The Great Western Railway (GWR) 1500 Class is a class of 0-6-0 pannier tank steam locomotive. Despite being a GWR design, all ten (nos 1500–1509) were built by the Western Region of British Railways
1501 was one of the first of the class to be withdrawn in 1961 but was sold with 1502 and 1509 to the NCB for use at Coventry, which led to its preservation in 1970 on the Severn Valley Railway (SVR). The three locos were sent to Andrew Barclay Sons Co., in Kilmarnock, Scotland for overhaul before delivery to the NCB. All three locomotives were purchased by the SVR; 1502 1509 providing spares for the restoration of 1501, their remains cut-up and scrapped at Cashmore's, Great Bridge in October 1970.
