A Standard Goods locomotive is a

steam locomotive A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the loco ...

designed principally for hauling

goods train Rail freight transport is the use of rail transport, railroads and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers. A freight train, cargo train, or goods train is a group of Railroad car#Freight cars, freight cars (US) or goods wagon ...

s, though they may at times haul passenger trains. Examples include: * The 0-6-0 GWR Gooch Standard Goods class, also known as the ''Ariadne Class'', serving on the Great Western Railway from 1852 until 1892 * The 0-6-0 Armstrong Standard Goods, serving on the Great Western Railway from 1866 until 1934 * The 2-8-0 New South Wales D50 class locomotive serving from 1896 until the early 1970s * The 2-8-0 New South Wales D53 class locomotive serving from 1912 until the early 1970s * The 2-8-0

New South Wales D55 class locomotive The D55 class was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives built by Clyde Engineering for the New South Wales Government Railways in Australia. Construction In 1916, Clyde Engineering were awarded a contract for the construction of 300 K class locom ...

serving from 1918 until the late 1960s

External links

* http://users.nex.net.au/~reidgck/nswsteam.htm Locomotives {{steam-loco-stub