Bristol and Exeter Railway 0-6-0 locomotives
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The Bristol and Exeter Railway 0-6-0 locomotives include three different types of broad gauge and standard gauge steam locomotives designed for working freight trains. On 1 January 1876 the Bristol and Exeter Railway was
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with the Great Western Railway, after which the locomotives were given new numbers.


Broad gauge locomotives


16 inch

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 The last one was withdrawn in 1885.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

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 locomotives were built by the
Worcester Engine Company The Worcester Engine Works Company was a short lived British railway engineering company established in Worcester in 1864. Over the next nine years the company built locomotives for several British and European railway companies before the compan ...
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 locomotives built by
Sharp Stewart and Company Sharp, Stewart and Company was a steam locomotive manufacturer, initially located in Manchester, England. The company was formed in 1843 upon the demise of Sharp, Roberts & Co.. It moved to Glasgow, Scotland, in 1888, eventually amalgamating wi ...
in 1875. * 116 * 117 * 118 * 119 * 120 * 121 * 122 * 123 * 124 * 125


See also

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GWR Swindon Class The Great Western Railway Swindon Class 0-6-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for goods train work. This class was introduced into service between November 1865 and March 1866, and withdrawn between June 1887 and the end of the GWR broad gauge in ...
– 14 locomotives bought by the Bristol and Exeter Railway in 1872


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