivors? Both. Today: No. 2 is on display in the National Railway Museum’s Great Hall but the remains of No. 1 were scrapped in the 1960s. Buy it in ‘OO9’: N/A Saloon Composite Builder: Bristol Carriage & Wagon Co., 1897 Numbers: 3/4 (SR Nos. 2473/74) Survivors? None. Today: One end from No. 4 survives. Buy it in ‘OO9’: N/A Composite Builder: Bristol Carriage & Wagon Co., 1897 Numbers: 5 (SR 6364), 6 (6365) Survivors? All scrapped. Today: No. 5 is the latest coach to be reconstruc­ted at the L&B’S Essex workshops, built from original parts. Buy it in ‘OO9’: Peco, Langley Models Observatio­n Third Builder: Bristol Carriage & Wagon Co., 1897 Numbers: 7-10 (SR Nos. 2465-68) Survivors? All scrapped. Today: A reconstruc­ted No. 7 is in service at the L&B, built using original parts. Buy it in ‘OO9’: Peco, Langley Models

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