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)
ReferencesEdit
The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge. The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN0-901115-32-0.
Waters, Laurence (1999). The Great Western Broad Gauge. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN0-7110-2634-3.
August 30, 2023
bristol, exeter, railway, locomotives, were, broad, gauge, express, steam, locomotives, built, bristol, exeter, railway, stothert, slaughter, bristol, first, entered, service, 1849, bristol, exeter, railway, amalgamated, into, great, western, railway, january,. 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was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1876 and eight 4 2 2s survived at this time the last being withdrawn in 1889 The 8 feet 2 4 m driving wheels of locomotive 2002 are preserved at the National Railway Museum in YorkThree of the infamous 4 2 4T locomotives were rebuilt by the Great Western Railway in 1877 as 4 2 2 tender locomotives Contents 1 List of locomotives 1 1 1849 batch 1 2 GWR 4 2 2 rebuilds 2 ReferencesList of locomotives Edit1849 batch Edit B amp ER 4 2 2Type and originPower typeSteamDesignerDaniel GoochBuilderStothert and SlaughterSpecificationsConfiguration Whyte4 2 2Gauge7 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 diaThe 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 Edit GWR 2001 classType and originPower typeSteamDesignerJoseph ArmstrongBuilderGreat Western RailwaySpecificationsConfiguration Whyte4 2 2Gauge7 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 amp ER 42 GWR 2004 2002 1877 1890 2003 1877 1884 References EditThe 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bristol and Exeter Railway 4 2 2 locomotives amp oldid 1130283014, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
