GWR Ariadne Class

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.

GWR Gooch Standard Goods GWR Ariadne Class and Caliph Class
Nemesis
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Daniel Gooch Builder Swindon Works, Great Western Railway Build date 1852-1863 Total produced 102
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-0 Gauge 7 ft 1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Driver dia. 5 ft 0 in (1,524 mm) Wheelbase 16 ft 2+1⁄2 in (4.94 m) Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)
Career Operators Great Western Railway Class Ariadne or Caliph Withdrawn 1871-1883, 1892 Disposition All scrapped

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 All were withdrawn between 1871 and 1883 except for Europa, which was extensively rebuilt in 1869 and survived until the end of the GWR broad gauge in May 1892.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	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1853	1873	Hecuba	After it was withdrawn, this locomotive was sold to the Dinas Main Coal Company.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.