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Assembling Lyn at Pilton
Lyn arrived at Pilton in crates and was assembled by L&B
Staff. This picture was used as the cover of the 762 Club launch
brochure
Artist: Eric Leslie
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Lyn in steam
Lyn with crew.
Artist: Eric Leslie
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Lyn crossing Bridge 67
On the one in fifty climb to Woody Bay. Bridge 67 was rebuilt
for the railway in 2002 by Edmund Nuttals Ltd, the decendent company
of the L&B's original contractor in the 1890s
Artist: Eric Leslie
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Lyn at Loxhore
This picture, entitled "Lyn storming past Loxhore in Southern
Days" was the centrefold of L&B Magazine 87
Artist: Eric Leslie
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Lyn 3-view, with nA comparison
This technical drawing shows Lyn from front, back and side in comparison with the similar, but larger, nA class of locomotives used on the "Puffing Billy" Railway in Victoria, Australia. Click on the image to open a downloadable PDF version. Well worth printing off to a colour printer.
Draftsman: David Fletcher
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Lyn - Leader of the World?
This pair of stamps, with a face value of 1$ each, was issued by the Postal Service of the Grenadines of St. Vincent in the in the West Indies (Issued 9th October 1984).
The first illustrates a technical drawing and the second shows the locomotive at work. From 1983 to 1987, the Islands of the British Commonwealth collaboratively produced an Omnibus issue of postage stamps depicting famous and historic locomotives. Far more were produced that would ever be needed for postal purposes, and these are now commonly available, unused, as sheets of 25 se-tenant pairs.
Issued by: Grenadines of St. Vincent
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