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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Withdrawn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.
^Champ, Jim (2018). An Introduction to Great Western Locomotive Development. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Transport. p. 320. ISBN 978-1-4738-7784-9. OCLC 1029234106. OL 26953051M.
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