GWR Caesar Class

Great Western Railway Caesar Class
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Daniel Gooch Builder Great Western Railway Build date 1851-1852 Total produced 8
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-0ST Gauge 7 ft (2,134 mm) Driver dia. 4 ft 9 in (1,448 mm) Wheelbase 15 ft 5 in (4.70 m) Cylinder size 17 in × 24 in (432 mm × 610 mm)
Career Withdrawn 1871-1880 Disposition All scrapped

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 This class was introduced into service between June 1851 and February 1852, and withdrawn between June 1871 and June 1880.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
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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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. OCLC 650490992. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
• Waters, Laurence (1999). The Great Western Broad Gauge. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 0-7110-2634-3.