The Bristol and Exeter Railway 0-6-0 locomotives include three different types of broad gauge

Broad gauge

Broad-gauge railways use a track gauge greater than the standard gauge of .- List :For list see: List of broad gauges, by gauge and country- History :...

 and standard gauge

Standard gauge

The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge...

 0-6-0

0-6-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-6-0 represents the wheel arrangement of no leading wheels, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles, and no trailing wheels...

 steam locomotives designed for working freight trains. On 1 January 1876 the Bristol and Exeter Railway

Bristol and Exeter Railway

The Bristol & Exeter Railway was a railway company formed to connect Bristol and Exeter.The company's head office was situated outside their Bristol station...

 was amalgamated

Consolidation (business)

Consolidation or amalgamation is the act of merging many things into one. In business, it often refers to the mergers and acquisitions of many smaller companies into much larger ones. In the context of financial accounting, consolidation refers to the aggregation of financial statements of a group...

 with the Great Western Railway

Great Western Railway

The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...

, after which the locomotives were given new numbers.

16 inch

Twelve goods locomotives, similar to the GWR Pyracmon Class

GWR Pyracmon Class

The Great Western Railway Pyracmon Class 0-6-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for goods train work. This class was introduced into service between November 1847 and April 1848, and withdrawn between August 1871 and December 1873...

, built by the Stothert and Slaughter in 1849 and 1853. The last one was withdrawn in 1885.

• 21 (1849 – 1884) GWR No. 2065
• 22 (1849 – 1883) GWR No. 2066
• 23 (1849 – 1885) GWR No. 2067
• 24 (1849 – 1884) GWR No. 2068
• 25 (1849 – 1884) GWR No. 2069
• 26 (1849 – 1887) GWR No. 2070
• 27 (1849 – 1883) GWR No. 2071
• 28 (1849 – 1876) GWR No. 2072
• 35 (1853 – 1876) GWR No. 2073
• 36 (1853 – 1877) GWR No. 2074
• 37 (1853 – 1884) GWR No. 2075
• 38 (1853 – 1880) GWR No. 2076

17 inch

Four locomotives built in 1856 by Stothert and Slaughter and two more in 1860 by Rothwell and Company. The last one survived until 1890.

• 53 (1856 – 1885) GWR No. 2059
• 54 (1856 – 1888) GWR No. 2060
• 55 (1856 – 1884) GWR No. 2061
• 56 (1856 – 1890) GWR No. 2062
• 59 (1860 – 1887) GWR No. 2063
• 60 (1860 – 1884) GWR No. 2064

Worcester Engine Company

These 0-6-0 locomotives were built by the Worcester Engine Company in 1867. Five of these six were converted to run on the broad gauge and then reconverted later to standard gauge.

• 77
• 78
• 79
• 80
• 81
• 82

Sharp Stewart

Ten 0-6-0 locomotives built by Sharp Stewart and Company in 1875.

• 116
• 117
• 118
• 119
• 120
• 121
• 122
• 123
• 124
• 125

See also

• GWR Swindon Class
  GWR Swindon Class
  The Great Western Railway Swindon Class 0-6-0 broad gauge steam locomotives for goods train work. This class was introduced into service between November 1865 and March 1866, and withdrawn between June 1887 and the end of the GWR broad gauge in May 1892...
  
  – 14 locomotives bought by the Bristol and Exeter Railway in 1872