The 20 Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-2-2 locomotives were

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4-2-2 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-2-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, two powered driving wheels on one axle, and two trailing wheels on one axle. Other equivalent class ...

express steam locomotives built for the

Bristol and Exeter Railway The Bristol & Exeter Railway (B&ER) was an English railway company formed to connect Bristol and Exeter. It was built on the broad gauge and its engineer was Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It opened in stages between 1841 and 1844. It was allied with ...

by the Stothert and Slaughter in

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. The first entered service in 1849. The Bristol and Exeter Railway was

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into the

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran ...

on 1 January 1876 and eight 4-2-2s survived at this time, the last being withdrawn in 1889. Three of the infamous

4-2-4T Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, two powered driving wheels on one axle, and four trailing wheels on two axles. This type of locomotive is ...

locomotives were rebuilt by the

in 1877 as 4-2-2 tender locomotives.

List of locomotives

1849 batch

The Bristol and Exeter Railway's first express passenger locomotives, similar in appearance to the

GWR Iron Duke Class The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 was a class of broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work. History The prototype locomotive, ''Great Western'', was built as a 2-2-2 locomotive in April 1846, but was soon con ...

. * 1 (1849 – 1875) * 2 (1849 – 1872) * 3 (1849 – 1874) * 4 (1849 – 1871) * 5 (1849 – 1871) * 6 (1849 – 1870) * 7 (1849 – 1885) GWR No. 2007 * 8 (1849 – 1872) * 9 (1849 – 1889) GWR No. 2008 * 10 (1849 – 1888) GWR No. 2009 * 11 (1849 – 1874) * 12 (1849 – 1862) * 13 (1849 – 1878) GWR No. 2010 * 14 (1849 – 1870) * 15 (1849 – 1888) GWR No. 2011 * 16 (1849 – 1875) * 17 (1849 – 1885) GWR No. 2012 * 18 (1849 – 1880) GWR No. 2013 * 19 (1849 – 1888) GWR No. 2014 * 20 (1849 – 1874)

GWR 4-2-2 rebuilds

Following rebuilding as 4-2-2 tender locomotives at

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, the three remaining 8 feet 10 inch 4-2-4T locomotives had slightly smaller 8 feet diameter driving wheels and worked alongside the rigid-framed

GWR Rover class The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 was a class of broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work. History The prototype locomotive, ''Great Western'', was built as a 2-2-2 locomotive in April 1846, but was soon ...

and the remaining 1849-built ex-Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-2-2 locomotives on express passenger trains. * 2001 (1877 – 1889) ''Previously B&ER 42/GWR 2004)'' * 2002 (1877 – 1890) * 2003 (1877 – 1884)

References

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