Statfold is a brand new steam engine built by the Hunslet Engine Company in 2005. The locomotive’s initial visit to the Lynton & Barnstaple was its first visit away from where it was built and was used on passenger trains for several periods during the 2006 season. Statfold returned to the L&B for the 2007 summer season, and again for the 2008 summer season.

The locomotive is built to the standard Hunslet Quarry Tank design. The original locomotives were built as small industrial workhorses for use predominently in the welsh slate quarries. Many examples still survive of the earlier locomotives, but this locomotive is a little different to the others in that it is the first to ever be built by Hunslet, purely for employment on heritage tourist railways.