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The Bristol and Exeter Railway 0-6-0T locomotives were two different types of 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 ...
. On 1 January 1876 the Bristol and Exeter Railway was
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with 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 ...
, after which the locomotives were given new numbers.


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Broad gauge

Two small
broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...
locomotives. The first had a 950 gallon tank, the second had a larger 1,200 gallon one. * 75 (1866 – 1888) GWR No. 2092 * 76 (1867 – 1890) GWR No. 2093


Standard gauge

Two
standard gauge A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of . The standard gauge is also called Stephenson gauge (after George Stephenson), International gauge, UIC gauge, uniform gauge, normal gauge and European gauge in Europe, and SGR in Ea ...
locomotives built for the Culm Valley Light Railway which was then under construction. They were operated on the line until 1881, when they were superseded by 1298 and 1300, two locomotives which had started life as
South Devon Railway locomotives South Devon Railway locomotives were broad gauge locomotives that operated over the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway, and West Cornwall Railway in England. They were, at times, operated by contractors on behalf of the railways. Operators ...
. * 114 (1874 – 1934) GWR No. 1376 * 115 (1875 – 1927) GWR No. 1377


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