The eight Dido class locomotives were 0-6-0 saddle tank broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway and Cornwall Railway and associated other adjacent railways. They were designed for goods trains but were also used on passenger trains when required. 0-6-0 is also the emergency telephone number in Mexico, similar to the United Statess 9-1-1. ... Great Western Railway broad gauge steam locomotives awaiting scrapping in 1892 after the conversion to standard gauge. ... The South Devon Railway Company built and operated the railway from Exeter to Plymouth and Torquay in Devon, England. ... The Cornwall Railway was a broad gauge railway (7 feet 0. ...

The locomotives were ordered by Evans, Walker and Gooch who were now contracted to operate the locomotives for both the railways. They were built by Stothert, Slaughter, Grunning and Company. The Avonside Engine Company was a locomotive manufacturer in Bristol, England. ...

The locomotives of both railways were operated as a combined fleet by the South Devon Railway after 1 July 1866. On 1 February 1876 the South Devon Railway was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway, the locomotives were given numbers by their new owners but continued to carry their names too. July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1876 (MDCCCLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

Locomotives

South Devon Railway

• Ajax (1860 - 1884) GWR no. 2149

The locomotive was named after Ajax, a Greek hero.

• Brutus (1862 - 1884) GWR no. 2150

Although a South Devon Railway locomotive, it was orignially delivered to work on the Cornwall Railway. On 13 September 1866 Brutus failed while working a goods train. It was left at Plympton while another locomotive took the train on. The mail train failed to stop at the signal and collided with the locomotive standing there, after which it ran away down the line, running through the buffer stop at the Plymouth terminus and ending up in the cloakroom.

The original Brutus was one of Julius Ceasar's assassins.

• Hebe (1860 - 1877) GWR no. 2148

Hebe was at Brent on 22 November 1873 when its boiler blew up. It got its name from Hebe, the Greek goddess of youth.

• Juno (1864 - 1884) GWR no. 2153

The Roman Juno was worshipped as the queen of their gods.

For other uses of the name Ajax, see Ajax. ... September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Plympton railway station was situated in Plympton, Devon, in England. ... Marcus Junius Brutus. ... Brent railway station was on the South Devon Railway, serving the village of South Brent on the southern edge of Dartmoor in Devon, England. ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... In Greek mythology, Hêbê (Greek: Ἥβη) was the goddess of youth (Roman equivalent: Juventas). ... IVNO REGINA (Queen Juno) on a coin celebrating Julia Soaemias. ...

Cornwall Railway

• Argo (1863 - 1892) GWR no. 2151

The original Argo was the ship that carried Jason and the Argonauts on their adventures.

• Atlas (1863 - 1885) GWR no. 2152

The original Atlas was a Greek Titan.

• Dido (1860 - 1877) GWR no. 2143

The name of this locomotives comes from Dido, the Queen of Carthage.

• Hero (1860 - 1887) GWR no. 2144

A hero is an idealised character in mythology or folklore.

In Greek mythology, Argo was the ship on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcus to retrieve the Golden Fleece. ... In Greek mythology, Atlas was one of the primordial Titans. ... Aeneid, Book I, Death of Dido. ... From the Greek cognate , in mythology and folklore, a hero (male) or heroine (female) is an eminent character archetype that quintessentially embodies key traits valued by its originating culture. ...

See also

South Devon Railway locomotives

References

• The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, Part 2: Broad Gauge. The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. ISBN 0-906867-90-8.
• Gregory, R H (1982). The South Devon Railway. Salisbury: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-286-2.
• Beck, Keith; Copsey, John (1990). The Great Western in South Devon. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications. ISBN 0-901115-32-0.
• Waters, Laurence (1999). The Great Western Broad Gauge. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 9780711026346.
• Railway company records at The National Archives