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 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 The last one was withdrawn in 1885.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 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.

• 77
• 78
• 79
• 80
• 81
• 82

Sharp Stewart

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

• 116
• 117
• 118
• 119
• 120
• 121
• 122
• 123
• 124
• 125

See also

• GWR Swindon Class – 14 locomotives bought by the Bristol and Exeter Railway in 1872

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.