West Somerset Mineral Railway
Main line

West Somerset Mineral Railway

Section Title: Main line
Table Section Text: None

Name/number	Builder	Works no.	Built	Wheels	In use	Notes

–	Neilson and Co.	370	1856	0-4-0ST	1856–c.1897	Known locally as "The Box". Cost £1055.

–	Neilson and Co.	391	1856	0-4-0ST	1857	Damaged in collision August 1857 sent for repair and never returned.

Rowcliffe	Sharp, Stewart	995	1857	0-6-0ST	1857–c.1883	Brought to Watchet following 1857 collision to work the lower section of the line. The loco was named after the company's solicitor of 20 years.

–	Neilson and Co.	?	1865	0-4-0ST	1883	The third "Box" to work on the line.

Pontypool	Sharp, Stewart	1677	1866	0-6-0ST	1866–1899	Vacuum brakes were added at Ebbw Vale in 1894. Auctioned for scrap at Newport in 1904.

Esperanza	Sharp, Stewart	2262 or 2263	1872	0-6-0ST	c.1894	Temporary replacement engine.

Whitfield	Sharp, Stewart	1011 or 1010	c.1857	0-6-0ST	1895	Built as a tender for L&NWR. Scrapped at South Hetton in 1948.

Newport	Neilson and Co.	?	1855	0-4-0ST	1896–c.1900	Temporary replacement locomotive. 1895 rebuild of one of the six "Box" 0-4-0STs bought by the Ebbw Vale Company in 1855.

37	Beyer Peacock	1881	1879	4-4-0T	1907–1910	Built for Metropolitan Railway and rebuilt in 1889. It was sold for £200 in 1910 to Bute Works Supply Company.

212	Beyer Peacock	248	1861	2-4-0	1911–1917	Used in Automatic Train Control trials.

213	Beyer Peacock	249	1861	2-4-0	1911–1917	Used in Automatic Train Control trials.

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The Beyer Peacock's 4-4-0T built in 1879 for the Metropolitan Railway was the number 37.

final_sentence: The Beyer Peacock's 4-4-0T built in 1879 for the Metropolitan Railway was the number 37.