#0065
Bristol and Exeter Railway 2-2-2T locomotives
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by R. B. Longridge and Company· from 1851· group of 7 British broad-gauge 2-2-2T locomotives
what is it?
The seven Bristol and Exeter Railway 2-2-2WT locomotives were small 2-2-2 well tank locomotives designed by James Pearson for working branch lines such as those to Tiverton and Clevedon, as well as acting as pilot locomotives at Bristol. The first was delivered in 1851, and the last withdrawn in 1880.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.
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 175 years ago, in 1851.
- Served for 29 years (1851–1880).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1851–1859
- in service from
- 1851
- retired
- 1880
- status
- retired
- number built
- 7
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- R. B. Longridge and Company, E. B. Wilson and Company, Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell
- designer
- James Pearson
- operators
- Great Western Railway, Bristol and Exeter Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 2,140 mm Brunel broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 2-2-2WT
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4969097, Wikipedia: Bristol and Exeter Railway 2-2-2T locomotives (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.