page_title: Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
section_title: Rail vehicles
hierarchical_section_title: Lynton and Barnstaple Railway / Rail vehicles
caption_attribution_description: English: L&amp;B Coach 7 at Woody Bay Lynton &amp; Barnstaple Railway, 2005 The coach was restored by the Essex Support Group of the L&amp;BR Association
context_page_description: The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway is a Heritage railway in North Devon, England.
  The original line opened in May 1898, but closed in 1935. It was a single track narrow gauge railway just over 19 miles long, running through rugged rural countryside in Exmoor National Park
  For a few years the line earned a small profit, but for most of its life the L&B lost money. The L&B was taken over by the Southern Railway in 1923, and finally closed in September 1935.
  The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Association was created in 1979. A short section of the line opened again in 2004. This was extended in 2006 and a year later, plans were announced to open nine miles of track, linking the station at Woody Bay to both Lynton and Blackmoor Gate, and eventually to a new station at Wistlandpound Reservoir.
context_section_description: One of the most obvious features of the L&B was its rail vehicles, with the engines appearing first in a plain lined Holly green colour, later on a black base, with chestnut under-frames, pulling passenger carriages coloured terra-cotta with cream upper panels, and light grey goods wagons. The painting was simplified as each vehicle was repainted. With the take-over by the Southern Railway and arrival of Lew, the paint scheme was slowly changed to a lighter green with yellow lettering for the engines and passenger carriages, and brown for the goods wagons. The engine headlamps which had been black were re-painted red.
caption: Coach 7 at Woody Bay, 2005
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