Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-4-0ST locomotives

The 26 Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-4-0ST locomotives were broad gauge steam locomotives. They first entered service in 1855 and the last was withdrawn in 1892. The Bristol and Exeter Railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1876.

The locomotives were built in four batches, each by a different builder, with variations between them, noticeably in the size of the saddle tank.

List of locomotives 1859 Rothwell locomotives Five locomotives built by Rothwell and Company with gallon saddle tanks and wheelbase. 47 (1855–1879) GWR No. 2028 48 (1855–1879) GWR No. 2029 49 (1855–1884) GWR No. 2030 50 (1855–1884) GWR No. 2031 51 (1855–1882) GWR No. 2032 52 (1855–1880) GWR No. 2033

1862 Beyer, Peacock locomotives Four locomotives built by Beyer Peacock with saddle tanks and wheelbase. 61 (1862–1884) GWR No. 2034 62 (1862–1886) GWR No. 2035 63 (1862–1880) GWR No. 2036 64 (1862–1886) GWR No. 2037

1867 Vulcan Foundry locomotives Ten locomotives built by the Vulcan Foundry with saddle tanks and wheelbase, the same as the Beyer, Peacock locomotives built five years earlier. 65 (1867–1880) GWR No. 2038 66 (1867–1892) GWR No. 2039 67 (1867–1888) GWR No. 2040 68 (1867–1880) GWR No. 2041 69 (1867–1892) GWR No. 2042 70 (1867–1888) GWR No. 2043 71 (1867–1882) GWR No. 2044 72 (1867–1892) GWR No. 2045 73 (1867–1889) GWR No, 2046 74 (1867–1892) GWR No. 2047

1872 Avonside locomotives Six locomotives built by the Avonside Engine Company with saddle tanks and wheelbase. 85 (1872–1892) GWR No. 2048 86 (1872–1892) GWR No. 2049 87 (1873–1892) GWR No. 2050 88 (1873–1890) GWR No. 2051 89 (1873–1892) GWR No. 2052 90 (1873–1892) GWR No. 2053

No. 2051 was withdrawn following a fatal collision at Norton Fitzwarren railway station in Somerset while working a special ocean mail train from Plymouth on 11 November 1890.

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