Bristol and Exeter Railway 2-2-2T locomotives
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The seven Bristol and Exeter Railway 2-2-2T locomotives were small 2-2-2
well tank locomotives designed by James Pearson
for working branch lines such as those to Tiverton
and Clevedon. The first was delivered in 1851, and the last withdrawn in 1880.
On 1 January 1876 the Bristol and Exeter Railway
was amalgamated
with the Great Western Railway
, after which the surviving locomotives were given new numbers.
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 provided more stability and enabled a larger firebox...
well tank locomotives designed by James Pearson
James Pearson (engineer)
This article is about James Pearson, British railway engineer. For other people of the same name see James Pearson.James Pearson was a 19th century English railway engineer...
for working branch lines such as those to Tiverton
Tiverton railway station
Tiverton railway station served the town of Tiverton, Devon, England. It opened in 1848 as the terminus station of a broad gauge branch line from the Bristol and Exeter Railway main line: the main line junction station four miles away had originally been called Tiverton Road but was renamed as ...
and Clevedon. The first was delivered in 1851, and the last withdrawn in 1880.
On 1 January 1876 the Bristol and Exeter Railway
Bristol and Exeter Railway
The Bristol & Exeter Railway was a railway company formed to connect Bristol and Exeter.The company's head office was situated outside their Bristol station...
was amalgamated
Consolidation (business)
Consolidation or amalgamation is the act of merging many things into one. In business, it often refers to the mergers and acquisitions of many smaller companies into much larger ones. In the context of financial accounting, consolidation refers to the aggregation of financial statements of a group...
with the Great Western Railway
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
, after which the surviving locomotives were given new numbers.
- Longridge and Company
- 30 (1851 – 1876)
- 31 (1851 – 1877) GWR No. 2054
- E B Wilson and Company
- 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