Bristol and Exeter Railway 0-4-0T locomotives

B&ER 0-4-0T

Type and origin Power type Steam Designer James Pearson Builder Bristol and Exeter Railway

Specifications Configuration 0-4-0T Gauge 7 ft ^1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Driver diameter 3 ft 6 in Wheelbase 8 ft 10 in Cylinder size 14 in dia × 18 in stroke

The Bristol and Exeter Railway 0-4-0T locomotives were two small 0-4-0T locomotives built for shunting by the Bristol and Exeter Railway. On 1 January 1876 the Bristol and Exeter Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway, after which the locomotives were given new numbers.

• 91 (1872 – 1880) GWR No. 2094
• 92 (1874 – 1881) GWR No. 2095

These were the smallest locomotives built for the Bristol and Exeter Railway, a railway that made great use of tank locomotives, but they were dwarfed by the Pearson singles used on the main line.

These 0-4-0Ts were unique among the railway's broad gauge locomotives in having outside cylinders.

References

• The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge. The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN 0-901115-32-0.
• Waters, Laurence (1999). The Great Western Broad Gauge. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2634-3.