GWR 1500 Class

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Great Western Railway 1500 Class
No. 1502 at Didcot 1957
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Frederick Hawksworth Builder Swindon Works Order number Lot 373 Build date 1949 Total produced 10
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-0PT  • UIC Ch2tg Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Driver dia. 4 ft 7+1⁄2 in (1.410 m) Minimum curve 3+1⁄2 chains (231 ft; 70 m) Wheelbase 12 ft 10 in (3.91 m) Loco weight 58 long tons 4 cwt (130,400 lb or 59.1 t) (62.9 short tons) Boiler GWR Standard No. 10[1] Boiler pressure 200 lbf/in2 (1.4 MPa) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 17.5 in × 24 in (444 mm × 610 mm) Valve gear Walschaerts Valve type piston valves
Performance figures Tractive effort 22,515 lbf (100.15 kN)
Career Operators British Railways, National Coal Board Power class GWR: C BR: 4F Numbers 1500–1509 Axle load class GWR: Red Locale Western Region Withdrawn BR: 1959–1963, NCB: 1970 Disposition One preserved, two parts donors, remainder scrapped

The Great Western Railway (GWR) 1500 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive. Despite being a GWR Hawksworth design, all ten (nos 1500–1509) were completed under the administration of the Western Region of British Railways in 1949, just after Nationalisation.