| Southern Railway E188 Lew | |
| Powertype: | Steam |
| Builder: | Manning Wardle, Leeds |
| Serialnumber: | 2042 |
| Builddate: | 1925 |
| Whytetype: | 2-6-2T |
| Leadingdiameter: | 2feet |
| Driverdiameter: | 2feet |
| Trailingdiameter: | 2feet |
| Wheelbase: | Coupled: 6feet Total: 17feet |
| Length: | 22feet over buffer beams |
| Width: | 6feet |
| Height: | 8feet |
| Locoweight: | 27.25LT |
| Fueltype: | Coal |
| Firearea: | 8.85square feet |
| Totalsurface: | 3832NaN2 |
| Cylindercount: | Two, outside |
| Cylindersize: | 10.5x |
| Valvegear: | Joy |
| Operator: | Southern Railway |
| Locale: | Devon, South West England |
| Fleetnumbers: | E188 |
| Withdrawndate: | November 1935 |
| Disposition: | Sold overseas, final destination and fate unknown |
Lew was a Manning Wardle 2-6-2T built in 1925 for the narrow gauge Lynton and Barnstaple Railway.
Lew, following L&B tradition, was named after one of the local rivers with a three-letter name, the River Lew.
Lew was built to the same design as the previous L&B Manning Wardle locomotives, but with a redesigned cab to eliminate a smoke trap and give more room to the crew. After the railway closed, the remaining L&B equipment was sold at auction in November 1935.[1] The nameplates, along with the nameplates of the other locomotives, were removed and donated to York Railway Museum (the predecessor of the National Railway Museum).[2] Lew was purchased to work the trains dismantling the railway, and was used for this purpose until late summer 1936.[3]
In September 1936, Lew was photographed with the words "A.L.C. Pernambuco Lot 1 Kilos 22353" painted on the front of its tank,[3] believed to refer to the purchaser, a plantation in Brazil. On 28 September 1936,[4] Lew sailed from Swansea, on the . Sabor arrived in Pernambuco on 15 October 1936.[5] Sabor left Pernambuco on 17 October, called at Bahia on 20 October,[6] and arrived in Rio de Janeiro on 23 October.[7]
See main article: Lyd (locomotive). A replica of Lew, named Lyd in accordance with the L&B tradition of naming its locos after local three-letter rivers, was completed at Boston Lodge on the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway in August 2010.[8]