GWR Ariadne Class explained

GWR Gooch Standard Goods
GWR Ariadne Class and Caliph Class
Powertype:Steam
Whytetype:0-6-0
Designer:Daniel Gooch
Builder:Swindon Works, Great Western Railway
Builddate:1852-1863
Totalproduction:102
Driverdiameter:5feet
Wheelbase:16feet
Cylindersize:17x
Operator:Great Western Railway
Operatorclass:Ariadne or Caliph
Withdrawndate:1871-1883, 1892
Disposition:All 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. All were withdrawn between 1871 and 1883 except for Europa, which was extensively rebuilt in 1869 and survived until the end of the GWR broad gauge in May 1892.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
1856 1877
1852 1879
1857 1877
1854 1879
1857 1872
1854 1874 After withdrawal, Brutus was sold to the Bryndu Coal Company.
1854 1878
1854 1877
1853 1871
1854 1877
1862 1878
1861 1878
1853 1871
1858 1872
1853 1875 Coquette
1862 1880
1856 1872
1853 1874
1854 1878
1853 1877
1857 1880
1863 1883
1853 1892 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
1854 1872 This locomotive was sold in 1873 to M. Moxhan and Company.
1858 1878
1854 1876
1852 1880
1861 1877
1856 1879
1861 1878
1852 1877
1853 1873 After it was withdrawn, this locomotive was sold to the Dinas Main Coal Company.
1857 1883
1854 1874
1854 1880
1861 1876
1852 1875
1863 1881
1855 1872
1863 1880
1856 1879
1857 1879
1855 1877
1854 1875
1853 1877
1853 1879
1853 1873 After withdrawal, Nelson was sold to the Star Patent Fuel Company in Cardiff.
1855 1877
1854 1881
1855 1877
1854 1877
1855 1873
1861 1879
1861 1877
1854 1874
1855 1877
1856 1879
1863 1880
1856 1878
1852 1878
1855 1876
1861 1877
1862 1875
1855 1874
1859 1875 This locomotive was sold to V J Barton.
1853 1874
1862 1883
1853 1879
1855 1872
1859 1877
1853 1877
1854 1881
1854 1877
1857 1873
1861 1878
1861 1880
1857 1880
1854 1878
1854 1873
1862 1878
1861 1877
1859 1880
1862 1876
1858 1881
1854 1877
1862 1880
1853 1871
1857 1874
1859 1877
1855 1879
1853 1872 After withdrawal, Ulysses was sold to Gorham and Company.
1854 1879
1854 1879
1861 1877
1861 1872
1859 1879
1853 1873
1859 1879
1863 1882
1855 1877
1853 1874

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