Bristol and Exeter Railway 2-2-2T locomotives

B&ER 2-2-2T

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	James Pearson
Builder	various

Specifications
Configuration	2-2-2T
Gauge	7 ft 0¼ in
Leading dia	3 ft 6 in
Driver diameter	5 ft 6 in
Trailing dia	3 ft 6 in
Wheelbase	ft in
Cylinder size	12½in dia × 18 in stroke or 14½in dia × 18 in

The seven Bristol and Exeter Railway 2-2-2T locomotives were small 2-2-2 well tank locomotives designed by James Pearson for working branch lines such as those to Tiverton and Clevedon. The first was delivered in 1851, and the last withdrawn in 1880.

On 1 January 1876 the Bristol and Exeter Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway, after which the surviving locomotives were given new numbers.

Longridge and Company
30 (1851 – 1876)
31 (1851 – 1877) GWR No. 2054
E B Wilson and Company
32 (1851 – 1878) GWR No. 2055
33 (1851 – 1876)
34 (1851 – 1875)
Rothwell and Company (14½ inch cylinders)
57 (1859 – 1877) GWR No. 2056
58 (1859 – 1880) GWR No. 2057

References

The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge. The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN 0-901115-32-0.
Waters, Laurence (1999). The Great Western Broad Gauge. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2634-3.

Bristol and Exeter Railway locomotives

Tender locomotives	4-2-2 2-4-0 0-6-0

Tank locomotives	4-2-4T 4-4-0ST 2-2-2T 0-6-0T 0-4-0T

Railmotor	Fairfield

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