Section 7 - Locomotive History and Specifications
Official Works photo of GWR designed but BR built 0-6-0PT No.1500 at Swindon in 1949
GWR 0-6-0 Pannier Tank Locomotive No.1501 Built 1949 - Timeline
Built at Swindon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 1949
Old Oak Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 1949
Swindon Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 1949
Old Oak Common . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 1949
Swindon Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 1950
Southall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 1950
Newton Abbot Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 1953
Southall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . February 1953
Swindon Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 1955
Southall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 1955
In Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 1960
Withdrawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 1961
Sold to NCB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 1961
NCB Coventry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 1962
Withdrawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . September 1969
Sold for Preservation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 1969
Moved to Tyseley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 1970
Moved to Bewdley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 1970
Moved to Bridgnorth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . November 1970
Dismantled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 1971
Moved to Bewdley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 1976
Boiler Removed from Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30th April 1982
Wheels & Axleboxes Moved to Bridgnorth . . . . . . . . . . . October 1982
Wheels & Axleboxes moved to Bewdley . . . . . . . . . . . . September 1983
Moved to Bridgnorth (boiler only) . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . December 1992
Moved to Bridgnorth (chassis only) . . . . . . .
. . . . . . April
1993
Moved to Bewdley . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . .
. August 1993
Moved to Bridgnorth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . April 1996
Moved to Bewdley (towed by HE686) . . . . . . . . . . . . . August 1996
First Steaming on SVR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 1997
Restored to Traffic (First Boiler Ticket) . . . . . . . . . . . . September 1997
Withdrawn for Overhaul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 2006
Entered The Engine House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March 2008
Overhaul Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 2009
Restored to Traffic (Second Boiler Ticket) . . . . . . . . . . . August 2012
GWR 0-6-0 Pannier Tank No.1501 - Specifications
Gauge of Railway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4' - 8.1/2"
Size of Cylinders (O) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.1/2" x 24"
Dia. of Coupled Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4' - 7.1/2"
Rigid Wheelbase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12' - 10"
Height from Rail to Chimney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12' - 6.1/8"
Overall Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33' - 0"
Extreme Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8' - 11.1/2"
Height to Boiler C. L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7' - 8"
Heating Surface - Tubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1245 Sq. '
Heating Surface - Firebox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Sq. '
Heating Surface - Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1347 Sq. '
Grate Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.4 Sq. '
Working Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 psi
Water Tank Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1350 Gall
Coal Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3T - 5Cwt.
Weight (Empty) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47T - 2Cwt.
Weight (working Order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58T - 4Cwt.
Maximum Axle Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19T - 8Cwt.
Tractive Effort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22515 Lbs
Official works photos of GWR designed but BR built 0-6-0PT No.1500 at Swindon in 1949