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Bristol and Exeter Railway 0-4-0T locomotives
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Bristol and Exeter Railway· from 1872· class of 2 British broad-gauge 0-4-0WT locomotives
what is it?
The Bristol and Exeter Railway 0-4-0T locomotives were five small 0-4-0T locomotives built for shunting by the Bristol and Exeter Railway. On 1 January 1876 the Bristol and Exeter Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway, after which the locomotives were given new numbers.
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 154 years ago, in 1872.
- Served for 9 years (1872–1881).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1872
- in service from
- 1872
- retired
- 1881
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Bristol and Exeter Railway
- designer
- James Pearson
- operators
- Bristol and Exeter Railway, Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 2,140 mm Brunel broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0T
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4969090, Wikipedia: Bristol and Exeter Railway 0-4-0T locomotives (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.