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Bristol and Exeter Railway Fairfield steam carriage

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by William Bridges Adams

what is it?

The Bristol and Exeter Railway Fairfield was an experimental broad gauge self-propelled steam carriage. In later use the carriage portion was removed and it was used as a small shunting locomotive.

who runs it

spec sheet

built
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number built
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kind
Steam
traction
steam
origin
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders
William Bridges Adams
designer
William Bridges Adams
operators
Bristol and Exeter Railway
top speed
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power
—
gauge
2,140 mm Brunel broad gauge
wheel arrangement
0-2-4

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

Sources: Wikidata Q4969102, Wikipedia: Bristol and Exeter Railway Fairfield steam carriage (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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