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 The first entered service in 1855 and the last was withdrawn in 1892.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, noticeably in the size of the saddle tank.

1 List of locomotives
2 References

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No. 2051 was withdrawn following a fatal collision at Norton Fitzwarren railway station in Somerset while working a special ocean mail train from Plymouth on 11 November 1890.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

The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge. The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN 978-0-906867-90-7.
Waters, Laurence (1999). The Great Western Broad Gauge. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-906867-90-7.

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