GWR Ariadne Class

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 0-6-0 Gauge 7 ft ^1⁄4 in (2,140 mm) Driver diameter 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Career Operators Great Western Railway Class Ariadne or Caliph Withdrawn 1871-1892 Disposition All scrapped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service between May 1852 and March 1863, and were built in seven lots at Swindon totalling 102 locomotives,^[1] and withdrawn between January 1871 and the end of the GWR broad gauge in May 1892.

Naming

Build date	Retire date	Name	Name information	Other notes
1856	1877	Amphion	Amphion
1852	1879	Ariadne	Ariadne
1857	1877	Avon	River Avon
1854	1879	Banshee	Banshee
1857	1872	Boyne	River Boyne
1854	1874	Brutus	Marcus Junius Brutus	After withdrawal, Brutus was sold to the Bryndu Coal Company.
1854	1878	Caliph	Caliph
1854	1877	Cambyses	Cambyses
1853	1871	Cato	Cato
1854	1877	Ceres	Ceres
1862	1878	Champion	Champion
1861	1878	Chronus	Chronus
1853	1871	Cicero	Marcus Tullius Cicero
1858	1872	Clyde	River Clyde
1853	1875	Coquette	Coquette
1862	1880	Cossack	Cossack
1856	1872	Creon	Creon
1853	1874	Cupid	Cupid
1854	1878	Cyprus	Cyprus
1853	1877	Diana	Diana
1857	1880	Esk	River Esk
1863	1883	Ethon	Aethon
1853	1892	Europa	Europa	This locomotive was extensively rebuilt at Swindon railway 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	Flirt
1854	1872	Flora	Flora	This locomotive was sold in 1873 to M. Moxhan and Company.
1858	1878	Forth	River Forth
1854	1876	Geryon	Geryon
1852	1880	Giaour	The Giaour
1861	1877	Gladiator	Gladiator
1856	1879	Gyfeillon	Gyfeillon
1861	1878	Hades	Hades
1852	1877	Hebe	Hebe
1853	1873	Hecuba	Hecuba	After it was withdrawn, this locomotive was sold to the Dinas Main Coal Company.
1857	1883	Humber	River Humber
1854	1874	Iris	Iris
1854	1880	Janus	Janus
1861	1876	Lagoon	Lagoon
1852	1875	Leander	Leander
1863	1881	Leonidas	Leonidas
1855	1872	Liffey	River Liffey
1863	1880	Luna	Luna
1856	1879	Magi	Magi
1857	1879	Mersey	River Mersey
1855	1877	Metis	Metis
1854	1875	Midas	Midas
1853	1877	Minerva	Minerva
1853	1879	Monarch	Monarch
1853	1873	Nelson	Lord Nelson	After withdrawal, Nelson was sold to the Star Patent Fuel Company in Cardiff.
1855	1877	Nemesis	Nemesis
1854	1881	Neptune	Neptune
1855	1877	Nero	Nero
1854	1877	Nimrod	Nimrod
1855	1873	Octavia	Claudia Octavia
1861	1879	Olympus	Mount Olympus
1861	1877	Orpheus	Orpheus
1854	1874	Orson	Orson
1855	1877	Osiris	Osiris
1856	1879	Pallas	Palas
1863	1880	Pandora	Pandora
1856	1878	Panthea	Panthea
1852	1878	Pearl	Pearl
1855	1876	Pelops	Pelops
1861	1877	Pioneer	Pioneer
1862	1875	Plutarch	Mestrius Plutarchus
1855	1874	Plutus	Plutus
1859	1875	Plym	River Plym	This locomotive was sold to V J Barton.
1853	1874	Psyche	Psyche
1862	1883	Regulus	Basilisk
1853	1879	Remus	Remus
1855	1872	Rhea	Rhea
1859	1877	Rhondda	River Rhondda
1853	1877	Romulus	Romulus
1854	1881	Ruby	Ruby
1854	1877	Salus	Salus
1857	1873	Severn	River Severn
1861	1878	Severus	Lucius Septimius Severus
1861	1880	Sirius	Sirius
1857	1880	Shannon	River Shannon
1854	1878	Sibyl	Sibyl
1854	1873	Sphinx	Sphinx
1862	1878	Sylla	Sylla
1861	1877	Talbot	Talbot
1859	1880	Tamar	River Tamar
1862	1876	Tantalus	Tantalus
1858	1881	Tay	River Tay
1854	1877	Thames	River Thames
1862	1880	Theseus	Theseus
1853	1871	Trafalgar	Battle of Trafalgar
1857	1874	Tweed	River Tweed
1859	1877	Tyne	River Tyne
1855	1879	Typhon	Typhon
1853	1872	Ulysses	Ulysses	After withdrawal, Ulysses was sold to Gorham and Company.
1854	1879	Vesper	Vesper
1854	1879	Vixen	Vixen
1861	1877	Warhawk	Warhawk
1861	1872	Warrior	Warrior
1859	1879	Wear	River Wear
1853	1873	Wellington	Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
1859	1879	Wye	River Wye
1863	1882	Xerxes	Xerxes
1855	1877	Zetes	Zetes
1853	1874	Zina	Zina

References

1. Reed 1953, p. B24.

• 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.