The Great Western Railway (GWR) Ariadne Class and Caliph Class were broad gauge 0-6-0 steam locomotives designed for goods train work by Daniel Gooch and are often referred to as his Standard Goods locomotives.
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The class was introduced into service between May 1852 and March 1863, and were built in seven lots at Swindon with a total of 102 locomotives.[1] All were withdrawn between 1871 and 1883 except for Europa, which was extensively rebuilt in 1869 and survived until the end of the GWR broad gauge in May 1892.
Naming
Build date | Retire date | Name | Notes |
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1856 | 1877 | Amphion | |
1852 | 1879 | Ariadne | |
1857 | 1877 | Avon | |
1854 | 1879 | Banshee | |
1857 | 1872 | Boyne | |
1854 | 1874 | Brutus | After withdrawal, Brutus was sold to the Bryndu Coal Company. |
1854 | 1878 | Caliph | |
1854 | 1877 | Cambyses | |
1853 | 1871 | Cato | |
1854 | 1877 | Ceres | |
1862 | 1878 | Champion | |
1861 | 1878 | Chronos | |
1853 | 1871 | Cicero | |
1858 | 1872 | Clyde | |
1853 | 1875 | Coquette | |
1862 | 1880 | Cossack | |
1856 | 1872 | Creon | |
1853 | 1874 | Cupid | |
1854 | 1878 | Cyprus | |
1853 | 1877 | Diana | |
1857 | 1880 | Esk | |
1863 | 1883 | Aethon | |
1853 | 1892 | Europa | This locomotive was extensively rebuilt at Swindon Works in 1869 and was thus the only member of this large class to survive until the end of the broad gauge on 21 May 1892. |
1852 | 1874 | Flirt | |
1854 | 1872 | Flora | This locomotive was sold in 1873 to M. Moxhan and Company. |
1858 | 1878 | Forth | |
1854 | 1876 | Geryon | |
1852 | 1880 | Giaour | |
1861 | 1877 | Gladiator | |
1856 | 1879 | Gyfellion | |
1861 | 1878 | Hades | |
1852 | 1877 | Hebe | |
1853 | 1873 | Hecuba | After it was withdrawn, this locomotive was sold to the Dinas Main Coal Company. |
1857 | 1883 | Humber | |
1854 | 1874 | Iris | |
1854 | 1880 | Janus | |
1861 | 1876 | Lagoon | |
1852 | 1875 | Leander | |
1863 | 1881 | Leonidas | |
1855 | 1872 | Liffey | |
1863 | 1880 | Luna | |
1856 | 1879 | Magi | |
1857 | 1879 | Mersey | |
1855 | 1877 | Metis | |
1854 | 1875 | Midas | |
1853 | 1877 | Minerva | |
1853 | 1879 | Monarch | |
1853 | 1873 | Nelson | After withdrawal, Nelson was sold to the Star Patent Fuel Company in Cardiff. |
1855 | 1877 | Nemesis | |
1854 | 1881 | Neptune | |
1855 | 1877 | Nero | |
1854 | 1877 | Nimrod | |
1855 | 1873 | Octavia | |
1861 | 1879 | Olympus | |
1861 | 1877 | Orpheus | |
1854 | 1874 | Orson | |
1855 | 1877 | Osiris | |
1856 | 1879 | Palas | |
1863 | 1880 | Pandora | |
1856 | 1878 | Panthea | |
1852 | 1878 | Pearl | |
1855 | 1876 | Pelops | |
1861 | 1877 | Pioneer | |
1862 | 1875 | Plutarch | |
1855 | 1874 | Plutus | |
1859 | 1875 | Plym | This locomotive was sold to V J Barton. |
1853 | 1874 | Psyche | |
1862 | 1883 | Regulus | |
1853 | 1879 | Remus | |
1855 | 1872 | Rhea | |
1859 | 1877 | Rhondda | |
1853 | 1877 | Romulus | |
1854 | 1881 | Ruby | |
1854 | 1877 | Salus | |
1857 | 1873 | Severn | |
1861 | 1878 | Severus | |
1861 | 1880 | Sirius | |
1857 | 1880 | Shannon | |
1854 | 1878 | Sibyl | |
1854 | 1873 | Sphinx | |
1862 | 1878 | Sylla | |
1861 | 1877 | Talbot | |
1859 | 1880 | Tamar | |
1862 | 1876 | Tantalus | |
1858 | 1881 | Tay | |
1854 | 1877 | Thames | |
1862 | 1880 | Theseus | |
1853 | 1871 | Trafalgar | |
1857 | 1874 | Tweed | |
1859 | 1877 | Tyne | |
1855 | 1879 | Typhon | |
1853 | 1872 | Ulysses | After withdrawal, Ulysses was sold to Gorham and Company. |
1854 | 1879 | Vesper | |
1854 | 1879 | Vixen | |
1861 | 1877 | Warhawk | |
1861 | 1872 | Warrior | |
1859 | 1879 | Wear | |
1853 | 1873 | Wellington | |
1859 | 1879 | Wye | |
1863 | 1882 | Xerxes | |
1855 | 1877 | Zetes | |
1853 | 1874 | Zina |
References
- Reed, P. J. T. (February 1953). White, D. E. (ed.). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge. Kenilworth: RCTS. pp. B24–B26. ISBN 0-901115-32-0.
- Waters, Laurence (1999). The Great Western Broad Gauge. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7110-2634-6.
- Davies, Ken (April 1993). The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part fourteen: Names and their Origins - Railmotor Services - War Service - The Complete Preservation Story. Lincoln: RCTS. ISBN 0-901115-75-4. OCLC 59928196.
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