Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-4-0ST locomotives

The 26 Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-4-0ST locomotives were broad gauge steam locomotives. They first entered service in 1855 and the last was withdrawn in 1892. The Bristol and Exeter Railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1876.

The locomotives were built in four batches, each by a different builder, with variations between them, noticeably in the size of the saddle tank.

List of locomotives

1859 Rothwell locomotives

Five locomotives built by Rothwell and Company with gallon saddle tanks and wheelbase.

• 47 (1855–1879) GWR No. 2028
• 48 (1855–1879) GWR No. 2029
• 49 (1855–1884) GWR No. 2030
• 50 (1855–1884) GWR No. 2031
• 51 (1855–1882) GWR No. 2032
• 52 (1855–1880) GWR No. 2033

1862 Beyer, Peacock locomotives

Four locomotives built by Beyer Peacock with saddle tanks and wheelbase.

• 61 (1862–1884) GWR No. 2034
• 62 (1862–1886) GWR No. 2035
• 63 (1862–1880) GWR No. 2036
• 64 (1862–1886) GWR No. 2037

1867 Vulcan Foundry locomotives

Ten locomotives built by the Vulcan Foundry with saddle tanks and wheelbase, the same as the Beyer, Peacock locomotives built five years earlier.

• 65 (1867–1880) GWR No. 2038
• 66 (1867–1892) GWR No. 2039
• 67 (1867–1888) GWR No. 2040
• 68 (1867–1880) GWR No. 2041
• 69 (1867–1892) GWR No. 2042
• 70 (1867–1888) GWR No. 2043
• 71 (1867–1882) GWR No. 2044
• 72 (1867–1892) GWR No. 2045
• 73 (1867–1889) GWR No, 2046
• 74 (1867–1892) GWR No. 2047

1872 Avonside locomotives

Six locomotives built by the Avonside Engine Company with saddle tanks and wheelbase.

• 85 (1872–1892) GWR No. 2048
• 86 (1872–1892) GWR No. 2049
• 87 (1873–1892) GWR No. 2050
• 88 (1873–1890) GWR No. 2051
• 89 (1873–1892) GWR No. 2052
• 90 (1873–1892) GWR No. 2053

No. 2051 was withdrawn following a fatal collision at Norton Fitzwarren railway station in Somerset while working a special ocean mail train from Plymouth on 11 November 1890.

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