The 20 Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-2-2 locomotives were broad gauge

Broad gauge

Broad-gauge railways use a track gauge greater than the standard gauge of .- List :For list see: List of broad gauges, by gauge and country- History :...

 4-2-2

4-2-2

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-2-2 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, two powered driving wheels on one axle, and two trailing wheels on one axle....

 express steam locomotives built for 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...

 by the Stothert and Slaughter

Avonside Engine Company

The Avonside Engine Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Avon Street, St. Philip's, Bristol, England between 1864 and 1934. However the business originated with an earlier enterprise Henry Stothert and Company.-Origins:...

 in Bristol

Bristol

Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...

. The first entered service in 1849. The Bristol and Exeter Railway 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...

 into 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...

 on 1 January 1876 and eight 4-2-2s survived at this time, the last being withdrawn in 1889.

Three of the infamous 4-2-4T

4-2-4 (locomotive)

In Whyte notation, a 4-2-4 is a steam locomotive that has a four-wheel leading truck, one powered driving axle and a four-wheel unpowered trailing truck.Other equivalent classifications are:...

 locomotives were rebuilt by 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...

 in 1877 as 4-2-2 tender locomotives.

1849 batch

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

GWR Iron Duke Class

The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 was a class of broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work.-History:The prototype locomotive, Great Western, was built as a 2-2-2 locomotive in April 1846, but was soon converted to a 4-2-2 arrangement...

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• 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

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)