Bristol and Exeter Railway 0-6-0 locomotives

The Bristol and Exeter Railway 0-6-0 locomotives include three different types of broad gauge and standard gauge 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed for working freight trains. On 1 January 1876 the Bristol and Exeter Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway, after which the locomotives were given new numbers.

Broad gauge locomotives

16 inch

14 inDriver dia.5 ft 0 inWheelbase15 ft 6 inCylinder size16 in dia × 24 in stroke

Twelve goods locomotives, similar to the GWR Pyracmon Class, built by the Stothert and Slaughter in 1849 and 1853. The last one was withdrawn in 1885.

  • 21 (1849–1884) GWR No. 2065
  • 22 (1849–1883) GWR No. 2066
  • 23 (1849–1885) GWR No. 2067
  • 24 (1849–1884) GWR No. 2068
  • 25 (1849–1884) GWR No. 2069
  • 26 (1849–1887) GWR No. 2070
  • 27 (1849–1883) GWR No. 2071
  • 28 (1849–1876) GWR No. 2072
  • 35 (1853–1876) GWR No. 2073
  • 36 (1853–1877) GWR No. 2074
  • 37 (1853–1884) GWR No. 2075
  • 38 (1853–1880) GWR No. 2076

17 inch

B&ER 0-6-0
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerJames Pearson
BuilderStothert and Slaughter
and Rothwell and Company
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte0-6-0
Gauge7 ft 014 in
Driver dia.5 ft 0 in
Wheelbase15 ft 6 in
Cylinder size17 in dia × 24 in stroke

Four locomotives built in 1856 by Stothert and Slaughter and two more in 1860 by Rothwell and Company. The last one survived until 1890.

  • 53 (1856–1885) GWR No. 2059
  • 54 (1856–1888) GWR No. 2060
  • 55 (1856–1884) GWR No. 2061
  • 56 (1856–1890) GWR No. 2062
  • 59 (1860–1887) GWR No. 2063
  • 60 (1860–1884) GWR No. 2064

Standard gauge locomotives

Worcester Engine Company

These 0-6-0 locomotives were built by the Worcester Engine Company in 1867. Five of these six were converted to run on the broad gauge and then reconverted later to standard gauge.

  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82

Sharp Stewart

Ten 0-6-0 locomotives built by Sharp, Stewart and Company in 1875.

  • 116
  • 117
  • 118
  • 119
  • 120
  • 121
  • 122
  • 123
  • 124
  • 125

See also

  • GWR Swindon Class – 14 locomotives bought by the Bristol and Exeter Railway in 1872

References

  • The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge. The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN 0-901115-32-0.
  • MacDermot, E T (1931). History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863-1921. London: Great Western Railway.
  • Waters, Laurence (1999). The Great Western Broad Gauge. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2634-3.
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