Severn Valley Railway
GWR Pannier 1501 is the only surviving example of a GWR 1500 class 0-6-0PT shunting engine. Designed by GWR CME Frederick Hawksworth, 1501 was ordered under GWR Lot 373 but completed by the Western Region of British Railways at Swindon in 1949, two years after nationalisation. The cab side of WR steam locomotives bore a letter on a coloured disc: the letter showed the power classification and the coloured disc showed the weight restriction. The 1500 Class was Red (up to 20 tons axle load) and power classification C. The class was rated as a 4F by British Railways. The class, of which only 10 were built, used the 'Standard 10' GWR boiler. Unlike the SVR’s other panniers, 1501 has outside cylinders.
Severn Valley Railway
GWR Pannier 1501 is the only surviving example of a GWR 1500 class 0-6-0PT shunting engine. Designed by GWR CME Frederick Hawksworth, 1501 was ordered under GWR Lot 373 but completed by the Western Region of British Railways at Swindon in 1949, two years after nationalisation. The cab side of WR steam locomotives bore a letter on a coloured disc: the letter showed the power classification and the coloured disc showed the weight restriction. The 1500 Class was Red (up to 20 tons axle load) and power classification C. The class was rated as a 4F by British Railways. The class, of which only 10 were built, used the 'Standard 10' GWR boiler. Unlike the SVR’s other panniers, 1501 has outside cylinders.