Yeo (locomotive)
Introduction '''''Yeo''''' was one of three narrow gauge  steam locomotives built by Manning Wardle in 1898 for the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway. The other two locomotives were named ''Exe'' and ''Taw''. ''Yeo'', like all the locomotives on the L&B, was named after a local river with a three-letter name, in this case the River Yeo.This naming tradition has been continued in 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. It had been intended that ''Lyd'' would receive ''Yeo's'' original chimney (which survived on a steamroller for 62 years) but it was found to be too corroded for further use.The naming tradition has also been applied to a Kerr Stuart ''Joffre'' class locomotive currently running on the revived L&B, which has been named ''Axe'', and a Maffei locomotive named ''Sid''.Following the railway's closure in 1935 ''Yeo'' was scrapped along with all of the other L&B locomotives except ''Lew'' which was exported to South America.A set of frames for a new ''Yeo'' were built by Winson Engineering in 2000 and are currently stored waiting for construction to continue when funds are available.A  gauge model was built by Milner Engineering in 1979 and worked in Buckfastleigh before moving to the Gorse Blossom Railway in 1984.A  gauge model was built by David Curwen in 1978 for the Réseau Guerlédan Chemin de Fer Touristique in Brittany, France. When the line closed, it transferred to the Fairbourne Railway in North Wales.
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