The seven Bristol and Exeter Railway 2-2-2WT locomotives were small

2-2-2 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 2-2-2 represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, two powered driving wheels on one axle, and two trailing wheels on one axle. The wheel arrangement both ...

well tank locomotives designed by James Pearson for working branch lines such as those to Tiverton and Clevedon, as well as acting as pilot locomotives at Bristol. The first was delivered in 1851, and the last withdrawn in 1880. On 1 January 1876, 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 ...

was

amalgamated Amalgamation is the process of combining or uniting multiple entities into one form. Amalgamation, amalgam, and other derivatives may refer to: Mathematics and science * Amalgam (chemistry), the combination of mercury with another metal **Pan ama ...

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 surviving locomotives were given new numbers. *

R. B. Longridge and Company R. B. Longridge and Company was a steam locomotive works which was established in 1838 at Bedlington, Northumberland, England, by Michael Longridge (1785-1858). The firm was directed by Robert Bewick Longridge (1821-1914), who was Michael's fou ...

* 30 (1851 – 1876) * 31 (1851 – 1877) GWR No. 2054 *

E. B. Wilson and Company E. B. Wilson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company at the Railway Foundry in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Origins Charles Todd was one of the founders of Todd, Kitson & Laird, but left early in the company's history a ...

* 32 (1851 – 1878) GWR No. 2055 * 33 (1851 – 1876) * 34 (1851 – 1875) * Rothwell and Company (14½ inch cylinders) * 57 (1859 – 1877) GWR No. 2056 * 58 (1859 – 1880) GWR No. 2057

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