Editing GWR Ariadne Class

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{{Infobox locomotive
|name=GWR Gooch Standard Goods<br>GWR Ariadne Class and Caliph Class
|image=GWR Nemesis at Trowbridge.jpg
|caption=''Nemesis''
|powertype=Steam
|whytetype=[[0-6-0]]
|designer=[[Daniel Gooch]]
|builder=[[Swindon Works]], Great Western Railway
|builddate = 1852-1863
|totalproduction=102
|driverdiameter={{convert|5|ft|0|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
|wheelbase={{convert|16|ft|2+1/2|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
|cylindersize={{convert|17|x|24|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
|operator=[[Great Western Railway]]
|operatorclass=Ariadne ''or'' Caliph
|withdrawndate = 1871-1883, 1892
|disposition = All [[scrap]]ped
|gauge={{track gauge|7ft0.25in|lk=on}}
}}

The [[Great Western Railway]] (GWR) '''Ariadne Class''' and '''Caliph Class''' were [[broad gauge]]  [[0-6-0]] [[steam locomotive]]s 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were built in seven lots at [[Swindon Works|Swindon]] with a total of 102 locomotives.{{sfn|Reed|1953|p=B24}} All were withdrawn between 1871 and 1883 except for ''Europa'', which was extensively rebuilt in 1869 and survived until the end of the GWR broad gauge in May 1892.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==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center border="1"
! Build date !! Retire date !! Name !! Notes
|-
| 1856 || 1877 || [[Amphion]] || 
|-
| 1852 || 1879 || [[Ariadne]] ||
|-
| 1857 || 1877 || [[River Avon (disambiguation)|Avon]] ||
|-
| 1854 || 1879 || [[Banshee]] ||
|-
| 1857 || 1872 || [[River Boyne|Boyne]] ||
|-
| 1854 || 1874 || [[Marcus Junius Brutus|Brutus]] || After withdrawal, ''Brutus'' was sold to the [[Bryndu Coal Company]].
|-
| 1854 || 1878 || [[Caliph]] ||
|-
| 1854 || 1877 || [[Cambyses II|Cambyses]] ||
|-
| 1853 || 1871 || [[Cato the Elder|Cato]] ||
|-
| 1854 || 1877 || [[Ceres (Roman mythology)|Ceres]] ||
|-
| 1862 || 1878 || [[Champion]] ||
|-
| 1861 || 1878 || [[Chronos]] ||
|-
| 1853 || 1871 || [[Marcus Tullius Cicero|Cicero]] ||
|-
| 1858 || 1872 || [[River Clyde|Clyde]] ||
|-
| 1853 || 1875 || Coquette ||
|-
| 1862 || 1880 || [[Cossack]] ||
|-
| 1856 || 1872 || [[Creon (king of Corinth)|Creon]] ||
|-
| 1853 || 1874 || [[Cupid]] ||
|-
| 1854 || 1878 || [[Cyprus]] ||
|-
| 1853 || 1877 || [[Diana (mythology)|Diana]] ||
|-
| 1857 || 1880 || [[River Esk (Solway Firth)|Esk]] ||
|-
| 1863 || 1883 || [[Aethon]] ||
|-
| 1853 || 1892 || [[Europa (mythology)|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 (mythology)|Flora]] || This locomotive was sold in 1873 to [[M. Moxhan and Company]].
|-
| 1858 || 1878 || [[River Forth|Forth]] ||
|-
| 1854 || 1876 || [[Geryon]] ||
|-
| 1852 || 1880 || [[The Giaour|Giaour]] ||
|-
| 1861 || 1877 || [[Gladiator]] ||
|-
| 1856 || 1879 || [[Gyfellion]] ||
|-
| 1861 || 1878 || [[Hades]] ||
|-
| 1852 || 1877 || [[Hebe (mythology)|Hebe]] ||
|-
| 1853 || 1873 || [[Hecuba]] || After it was withdrawn, this locomotive was sold to the [[Dinas Rhondda|Dinas]] Main Coal Company.
|-
| 1857 || 1883 || [[River Humber|Humber]] || 
|-
| 1854 || 1874 || [[Iris (mythology)|Iris]] ||
|-
| 1854 || 1880 || [[Janus (mythology)|Janus]] ||
|-
| 1861 || 1876 || [[Lagoon]] ||
|-
| 1852 || 1875 || [[Hero and Leander|Leander]] ||
|-
| 1863 || 1881 || [[Leonidas I|Leonidas]] ||
|-
| 1855 || 1872 || [[River Liffey|Liffey]] ||
|-
| 1863 || 1880 || [[Selene|Luna]] ||
|-
| 1856 || 1879 || [[Magi]] ||
|-
| 1857 || 1879 || [[River Mersey|Mersey]] ||
|-
| 1855 || 1877 || [[Metis (mythology)|Metis]] ||
|-
| 1854 || 1875 || [[Midas]] ||
|-
| 1853 || 1877 || [[Minerva]] ||
|-
| 1853 || 1879 || [[Monarch]] ||
|-
| 1853 || 1873 || [[Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson|Nelson]] || After withdrawal, ''Nelson'' was sold to the [[Star Patent Fuel Company]] in [[Cardiff]].
|-
| 1855 || 1877 || [[Nemesis (mythology)|Nemesis]] ||
|-
| 1854 || 1881 || [[Neptune (mythology)|Neptune]] ||
|-
| 1855 || 1877 || [[Nero]] ||
|-
| 1854 || 1877 || [[Nimrod]] ||
|-
| 1855 || 1873 || [[Claudia Octavia|Octavia]] ||
|-
| 1861 || 1879 || [[Mount Olympus|Olympus]] ||
|-
| 1861 || 1877 || [[Orpheus]] ||
|-
| 1854 || 1874 || [[Valentine and Orson|Orson]] ||
|-
| 1855 || 1877 || [[Osiris]] ||
|-
| 1856 || 1879 || [[Palas]] ||
|-
| 1863 || 1880 || [[Pandora]] ||
|-
| 1856 || 1878 || [[Panthea]] ||
|-
| 1852 || 1878 || [[Pearl]] ||
|-
| 1855 || 1876 || [[Pelops]] ||
|-
| 1861 || 1877 || [[Innovator|Pioneer]] ||
|-
| 1862 || 1875 || [[Plutarch]] ||
|-
| 1855 || 1874 || [[Plutus]] ||
|-
| 1859 || 1875 || [[River Plym|Plym]] || This locomotive was sold to [[V J Barton]].
|-
| 1853 || 1874 || [[Cupid and Psyche|Psyche]] ||
|-
| 1862 || 1883 || [[Basilisk|Regulus]] ||
|-
| 1853 || 1879 || [[Romulus and Remus|Remus]] ||
|-
| 1855 || 1872 || [[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]] ||
|-
| 1859 || 1877 || [[River Rhondda|Rhondda]] ||
|-
| 1853 || 1877 || [[Romulus and Remus|Romulus]] ||
|-
| 1854 || 1881 || [[Ruby]] ||
|-
| 1854 || 1877 || [[Hygieia|Salus]] ||
|-
| 1857 || 1873 || [[River Severn|Severn]] ||
|-
| 1861 || 1878 || [[Septimius Severus|Severus]] ||
|-
| 1861 || 1880 || [[Sirius]] ||
|-
| 1857 || 1880 || [[River Shannon|Shannon]] ||
|-
| 1854 || 1878 || [[Sibyl]] ||
|-
| 1854 || 1873 || [[Sphinx]] ||
|-
| 1862 || 1878 || [[Sylla]] ||
|-
| 1861 || 1877 || [[Talbot (disambiguation)|Talbot]] ||
|-
| 1859 || 1880 || [[River Tamar|Tamar]] ||
|-
| 1862 || 1876 || [[Tantalus]] ||
|-
| 1858 || 1881 || [[River Tay|Tay]] ||
|-
| 1854 || 1877 || [[River Thames|Thames]] || 
|-
| 1862 || 1880 || [[Theseus]] ||
|-
| 1853 || 1871 || [[Battle of Trafalgar|Trafalgar]] ||
|-
| 1857 || 1874 || [[River Tweed|Tweed]] ||
|-
| 1859 || 1877 || [[River Tyne|Tyne]] ||
|-
| 1855 || 1879 || [[Typhon]] ||
|-
| 1853 || 1872 || [[Odysseus|Ulysses]] || After withdrawal, ''Ulysses'' was sold to [[Gorham and Company]].
|-
| 1854 || 1879 || [[Hesperus|Vesper]] || 
|-
| 1854 || 1879 || [[Vixen]] ||
|-
| 1861 || 1877 || [[War hawk|Warhawk]] ||
|-
| 1861 || 1872 || [[Warrior]] ||
|-
| 1859 || 1879 || [[River Wear|Wear]] ||
|-
| 1853 || 1873 || [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Wellington]] ||
|-
| 1859 || 1879 || [[River Wye|Wye]] ||
|-
| 1863 || 1882 || [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes]] ||
|-
| 1855 || 1877 || [[Zetes]] ||
|-
| 1853 || 1874 || [[Zina]] ||
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}
* {{RCTS-LocosGWR-2|pages=B24–B26}}
* {{cite book|last=Waters|first=Laurence|title=The Great Western Broad Gauge|publisher=Ian Allan Publishing|year=1999|location=Hersham|isbn=978-0-7110-2634-6|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/greatwesternbroa0000wate}}
*{{cite book |last=Davies |first=Ken |title=The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part fourteen: Names and their Origins - Railmotor Services - War Service - The Complete Preservation Story |date=April 1993 |publisher=[[Railway Correspondence and Travel Society|RCTS]] |location=Lincoln |isbn=0-901115-75-4 |oclc=59928196 }}

{{GWR Locomotives}}

[[Category:Great Western Railway locomotives|Ariadne]]
[[Category:0-6-0 locomotives]]
[[Category:Broad gauge (7 feet) railway locomotives]]
[[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1852]]
[[Category:Freight locomotives]]