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s for assisting ("

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") trains up inclines on the

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. Designed by

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, they were tank engine versions of his Standard Goods class, and mainly built at

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. The last example was withdrawn in 1889.

Locomotives

*''Avalanche'' (1846–1865) :Built in February 1846 and ceasing work in August 1865, ''Avalanche'' was not part of the Swindon-built Standard Goods locomotive build, but instead it was built by the Stothert and Slaughter and was similar to the Caesar class tender goods engines. *''Bithon'' (1854–1871) *'' Iago'' (1852–1881) *'' Juno'' (1852–1889) :''Juno'' was sold to the South Devon Railway in June 1872, where it was renamed ''

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''. It returned to the GWR upon absorption of the SDR in 1876, when it was given the number 2138 but retained its ''Stromboli'' name. It was the last survivor, being withdrawn in June 1889. *''

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