Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-4-0T locomotives

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B&ER 4-4-0ST
Power type Steam
Builder various
Configuration 4-4-0ST
Gauge 7 ft 0¼ in
Leading wheel size 3 ft 6 in
Driver size 5 ft 6 in
Wheelbase 18 ft 4 in
Cylinder size 17 in dia × 24 in stroke

The 26 Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-4-0ST locomotives were broad gauge 4-4-0 saddle tank steam locomotives. The first entered service in 1855 and the last was withdrawn in 1892.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, noticably in the size of the saddle tank.

Contents

[edit] List of locomotives

[edit] 1859 Rothwell locomotives

Five locomotives built by Rothwell and Company with 1,100 gallon saddle tanks and 18 feet 4 inch 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

[edit] 1862 Beyer, Peacock locomotives

Four locomotives built by Beyer Peacock with 1,280 gallon saddle tanks and 19 feet 5½ inch 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

[edit] 1867 Vulcan Foundry locomotives

Ten locomotives built by the Vulcan Foundry with 1,280 gallon saddle tanks and 19 feet 5½ inch 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

[edit] 1872 Avonside locomotives

Six locomotives built by the Avonside Engine Company with 1,440 gallon saddle tanks and 18 feet 4 inch 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No. 2051 was withdrawn following a fatal collision at Norton Fitzwarren railway station in Somerset while working a special ocean mail train from Plymouth on 11 November 1890.

[edit] See also

Bristol and Exeter Railway locomotives

[edit] References

  • The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge. The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN 0-906867-90-8.
  • Waters, Laurence (1999). The Great Western Broad Gauge. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-906867-90-8.
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