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

B&ER 0-6-0

Type and origin
Power type	Steam
Designer	Daniel Gooch
Builder	Stothert and Slaughter

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	0-6-0
Gauge	7 ft 0¼ in
Driver dia.	5 ft 0 in
Wheelbase	15 ft 6 in
Cylinder size	16 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 The last one was withdrawn in 1885.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 type	Steam
Designer	James Pearson
Builder	Stothert and Slaughter and Rothwell and Company

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	0-6-0
Gauge	7 ft 0¼ in
Driver dia.	5 ft 0 in
Wheelbase	15 ft 6 in
Cylinder size	17 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.

Sharp Stewart

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

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119
120
121
122
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124
125

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.

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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