Bristol and Gloucester Railway

what is it?

The Bristol and Gloucester Railway was a railway company opened in 1844 to run services between Bristol and Gloucester. It was built on the 7 ft (2,134 mm) Brunel gauge, but it was acquired in 1845 by the 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Midland Railway, which also acquired the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway at the same time. Legal and practical difficulties meant that it was some time before through standard gauge trains could run on the line; that only became possible in 1854 with the conversion of most of the line to mixed gauge and the opening of the Tuffley Loop.

base stats

• weight 17.3 tin working order
• built 3made in total

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

• 🐘Weighs about as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

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number built

3

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

Unknown builder

top speed

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power

—

gauge

2,140 mm Brunel broad gauge

wheel arrangement

2-4-0

weight

17.3 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.