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Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-2-2 locomotives
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Avonside Engine Company
what is it?
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was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1876 and eight 4-2-2s survived at this time, the last being withdrawn in 1889.
who runs it
spec sheet
- built
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- number built
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- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Avonside Engine Company
- designer
- Daniel Gooch
- operators
- Bristol and Exeter Railway
- top speed
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- power
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- wheel arrangement
- 4-2-2
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4969100, Wikipedia: Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-2-2 locomotives (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.