Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-2-2 locomotives

The 20 Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-2-2 locomotives were broad gauge 4-2-2 express steam locomotives built for the Bristol and Exeter Railway by the Stothert and Slaughter in Bristol. The first entered service in 1849. The Bristol and Exeter Railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1876 and eight 4-2-2s survived at this time, the last being withdrawn in 1889.

The 8 feet (2.4 m) driving wheels of locomotive 2002 are preserved at the National Railway Museum in York

Three of the infamous 4-2-4T locomotives were rebuilt by the Great Western Railway in 1877 as 4-2-2 tender locomotives.

List of locomotives

1849 batch
B&ER 4-2-2
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerDaniel Gooch
BuilderStothert and Slaughter
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte4-2-2
Gauge7 feet 0+1⁄4 inch (2.140 m)
Leading dia.4 feet 3 inches (1.30 m)
Driver dia.7 feet 6 inches (2.29 m)
Wheelbase18 feet 2+1⁄2 inches (5.550 m)
Cylinder size16+1⁄2 inches (420 mm) dia × 24 inches (610 mm) stroke
later 18 inches (460 mm) dia

The Bristol and Exeter Railway's first express passenger locomotives, similar in appearance to the GWR Iron Duke Class.

  • 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
GWR 2001 class
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerJoseph Armstrong
BuilderGreat Western Railway
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte4-2-2
Gauge7 feet 0+1⁄4 inch (2.140 m)
Leading dia.4 feet 0 inches (1.22 m)
Driver dia.8 feet 0 inches (2.44 m)
Trailing dia.4 feet 6 inches (1.37 m)

Following rebuilding as 4-2-2 tender locomotives at Swindon, 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 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
  • The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge. The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN 0-901115-32-0.
  • Waters, Laurence (1999). The Great Western Broad Gauge. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2634-3.
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