GWR Caesar Class
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The Great Western Railway Caesar Class 0-6-0ST broad gauge steam locomotives. They were designed by Daniel Gooch for goods train work. This class was introduced into service between June 1851 and February 1852, and withdrawn between June 1871 and June 1880.
From about 1865, the Caesar Class was expanded to include locomotives formerly known as Ariadne Class, Caliph Class, or GWR Pyracmon Class.
Names
| Build date | Retire date | Name | Name information | Other notes |
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| 1851 | 1880 | Caesar | Caesar | |
| 1851 | 1872 | Dido | Dido |
| 1852(?) | ? | Druid | Druid | |
| 1851 | 1874 | Florence | Florence | |
| 1851 | 1871 | Hero | Hero | |
| 1851 | 1872 | Nora Creina | Thomas Moore's Lesbia has a beaming eye | |
| 1851 | 1874 | Thunderer | Thunder | This was the second time that the Great Western railway had chosen to name a locomotive Thunderer, the first locomotive being GWR Thunderer locomotive |
| 1851 | 1874 | Volcano | Volcano | |
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Notes
References
- Reed, P. J. T. (February 1953). White, D. E., ed. The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge. Kenilworth: RCTS. p. B24. ISBN 0-901115-32-0.
- Waters, Laurence (1999). The Great Western Broad Gauge. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2634-3.