page_title: Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-2-2 locomotives
hierarchical_section_title: Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-2-2 locomotives
caption_attribution_description: English: The driving wheels from a Bristol and Exeter Railway broad gauge 4-2-4T locomotive, presereved outside the National Railway Museum, York, England.
context_page_description: The 20 Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-2-2 locomotives were broad gauge 4-2-2 express steam locomotives built for the Bristol and Exeter Railway by the Stothert and Slaughter in Bristol. The first entered service in 1849. The Bristol and Exeter Railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1876 and eight 4-2-2s survived at this time, the last being withdrawn in 1889.
  Three of the infamous 4-2-4T locomotives were rebuilt by the Great Western Railway in 1877 as 4-2-2 tender locomotives.
context_section_description: The 20 Bristol and Exeter Railway 4-2-2 locomotives were broad gauge 4-2-2 express steam locomotives built for the Bristol and Exeter Railway by the Stothert and Slaughter in Bristol. The first entered service in 1849. The Bristol and Exeter Railway was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on 1 January 1876 and eight 4-2-2s survived at this time, the last being withdrawn in 1889.
  Three of the infamous 4-2-4T locomotives were rebuilt by the Great Western Railway in 1877 as 4-2-2 tender locomotives.
caption: The 8 feet (2.4 m) driving wheels of locomotive 2002 are preserved at the National Railway Museum in York
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