Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-4-0ST locomotives
# Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-4-0ST locomotives

The 26 Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-4-0ST locomotives were broad gauge 4-4-0ST steam locomotives. They first entered service in 1855 and the last was withdrawn in 1892. The Bristol and Exeter Railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1876.

The locomotives were built in four batches, each by a different builder, with variations between them, noticeably in the size of the saddle tank.

## List of locomotives

### 1859 Rothwell locomotives

Five locomotives built by Rothwell and Company with 1,100-imperial-gallon (5,000 L; 1,300 US gal) gallon saddle tanks and 18-foot-4-inch (5.59 m) wheelbase.

* 47 (1855–1879) GWR No. 2028
* 48 (1855–1879) GWR No. 2029
* 49 (1855–1884) GWR No. 2030
* 50 (1855–1884) GWR No. 2031
* 51 (1855–1882) GWR No. 2032
* 52 (1855–1880) GWR No. 2033

### 1862 Beyer, Peacock locomotives

Four locomotives built by Beyer Peacock with 1,280-imperial-gallon (5,800 L; 1,540 US gal) saddle tanks and 19-foot-5+1⁄2-inch (5.931 m) wheelbase.

* 61 (1862–1884) GWR No. 2034
* 62 (1862–1886) GWR No. 2035
* 63 (1862–1880) GWR No. 2036
* 64 (1862–1886) GWR No. 2037

### 1867 Vulcan Foundry locomotives

Ten locomotives built by the Vulcan Foundry with 1,280-imperial-gallon (5,800 L; 1,540 US gal) saddle tanks and 19-foot-5+1⁄2-inch (5.931 m) wheelbase, the same as the Beyer, Peacock locomotives built five years earlier.

* 65 (1867–1880) GWR No. 2038
* 66 (1867–1892) GWR No. 2039
* 67 (1867–1888) GWR No. 2040
* 68 (1867–1880) GWR No. 2041
* 69 (1867–1892) GWR No. 2042
* 70 (1867–1888) GWR No. 2043
* 71 (1867–1882) GWR No. 2044
* 72 (1867–1892) GWR No. 2045
* 73 (1867–1889) GWR No, 2046
* 74 (1867–1892) GWR No. 2047

### 1872 Avonside locomotives

Six locomotives built by the Avonside Engine Company with 1,440-imperial-gallon (6,500 L; 1,730 US gal) saddle tanks and 18-foot-4-inch (5.59 m) wheelbase.

* 85 (1872–1892) GWR No. 2048
* 86 (1872–1892) GWR No. 2049
* 87 (1873–1892) GWR No. 2050
* 88 (1873–1890) GWR No. 2051
* 89 (1873–1892) GWR No. 2052
* 90 (1873–1892) GWR No. 2053

No. 2051 was withdrawn following a fatal collision at Norton Fitzwarren railway station in Somerset while working a special ocean mail train from Plymouth on 11 November 1890.

