L&BR 2451 'AXE' AND D6660 'HEDDON HALL' ON SHED AT WOODY BAY STATION

Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Joffre class tank engine 0-6-0T No.2451 Axe (on the left) with D6660 Heddon Hall 0-4-0 diesel hydraulic (on the right), in the maintenance yard at Woody Bay station, North Devon

For further information about Heddon Hall see accompanying photo of L&BR's information board.

For futher information about Axe see accompanying photos of the loco and of L&BR's information board . www.flickr.com/photos/brize/51680852689/in/photostream/

Heddon Hall D6660, is a Hunslet loco with a 60 HP, 4-cylinder Gardner 4LW diesel engine, and hydraulic transmission.It was built in 1965 for Dean Hill Royal Naval Armaments Depot (RNAD) - later known as Defence Munitions Dean Hill, West Dean, Wiltshire - where there was an extensive narrow gauge railway. Dean Hill closed in 2003 and by 2004 D6660 was briefly in the ownership of Roger Craven of Essex before being sold to the L&B in August 2005. Following a major overhaul including regauging, it entered service as Heddon Hallat the end of 2005. (This is the only photo I took which shows the entire loco.)

Note the water crane and the semaphore ground signal.

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SUMMARY OF THE LINE

Originally opened in 1898, and closed in 1935, the existing stretch of line at Woody Bay is currently the beginning of a project to rebuild one of the world's most famous and picturesque narrow-gauge railways. Original gauge 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm), now 1 ft 11+5⁄8 in (600 mm). Original length of line slightly over 19 miles (31 km). At current time, the restored line is 0.9-mile (1.4 km) long from Woody Bay, westwards to Killington Lane. Plans are in hand to extend to 9 miles (14 km) of track, linking the station at Woody Bay eastwards to Lynton (at a new terminus on an extension to the original line, closer to the town) and westwards to Blackmoor Gate, and to a new station at Wistlandpound Reservoir.
--- Source of information, websites below.

- www.lynton-rail.co.uk/
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynton_and_Barnstaple_Railway

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Taken in: UK / England / North Devon District / Parracombe (show map)

Taken on: September 12, 2021

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