GWR Ariadne Class

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GWR Gooch Standard Goods
GWR Ariadne Class and Caliph Class
GWR Nemesis at Trowbridge.jpg
Nemesis
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
Designer Daniel Gooch
Builder Swindon Works, Great Western Railway
Build date1852-1863
Total produced102
Specifications
Configuration:
   Whyte 0-6-0
Gauge 7 ft 14 in (2,140 mm)
Driver dia.5 ft 0 in (1,524 mm)
Wheelbase 16 ft 2+12 in (4.94 m)
Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)
Career
Operators Great Western Railway
Class Ariadne or Caliph
Withdrawn1871-1883, 1892
DispositionAll scrapped

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.

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 [1] All were withdrawn between 1871 and 1883 except for Europa, which was extensively rebuilt in 1869 and survived until the end of the GWR broad gauge in May 1892.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 dateRetire dateNameNotes
18561877 Amphion
18521879 Ariadne
18571877 Avon
18541879 Banshee
18571872 Boyne
18541874 Brutus After withdrawal, Brutus was sold to the Bryndu Coal Company.
18541878 Caliph
18541877 Cambyses
18531871 Cato
18541877 Ceres
18621878 Champion
18611878 Chronos
18531871 Cicero
18581872 Clyde
18531875Coquette
18621880 Cossack
18561872 Creon
18531874 Cupid
18541878 Cyprus
18531877 Diana
18571880 Esk
18631883 Aethon
18531892 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.
18521874 Flirt
18541872 Flora This locomotive was sold in 1873 to M. Moxhan and Company.
18581878 Forth
18541876 Geryon
18521880 Giaour
18611877 Gladiator
18561879 Gyfellion
18611878 Hades
18521877 Hebe
18531873 Hecuba After it was withdrawn, this locomotive was sold to the Dinas Main Coal Company.
18571883 Humber
18541874 Iris
18541880 Janus
18611876 Lagoon
18521875 Leander
18631881 Leonidas
18551872 Liffey
18631880 Luna
18561879 Magi
18571879 Mersey
18551877 Metis
18541875 Midas
18531877 Minerva
18531879 Monarch
18531873 Nelson After withdrawal, Nelson was sold to the Star Patent Fuel Company in Cardiff.
18551877 Nemesis
18541881 Neptune
18551877 Nero
18541877 Nimrod
18551873 Octavia
18611879 Olympus
18611877 Orpheus
18541874 Orson
18551877 Osiris
18561879 Palas
18631880 Pandora
18561878 Panthea
18521878 Pearl
18551876 Pelops
18611877 Pioneer
18621875 Plutarch
18551874 Plutus
18591875 Plym This locomotive was sold to V J Barton.
18531874 Psyche
18621883 Regulus
18531879 Remus
18551872 Rhea
18591877 Rhondda
18531877 Romulus
18541881 Ruby
18541877 Salus
18571873 Severn
18611878 Severus
18611880 Sirius
18571880 Shannon
18541878 Sibyl
18541873 Sphinx
18621878 Sylla
18611877 Talbot
18591880 Tamar
18621876 Tantalus
18581881 Tay
18541877 Thames
18621880 Theseus
18531871 Trafalgar
18571874 Tweed
18591877 Tyne
18551879 Typhon
18531872 Ulysses After withdrawal, Ulysses was sold to Gorham and Company.
18541879 Vesper
18541879 Vixen
18611877 Warhawk
18611872 Warrior
18591879 Wear
18531873 Wellington
18591879 Wye
18631882 Xerxes
18551877 Zetes
18531874 Zina

References

  1. Reed 1953, p. B24.