Exmoor Steam Railway

**Exmoor Steam Railway**
	Exmoor Steam Railway
Devon
; Mariloo at Exbury Gardens
Gauge:	12¼" and 1' 11½"
Grid reference:	SS660382
Location:	51°7’39"N, 3°54’54"W
	Information

The Exmoor Steam Railway is a narrow gauge steam railway and locomotive manufacturer, located at Bratton Fleming in northern Devon.

12.¼" gauge

The railway was built by the Stirland family and first opened as a tourist attraction in August 1990. At this time the railway ran in a circuit from the main station at Exmoor Central, trains descending on a large embankment before climbing back up through a spiral and tunnel. In 1996 a new station was opened at Cape of Good Hope, which changed the line to an "end-to-end" layout. At the end of the 2001 season, the decision was taken to close the railway to the public and concentrate on building new steam locomotives and associated equipment.

The railway remains in full working order, and work started in the winter 2008/9 on extending the railway. By mid-2010 an additional half a mile of track had been brought into use, with a very steep ascending and descending ruling gradients of 1 in 28.

1' 11½" gauge

During the 1990s, a number of 1' 11.5" gauge Beyer Garratt articulated locomotives from South Africa arrived on site and were displayed. One locomotive was sold to the Welsh Highland Railway in 2006, whilst another has been under long term restoration. Over the winter 2008/9 work started on constructing around half a mile of 1' 11.5" gauge railway on which to run the Garratts.

Locomotives

Name	Builder	Type	Number	Built	Notes
	Anglo Franco Belge	2-8-2	2685	1955	S.A.R. NG15
	Beyer Peacock	2-6-2+2-6-2	115	1939	S.A.R. NGG16
	Hanomag	2-6-2+2-6-2T	77	1928	S.A.R. NGG13, repainted in Dark Blue livery 2010
Eddie	Hunslet	4wDH	9336	1946	Now at Exbury Gardens after re-gauging to 12¼"
	Motor Rail	4wDM	8856	1944

Engineering works

Since the railway opened, there has been a large workshop on site, which was used to build all the locomotives and equipment used on the railway. In 2001, the decision was taken to close the railway as a tourist attraction and concentrate on the manufacture of miniature and narrow gauge railway equipment.

Exmoor Steam Railway builds several new steam locomotives a year, as well as rolling stock and also advise on the setup and expansion of miniature and narrow gauge railways. Exmoor is a member of Britain's Great Little Railways and has supplied locomotives to many other members who operate public miniature and narrow gauge railways.

Locomotives Constructed

Identity	Works Number	Type	Gauge	Year Built	Operator	Status	Notes
Cricor		0-4-2T	7¼ "	1999	Dibleys Nurseries Railway		^[1]
Phalaenopsis		2-4-2T	10¼"	2008	Mortocombe Miniature Railway		^[1]
John-Remy		0-6-2T	10¼"	1991	Beale Railway		^[1]
George		0-4-2T	10¼"	2010	Poole Park Railway		^[1]
Samastipur		0-4-2T	7¼"	1999		Major overhaul, not running during 2017	^[2]
Yeo Valley	190	2-8-0T		1990		Withdrawn from service and dismantled
Excalibur	293	2-4-2T	10¼" regauged from 12¼"	1993	Rudyard Lake Steam Railway		Formerly River Churnet^[3]
Spirit of Adventure	295	0-6-0T	15"	1993	Perrygrove Railway		^[4]
7 Merlin	296	2-4-2T	10¼"	1998	Rudyard Lake Steam Railway		^[5]
Pendragon	297	2-4-2T	10¼" regauged from 12¼"	1994	Rudyard Lake Steam Railway		Originally Ashorne^[6]
Denzil	299	0-4-2TT	12¼"	1995	Exmoor Steam Railway		^[7]
Monty	300	0-4-2T	15"	1996	Evesham Vale Light Railway		^[4]
Sandy	301	0-6-0T	15"	1996	Wotton Light Railway		^[4]
Dennis	302	0-4-2T	12¼"	1997 (for Brocklands Adventure Park)	Exmoor Steam Railway		^[7]
Jane	307	0-4-2T	7¼"	2000	Brookside Miniature Railway		^[8]^[1]
Jean	309	0-4-2T	7¼"	2000	Brookside Miniature Railway		^[8]^[1]
Billy May	310	2-4-2T	7¼"	2000	Brookside Miniature Railway		^[8]^[1]
St Christopher	311	2-6-2T	15"	2001	Bressingham		^[4]^[7]
St Egwin	312	0-4-0TT	15"	2003	Evesham Vale Light Railway		^[4]
Amy Louise	314	0-4-2	7¼"	2003	Brookside Miniature Railway		^[8]^[1]
Rosemary	315	0-6-2T	12¼"	2001	Exbury Gardens		^[7]
Naomi	316	0-6-2T	12¼"	2002	Exbury Gardens		^[7]
The Duchess Of Difflin	317	0-4-2T	15"	2003	Difflin Lake Railway		^[4]
Pulborough	319	0-4-2T	10¼"	2004	South Downs Light Railway		^[1]
Dame Ann	320	0-4-2ST	2'	2004	Wales West Light Railway
Anne	323	0-6-2T	15"	2004	Perrygrove Railway		Formerly John Hayton
8 King Arthur	324	0-6-2T	10¼"	2005	Rudyard Lake Steam Railway		^[9]
Black Beauty	325	2-6-2	12¼"	2009	Exmoor Steam Railway		^[7]
Mariloo	326	2-6-0	12¼"	2008	Exbury Gardens		^[7]
Lorna Doone	330	0-4-2T	12¼"	2006	Exmoor Steam Railway		^[7]
Peggy	334	0-4-2T	10¼"	2007	South Downs Light Railway		^[1]
Jeremy	339	0-4-2T	7¼"	2010	Brookside Miniature Railway		^[8]^[1]
Arun	341	0-4-2DH	10¼"	2015	South Downs Light Railway		^[10]