#0090
Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-4-0ST locomotives
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Beyer, Peacock and Company· from 1855· class of 26 British brad-gauge 4-4-0T locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Portishead1878: Unknown photographer· Public domain
what is it?
The 26 Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-4-0ST locomotives were broad gauge 4-4-0ST steam locomotives. They first entered service in 1855 and the last was withdrawn in 1892. The Bristol and Exeter Railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1876.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 171 years ago, in 1855.
- Served for 37 years (1855–1892).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1855
- in service from
- 1855
- retired
- 1892
- status
- retired
- number built
- 26
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Beyer, Peacock and Company, Vulcan Foundry, Avonside Engine Company, Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell
- operators
- Great Western Railway, Bristol and Exeter Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 2,140 mm Brunel broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-4-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4969101, Wikipedia: Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-4-0ST locomotives (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.