Bristol and Exeter Railway 2-2-2T locomotives explained

Bristol & Exeter Railway 2-2-2WT
Powertype:Steam
Designer:James Pearson
Builddate:1851 (5), 1859 (2)
Totalproduction:7
Whytetype:2-2-2WT
Uicclass:1A1 n2
Leadingdiameter:3feet
Driverdiameter:5feet
Trailingdiameter:3feet
Wheelbase:14feet equally divided
Smalltubediameter:NaN0NaN0, 30–34: 131 off; 57–58: 179 off
Cylindercount:Two, inside
Operator:Bristol and Exeter Railway
Great Western Railway
Fleetnumbers:B&ER: 30–34, 57, 58
GWR: 2054–2057
Withdrawndate:1875–1880
Disposition:All scrapped

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 The first was delivered in 1851, and the last withdrawn in 1880.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.

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