The Bristol and Exeter Railway 0-6-0 locomotives include three different types of broad gauge and standard gauge0-6-0 steam locomotives designed for working freight trains. On 1 January 1876 the Bristol and Exeter Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway, after which the locomotives were given new numbers.
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 0-6-0 locomotives were built by the Worcester Engine Company in 1867. Five of these six were converted to run on the broad gauge and then reconverted later to standard gauge.
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82
Sharp Stewart[]
Ten 0-6-0 locomotives built by Sharp Stewart and Company in 1875.
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125
See also[]
GWR Swindon Class – 14 locomotives bought by the Bristol and Exeter Railway in 1872
References[]
The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge. The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN0-901115-32-0.
MacDermot, E T (1931). History of the Great Western Railway, volume II 1863-1921. London: Great Western Railway.