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<p>Adding local <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_description" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Short description">short description</a>: &quot;Class of British steam locomotives&quot;, overriding Wikidata description &quot;class of 8 British broad-gauge 0-6-0 locomotives&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Class of British steam locomotives}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}<br /> {{Use British English|date=December 2017}}<br /> {{no footnotes|date=December 2014}}<br /> {{Infobox locomotive<br /> | name=Great Western Railway Caesar Class<br /> | image=File:GWR Caesar class engine &quot;Hecuba&quot;.jpg<br /> | powertype=Steam<br /> | designer=[[Daniel Gooch]]<br /> | builder=[[Great Western Railway]]<br /> | builddate = 1851-1852<br /> | totalproduction = 8<br /> | whytetype={{whyte|0-6-0|ST}}<br /> | gauge={{Track gauge|7ft0.25in|lk=on}}<br /> | driverdiameter={{convert|4|ft|9|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}<br /> | wheelbase={{convert|15|ft|5|in|m|2|abbr=on}}<br /> | cylindersize={{convert|17|x|24|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}<br /> | operator=[[Great Western Railway]]<br /> | operatorclass=Caesar<br /> | withdrawndate = 1871-1880<br /> |disposition = All [[scrap]]ped<br /> }}<br /> <br /> The [[Great Western Railway]] &#039;&#039;&#039;Caesar Class&#039;&#039;&#039; were {{whyte|0-6-0}} [[broad gauge]] [[steam locomotive]]s. 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 This class was introduced into service between June 1851 and February 1852, and withdrawn between June 1871 and June 1880.<br /> <br /> From about 1865, the Caesar Class was expanded to include locomotives formerly known as [[GWR Ariadne Class|Ariadne Class]], [[GWR Caliph Class|Caliph Class]], or [[GWR Pyracmon Class]].<br /> <br /> ==Names==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot; style=text-align:center border=&quot;1&quot;<br /> ! Build date !! Retire date !! Name !! Notes<br /> |-<br /> | 1851 || 1880 || [[Caesar (title)|Caesar]] ||<br /> |-<br /> | 1851 || 1872 || [[Dido (Queen of Carthage)|Dido]] ||<br /> |-<br /> | 1852(?) || ? || [[Druid]] ||<br /> |-<br /> | 1851 || 1874 || [[Florence]] ||<br /> |-<br /> | 1851 || 1871 || Hero ||<br /> |-<br /> | 1851 || 1872 || Nora Creina || The name comes from the subject of [[Thomas Moore]]&#039;s poem &#039;&#039;Lesbia has a beaming eye&#039;&#039;<br /> |-<br /> | 1851 || 1874 || [[Thunder|Thunderer]] || This name had previously been carried by a [[GWR Thunderer locomotive|GWR 0-4-0+6 locomotive]] in 1838. <br /> |-<br /> | 1851 || 1874 || [[Volcano]] || <br /> |-<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> * {{RCTS-LocosGWR-2|page=B24}}<br /> * {{cite book| last=Waters| first=Laurence| title=The Great Western Broad Gauge| publisher=Ian Allan Publishing| year=1999| location=Hersham| isbn=0-7110-2634-3| url-access=registration| url=https://archive.org/details/greatwesternbroa0000wate| via=Archive.org}}<br /> <br /> {{GWR Locomotives}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Great Western Railway locomotives|Caesar]]<br /> [[Category:0-6-0ST locomotives]]<br /> [[Category:Broad gauge (7 feet) railway locomotives]]<br /> [[Category:Railway locomotives introduced in 1851]]<br /> [[Category:Freight locomotives]]</div>

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