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GWR Caesar Class
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Great Western Railway· from 1851· class of 8 British broad-gauge 0-6-0 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. GWR Caesar class engine "Hecuba": The Broad Gauge Society· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Great Western Railway Caesar Class were 0-6-0 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 This class was introduced into service between June 1851 and February 1852, and withdrawn between June 1871 and June 1880.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 175 years ago, in 1851.
- Served for 29 years (1851–1880).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1851–1852
- in service from
- 1851
- retired
- 1880
- status
- retired
- number built
- 8
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Great Western Railway, Swindon Works
- designer
- Daniel Gooch
- operators
- Great Western Railway
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 2,140 mm Brunel broad gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5515026, Wikipedia: GWR Caesar Class (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.